Poland to recruit skilled manpower from Bangladesh
Thursday, 13 December 2007
Naim-Ul-Karim
Poland, 10th largest country in Europe, will recruit a substantial number of skilled and semi-skilled manpower from Bangladesh to help its infrastructure development ahead of the European Soccer Cup 2012.
"The authorities concerned of the Polish government have already given its approval to a proposal to receive workforce from Bangladesh," a senior official in the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (MEWOE) said.
Abdul Matin Chowdhury, Secretary of the MEWOE, told the FE that the state agency--Bangladesh Overseas Employment Services Ltd (BOESL) --will handle the entire process of manpower export to the Poland.
He said, "a delegation from the BOESL's associate in Poland will visit Dhaka soon to discuss the mechanism on export of manpower to that country."
A BOESL official said there is an immediate demand for sending 200 workers, having expertise in building construction, to Poland.
He said they have started processing the selection of right persons in line with the requirements of Poland.
About the wage structure and service tenure, the official said the workers will receive wages based on their expertise in the jobs for which they are to be hired.
As part of preparation to host the European Soccer Cup final jointly with Ukraine in 2012, he said, the Poland will need to develop and rebuild many of its stadiums in selected venues -- Gdansk, Poznan, Warsaw, Wroclaw and Chorzow -- for the final round of the game.
Apart from this, he said the business community in Poland is also planning to either construct or refurnish their hotels, motels and restaurants to welcome the representatives of the European soccer family and thousands of their international fans.
There is a large opportunity for employment of the Bangladeshi overseas job-seekers but much will depend on the performance of the workers who will leave the country with jobs in the first phase, the official said.
He said: "We are expecting to receive offers from some other countries of Europe for sending manpower".
When asked, sources said the country has exported 754,632 manpower in the first eleven months of this year against 381,516 in the same period of the previous year, 2006.
Poland, 10th largest country in Europe, will recruit a substantial number of skilled and semi-skilled manpower from Bangladesh to help its infrastructure development ahead of the European Soccer Cup 2012.
"The authorities concerned of the Polish government have already given its approval to a proposal to receive workforce from Bangladesh," a senior official in the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (MEWOE) said.
Abdul Matin Chowdhury, Secretary of the MEWOE, told the FE that the state agency--Bangladesh Overseas Employment Services Ltd (BOESL) --will handle the entire process of manpower export to the Poland.
He said, "a delegation from the BOESL's associate in Poland will visit Dhaka soon to discuss the mechanism on export of manpower to that country."
A BOESL official said there is an immediate demand for sending 200 workers, having expertise in building construction, to Poland.
He said they have started processing the selection of right persons in line with the requirements of Poland.
About the wage structure and service tenure, the official said the workers will receive wages based on their expertise in the jobs for which they are to be hired.
As part of preparation to host the European Soccer Cup final jointly with Ukraine in 2012, he said, the Poland will need to develop and rebuild many of its stadiums in selected venues -- Gdansk, Poznan, Warsaw, Wroclaw and Chorzow -- for the final round of the game.
Apart from this, he said the business community in Poland is also planning to either construct or refurnish their hotels, motels and restaurants to welcome the representatives of the European soccer family and thousands of their international fans.
There is a large opportunity for employment of the Bangladeshi overseas job-seekers but much will depend on the performance of the workers who will leave the country with jobs in the first phase, the official said.
He said: "We are expecting to receive offers from some other countries of Europe for sending manpower".
When asked, sources said the country has exported 754,632 manpower in the first eleven months of this year against 381,516 in the same period of the previous year, 2006.