Jordan and Iraq on Thursday signed two memoranda of understanding (MoU) in the social affairs and vocational training fields.
The agreements were signed by Jordan’s Minister of Labor, Yousef Shamali, Minister of Social Development, Ayman Mufleh, and Iraqi Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Adel Rikabi.
Speaking during the signing ceremony, Shamali said the vocational training memorandum comes within the framework of strengthening the “close” Jordanian-Iraqi cooperation.
Shamali also stressed that the MoU also aims to raise level of the vocational training sector and align its outcomes with the labor market’s needs in both countries, by developing training curricula and raising trainer efficiency.
On the social care MoU, Mufleh said covers cooperation areas and expertise exchange in the fields of social affairs, laws and legislation, and launch of policies and strategies that govern action on care and rehabilitation of disabled people.
The Iraqi minister Rikabi, for his part, said the two vocational training and social affairs agreements aim to enhance joint cooperation between Jordan and Iraq, and exchange expertise to serve common interests.
On the vocational training MoU, said covers cooperation in designing and developing vocational training curricula and programs, raising trainer efficiency, exchanging related expertise, and holding joint seminars on related issues.
With regard to the social care MoU, Rikabi noted the agreement aims to exchange expertise and technical advice in the handicrafts areas, in addition to programs for productive families in both countries.
Under the MoU, the two countries will cooperate to hold exhibitions to display products of “distinguished” households, in addition to participating in seminars, conferences and workshops held in both countries in relation to women, according to Rikabi.
Source: Jordan News Agency