Govt to explore developed markets for manpower export

FE Team | Published: July 01, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

Naim-Ul-Karim
The government will soon invite the authority concerned of Australia to visit Bangladesh to explore the possibility of manpower recruitment, sources said.
Besides, the government is also planning to invite authorities concerned of some European, North American and Scandinavian countries, which require skilled and semi-skilled manpower, to visit Bangladesh, they said.
"Recently, at an inter-ministerial meeting we decided to invite the authority concerned of Australia formally, after its expression of interest to recruit manpower from here, to visit Bangladesh, " Abdul Matin Chowdhury, secretary of the ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (EWOM) told the FE.
He said the invitation letter will be sent to Australia by next week on approval from the adviser in-charge of the ministry of EWOM Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury.
During the visit, the Australian team will, basically, study training facilities offered by different government and non governmental institutions.
They said the Australian team, after assessment, if necessary, will set a guideline to help the job seekers meet its country's requirement.
The job seekers, who will meet the requirement, will be given certificate to go to Australia.
Besides, sources said the government, as part of its preparation to send manpower to South Korea, will arrange training course for the jobseekers.
Bangladesh Overseas Employment Services Ltd (BOESL), the official agency for manpower export, will soon invite applications from the job seekers on Korean language training course.
About 2500 job seekers will be recruited at the initial stage for South Korea.
However, sources said the government through its official channels abroad should immediately invite the authority concerned of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Greenland, Iceland and the Pacific Rim countries to visit Bangladesh.
Besides, they said the country's manpower export to traditional markets in Middle Eastern countries is most likely to decline in the near future for various reasons.
"None will come to us unless we go forward to convey the message that there is both skilled and unskilled manpower in the country, as employers of many countries are not aware of our quality manpower," a senior official said.