By Stephen Kwabena Effah
Friday, 07 September 2007
The Spanish government is in discussions with the Ghana government over how Ghanaian workers can be organised for legal employment in Spain as a means of checking illegal migration to Spain.
This is the first time Ghana is organising labour for Spain, and a memorandum of understanding is to be signed by the two countries.
Jesus Caldera Sanchez-Capitan, Spanish Labour and Social Affairs Minister, said that a total of 8,000 out of the 10,000 Ghanaians legally resident in Spain are employed in various sectors of the economy.
He said that the Spanish government would ensure that Spanish employers and companies employ the Ghanaians who will have the opportunity to be part of the recruitment when the programme starts.
Mr. Sanchez-Capitan said this when he called on the Minister of Manpower, Youth and Employment, Nana Akomea yesterday, to brief him on the programme.
The Spanish Minister who is in the country to strengthen cooperation between Spain and Ghana said his government has also agreed to finance the improvement of all the 38 national vocational training schools in the country, and offer scholarships to people to further their education both in and out of the country.
He said the Spanish Ambassador in Ghana has been tasked to liaise with the head of national vocational training schools to work out the modalities to determine how much it would cost.
He said that there is the need to train Ghanaians to be able to have the requisite skills so that they can get good jobs when they get to Spain.
Nana Akomea lauded the Spanish government for the support to Ghana which he said would go a long way to help a lot of the country’s youth.
He said Ghana and Spain will soon sign an agreement on how the recruitment for Spain will be done, noting that there is already a draft agreement in place.
Illegal migration to Spain on the high seas involving African youth is a major problem as it endangers their lives, he said.
He underscored the long standing support by the Spanish government, which has enabled Ghana to develop its tourism industry.
He called on the Spanish government for more and stronger social and economic cooperation between the two countries, adding that if Ghanaians remain poor, they will still be leaving the country for greener pastures.
Mr.Stephen B. Amponsah, Head of the National Vocational Training Schools, commended Spain for its initiative to support Ghana’s vocational training schools, saying this would help the schools to take up the challenge of JSS graduates who are unable to enter SSS and offer them the opportunity to be trained.
He said that the curricula of the vocational training schools would be redeveloped to meet contemporary demands which make entrepreneurship central in vocational training.
That, he said, would give vocational training a new focus to impact on those who pass through it.
The Spanish Minister also called on the President John Agyekum Kufuor at the Castle on Wednesday.
Friday, 07 September 2007
The Spanish government is in discussions with the Ghana government over how Ghanaian workers can be organised for legal employment in Spain as a means of checking illegal migration to Spain.This is the first time Ghana is organising labour for Spain, and a memorandum of understanding is to be signed by the two countries.
Jesus Caldera Sanchez-Capitan, Spanish Labour and Social Affairs Minister, said that a total of 8,000 out of the 10,000 Ghanaians legally resident in Spain are employed in various sectors of the economy.
He said that the Spanish government would ensure that Spanish employers and companies employ the Ghanaians who will have the opportunity to be part of the recruitment when the programme starts.
Mr. Sanchez-Capitan said this when he called on the Minister of Manpower, Youth and Employment, Nana Akomea yesterday, to brief him on the programme.
The Spanish Minister who is in the country to strengthen cooperation between Spain and Ghana said his government has also agreed to finance the improvement of all the 38 national vocational training schools in the country, and offer scholarships to people to further their education both in and out of the country.
He said the Spanish Ambassador in Ghana has been tasked to liaise with the head of national vocational training schools to work out the modalities to determine how much it would cost.
He said that there is the need to train Ghanaians to be able to have the requisite skills so that they can get good jobs when they get to Spain.
Nana Akomea lauded the Spanish government for the support to Ghana which he said would go a long way to help a lot of the country’s youth.
He said Ghana and Spain will soon sign an agreement on how the recruitment for Spain will be done, noting that there is already a draft agreement in place.
Illegal migration to Spain on the high seas involving African youth is a major problem as it endangers their lives, he said.
He underscored the long standing support by the Spanish government, which has enabled Ghana to develop its tourism industry.
He called on the Spanish government for more and stronger social and economic cooperation between the two countries, adding that if Ghanaians remain poor, they will still be leaving the country for greener pastures.
Mr.Stephen B. Amponsah, Head of the National Vocational Training Schools, commended Spain for its initiative to support Ghana’s vocational training schools, saying this would help the schools to take up the challenge of JSS graduates who are unable to enter SSS and offer them the opportunity to be trained.
He said that the curricula of the vocational training schools would be redeveloped to meet contemporary demands which make entrepreneurship central in vocational training.
That, he said, would give vocational training a new focus to impact on those who pass through it.
The Spanish Minister also called on the President John Agyekum Kufuor at the Castle on Wednesday.
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