18 June 2009
Geneva — Mozambican Labour Minister Helena Taipo said in Geneva on Wednesday that to guarantee sustainable development, it is more important that the country train its own technicians to occupy key posts in productive sectors, rather than relying on the inflow of foreign investments and foreign labour.
Addressing a press conference shortly before leaving Geneva, Taipo said that the best thing a country can do to ensure its development is to train its own technical staff, and not depend on those coming from abroad.
Taipo was on the Mozambican delegation, headed by President Armando Guebuza, that visited Switzerland to attend a special session of the International Labour Organization (ILO) to discuss ways to prevent workers across the world from suffering the effects of the global financial crisis.
She said that in such a crisis, where jobs are disappearing, because of bankruptcies, and the cancellation of investment contracts, it was likely that there would also be a slowdown or reluctance to transfer technology and know-how from one country to another.
Taipo added that Mozambique was in a fortunate situation because, even before anyone had imagined the current crisis, the government had established as one of its priorities the multiplication of technical and professional training schools. Now the important thing was to keep training more staff for every sector of activity.
She pointed out that, with trained and qualified staff it will be possible to overcome the problems resulting from the crisis because of the wealth of resources that Mozambique possesses in its soil and territorial waters.
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