Labour minister attends conference on developing sector-based skills

AMMAN — Labour Minister Samir Murad on Tuesday attended the first national conference on developing sector-based skills titled “Towards skills More Apt for the Labour Market” organised in cooperation with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

During the inauguration, Murad said that the government has adopted the 2016-2025 National Strategy for Human Resource Development, which aims at providing individuals with the needed skills and knowledge to participate effectively in the development processes locally, regionally and internationally.

For her part, the German Ambassador to Jordan Birgitta Siefker-Eberle stressed the importance of the conference which reflects the fruitful cooperation towards achieving reforms in the vocational training sector.