‘Glocal Fair 2022’ which will be held at the Galle ‘Samanala’ stadium will bring together all the institutions under the Ministry of Labour as well as local and international employment providers under one roof. This will provide people in the area an opportunity to get all relevant information about the services provided by the Ministry, solutions to labour and welfare issues of workers and information regarding opportunities at local and foreign employment, Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said.
He said the public will have access to all matters related to the pension system for migrant workers and the newly introduced vehicle permit for migrant workers who have remitted earnings through official channels.
The Minister addressing the media said: “Our ministry’s subject range is very wide and it includes finding employment for the country’s youth, directing them for foreign jobs, providing solutions to the problems of the migrant workers and providing solutions to the issues faced by all workers in general. We need to go to the people instead of working from offices. We need to look into people’s problems and help them. We decided to go to the village and provide our services. As an initial step, we are implementing this programme by the ministry to educate, solve issues and provide all services of the ministry while going to people’s doorsteps, by going to their villages. One can also identify this as a mobile service. One can say that this is a carnival and a fair that provides services. However, we call this ‘Glocal’. This is an opportunity for the people to learn about employment opportunities globally as well as locally and also get solutions to labour related issues. The inaugural event in this programme will be held at the Samanala stadium in Galle on October 15 and 16.”
He said at the fair the public will get an opportunity to learn about local jobs, foreign jobs, and get solutions to labour related problems provided by the Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment.
“Also, we are working to connect with the private sector, conduct studies about jobs, and provide all our services while going to the villages, people’s doorsteps,” he added.
He also said employment agencies, foreign employment agencies, youth training agencies, private universities, and vocational education agencies can join this.
He said information related to this will be constantly updated through the media and a separate website will be opened for this and a separate Facebook page too will be initiated.
Meanwhile, Minister of State for Foreign Employment Promotions Jagath Pushpakumara said: “This is something going beyond the traditional job fair experience we have seen before. In addition to all the institutions of the Department of Labour, the Central Bank is also involved in this. Therefore, you can get solutions here for all your issues including ones related to EPF and ETF. Therefore, all those in the Southern Province who have problems related to these institutions should inform us about those problems. Please address all issues to the Secretary, Glocal Fair 2022, Ministry of Labour, Narahenpita, Colombo. If you let us know in advance then we can prepare solutions for all of them. It is more effective to notify us in writing in advance than to present problems at the location.”
The Heads of all Institutions under the Ministry including the Secretary of the Ministry of Labour attended the event.
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