Workshop on Labour Orientation for Uruguayan Returnees
IOM in close cooperation with its partner, FIIAPP
Event details
Description
The Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare and the National Institute for Employment and Professional Training of Uruguay organised on 16th and 17th September 2014 the first workshop on Labour Orientation for Returnees.
This activity was held within the framework of the Pilot Project on Migration and Employment designed and implemented by the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare of Uruguay, and coordinated by FIIAPP.
The objective was to offer a labour orientation to the Uruguayan returnees.
In this sense, the workshop focused on the current labour market in Uruguay and midterm perspectives, as well as provided information on social and labour regulations approved in the last ten years and on the rights generated for the persons.
Furthermore, in the framework of the called Itinerary for Returnees and Migrants that aims to provide orientation, training and labour mediation to such group of persons, with a view to increase their labour insertion possibilities, the participants were suggested to finalise formal studies in different levels and formats that gives the public education, get knowledgeaccredited through mechanisms such as the one of the University of Employment of Uruguay, and realise training courses offered by the National Institute for Employment and Professional Training.