Tunisia-Libya: 3,000 private sector jobs
21 May 2012
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"Our government prioritizes Tunisian workers for employment" announced Mr. Mustapha Alrajabany, Libyan Minister of Labor and Rehabilitation, at a press conference on Friday, May 18, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Vocational Training and Employment in Tunis.
Mr. Alrajabany added that this is to realize the principles and values of complementarity between Arab countries and joint work to activate and strengthen cooperation between the two neighboring countries.
The Minister, who is making an official visit to Tunisia with a high-level delegation of 50 Libyan officials, led by the Libyan Prime Minister, confirmed that Tunisia has a large number of unemployed people and Libya needs this workforce for reconstruction, while reassuring job seekers and investors about the security conditions in his country.
Mr. Abdelwahab Maatar, Minister of Vocational Training and Employment, announced that under the agreement recently signed between the Libyan and Tunisian parties, "we have managed to identify 3,000 jobs in the private sector. Concrete initial offers while waiting for Libya to identify its needs in the public sector, including in the education, oil and gas, electricity, tourism, etc. sectors."
Under the same agreement, Tunisia will receive Libyans in its vocational training centers for young people in different economic niches and sectors. The date of September 15, 2012 was set for the reception of these young people. In return, the Libyan side undertakes to rehabilitate these centers and to strengthen relations between professionals.
The agreement also mentions the electronic connection between the two ministries to ensure the fluidity of cooperation and above all to ensure the incentives that will be put in place, including salaries, residence, quality of manpower, diploma homologation, contract signing, etc.
Mr. Maatar added that for new graduates without experience, a mechanism for accelerated training in various sectors as well as in English has been put in place. Six months of training will be equivalent to 2 to 3 years of experience to overcome this obstacle. A commission will be set up to evaluate the Tunisian diploma and homologate it to that of Libya and international standards.
For workers already in Libya, the Minister calls on them to contact the Tunisian consulate to obtain a consular card and at the same time the Ministry of Employment to obtain a work permit so that they can intervene with employers and protect them.
Y.B.C
Investir-en-tunisie.net
Published May 18, 2012.
Posted online May 21, 2012.
Mr. Alrajabany added that this is to realize the principles and values of complementarity between Arab countries and joint work to activate and strengthen cooperation between the two neighboring countries.
The Minister, who is making an official visit to Tunisia with a high-level delegation of 50 Libyan officials, led by the Libyan Prime Minister, confirmed that Tunisia has a large number of unemployed people and Libya needs this workforce for reconstruction, while reassuring job seekers and investors about the security conditions in his country.
Mr. Abdelwahab Maatar, Minister of Vocational Training and Employment, announced that under the agreement recently signed between the Libyan and Tunisian parties, "we have managed to identify 3,000 jobs in the private sector. Concrete initial offers while waiting for Libya to identify its needs in the public sector, including in the education, oil and gas, electricity, tourism, etc. sectors."
Under the same agreement, Tunisia will receive Libyans in its vocational training centers for young people in different economic niches and sectors. The date of September 15, 2012 was set for the reception of these young people. In return, the Libyan side undertakes to rehabilitate these centers and to strengthen relations between professionals.
The agreement also mentions the electronic connection between the two ministries to ensure the fluidity of cooperation and above all to ensure the incentives that will be put in place, including salaries, residence, quality of manpower, diploma homologation, contract signing, etc.
Mr. Maatar added that for new graduates without experience, a mechanism for accelerated training in various sectors as well as in English has been put in place. Six months of training will be equivalent to 2 to 3 years of experience to overcome this obstacle. A commission will be set up to evaluate the Tunisian diploma and homologate it to that of Libya and international standards.
For workers already in Libya, the Minister calls on them to contact the Tunisian consulate to obtain a consular card and at the same time the Ministry of Employment to obtain a work permit so that they can intervene with employers and protect them.
Y.B.C
Investir-en-tunisie.net
Published May 18, 2012.
Posted online May 21, 2012.
