The Philippines is sitting to deploy the first batch of
nurses to Germany this year According to Vice President Jejomar Binay. "We
hope that the initial batch of 50 nurses will be deployed in 2013 and the next
batch of 500 deployed by 2014," Binay said. The Vice President met the
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Tuesday to discuss the deployment process.
"For the Philippines, it means an opportunity for our nurses to secure
beneficial employment. And for Germany, it addresses the shortage of nurses in
the country," Binay said. Last March The Philippines and Germany previously
signed an agreement in Manila to deploy Filipino Nurses to the European Country
according to "Abs-cbn news source".
"The implementing rules and regulations of the agreement
are being finalized now," Binay told Westerwelle.
Their meeting discusses and tackled maintaining countries skills
and competency level of Filipino seafarers. Binay has confidently assured the
Minister of Germany that the Philippines has abiding and complying with the
1978 International Convention on Standard of training m Certification and
watchkeeping for seafarers (STCW).
According to the results of (EMSA) or the European maritime
safety Agency inspection took on April, The Philippines was failing to meet the
European Union (EU) standards of maritime Education, Training and competency
certificates. Binay said that the Government has been taking concrete steps to
resolve the issue.
"By just looking at the figures, US$244 million or 25%
of all remittances by Filipino seafarers from Europe in 2012 were from Germany.
This is one good reason why we need to maintain the high-level of skills and
competence of our seafarers and, in doing so, also help keep the competitive
edge of the German commercial shipping industry," he added.
"We are confident that the Philippines will pass the
next EMSA audit in October this year as there is clear progress towards full
compliance with the Convention," he said.
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