The Ministry of Labor and Germany’s Federal Employment Agency (BA) on Tuesday reactivated an agreement to employ Jordanians in a number of sectors in Germany, mainly nursing, to further cooperation between the two countries.
Labor minister, Nayef Istitieh, who inked the agreement with the Executive Director of international relations at BA, said the deal is a byproduct of previously-signed agreements.
It will secure Jordanians willing to work in Germany expertise from one of the world’s most advanced economies, he added, noting that a job will require applicants to pass a language level test.
He said the deal was in implementation of the directives of His Majesty King Abdullah and Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh to promote Jordanian talents and find job opportunities.
It will also identifies the choice and employment process for qualified Jordanians as certified nurses in Germany, he indicated, adding that it will implement the Triple Win nursing project, a project of German state organizations for recruitment of nursing professionals from non-EU states for the German healthcare and nursing sector.
He said it had been agreed on a mechanism to promote Jordanian competencies according to the needs of the German market and to provide Jordan with a list of professions required in their market.
Istitieh stressed that such efforts indicate the strong Jordanian-German relations that King Abdullah and Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz are committed to enhancing, commending the German government’s efforts to exchange expertise with Jordanian youth.
Source: Jordan News Agency