Policy for manpower export soon
Friday, 20 March 2009
Labour, Employment and Expatriate Welfare Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain said Thursday the government would soon formulate a policy for manpower export to make the entire process transparent and hassle-free, reports UNB.
"A policy for this vital sector is needed and a committee with the representatives of government, experts and BAIRA will be formed to go ahead with the plan," he said while addressing a meeting at a city hotel.
Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) hosted the opinion-exchange meeting titled 'Prevailing Crisis in Manpower Export Sector: Ways of Recovery'.
Secretary of the Labour and Employment Ministry Elias Ahmed and Awami League lawmaker Mostafa Kamal (Lotus Kamal), among others, addressed the meet with BAIRA President Golam Mostafa in the chair.
The minister said he would discuss the matter of formulation of the policy in the Cabinet meeting and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was already aware of it.
Engineer Mosharraf pledged to set up Expatriate Welfare Bank which was a demand of BAIRA for quite a long time and assured the BAIRA big bosses that the government would not take over the job of manpower export from the recruiting agencies.
Disclosing government's plan to groom skilled manpower, the minister said they would set up more training centres to train up workers to convert them to skilled ones.
"A policy for this vital sector is needed and a committee with the representatives of government, experts and BAIRA will be formed to go ahead with the plan," he said while addressing a meeting at a city hotel.
Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) hosted the opinion-exchange meeting titled 'Prevailing Crisis in Manpower Export Sector: Ways of Recovery'.
Secretary of the Labour and Employment Ministry Elias Ahmed and Awami League lawmaker Mostafa Kamal (Lotus Kamal), among others, addressed the meet with BAIRA President Golam Mostafa in the chair.
The minister said he would discuss the matter of formulation of the policy in the Cabinet meeting and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was already aware of it.
Engineer Mosharraf pledged to set up Expatriate Welfare Bank which was a demand of BAIRA for quite a long time and assured the BAIRA big bosses that the government would not take over the job of manpower export from the recruiting agencies.
Disclosing government's plan to groom skilled manpower, the minister said they would set up more training centres to train up workers to convert them to skilled ones.