Labor Minister, ILO regional coordinator discuss future plans

Jordan

Published: 2019-07-13 20:15

Last Updated: 2024-03-27 18:07


Labor Minister, ILO regional coordinator discuss future plans
Labor Minister, ILO regional coordinator discuss future plans

Jordanian Minister of Labor, Nidal Batayneh discussed on Saturday, July 13, 2019, with the International Labor Organization (ILO) project coordinator in Jordan, Patrick Darrow, the ministry's future plans.

During the meeting, Batayneh said the Ministry is in the process of implementing short, medium and long term plans to regulate the Jordanian labor market and is exerting intensive efforts to control the expatriate workers through a number of procedures, in a bid to revise the recruitment regulations and increase field inspections.

On the vocational training (VT) development, Batayneh highlighted the Ministry's plan to review the Kingdom's VT system and the steps taken to this end, through a comprehensive review of the training plans according to a new strategy based on market needs, which suffers from a craft-driven shortage.

He also reviewed the mechanisms of developing the “Khedmet Watan” (Serving the Nation) program, adding that it will witness "fundamental changes" to link its outcomes with the labor market's needs, in coordination with the private sector, based on His Majesty King Abdullah II's directives.

With worker training and social protection guaranteed, the minister underlined the importance of the agricultural sector and ways to support it with national workforce.

Bataineh commended the ILO's efforts in supporting and implementing many programs and projects in Jordan, calling on Darrow to review various current and future projects in line with the Ministry's future plans.