The provincial directorate in charge of humanitarian action organized the first rotating raising of colors ceremony in Boromo, on Monday March 4, 2024. The ceremony saw a strong mobilization of women's associations, agents of the provincial directorate in charge of humanitarian action, the FDS and established bodies.The rotating rise of national colors in services and administrations became a reality in Boromo on March 4, 2024 in the province of Balé as desired by the high commissioner of the province Ibrahim Boly last February.To this end, the honor fell to the provincial management in charge of humanitarian action to receive the established bodies, women's associations and the various bodies of the defense and security forces. This rise of colors has broken mobilization records for a year.The big day crowd together raised the national flag led by two female officers from the national police and the prison guard. In a spirit of unity and solidarity, FDS and civilian populations sang the ditanyè. The in tonation of the verses and the clenched fists at the moment of pronouncing, the motto showed on the faces on this morning of civic and patriotic action, love for the homeland.We could also measure the success of the activity by the beautiful traditional outfits the konkon dodan and the faso dafani which were adorned by the agents of the provincial directorate in charge of humanitarian action, women's associations and administrative authorities.According to High Commissioner Ibrahim Boly, all this expresses our pride and love for our homeland, the women of the commune, through their exemplary mobilization around their supervisory leadership, together took up the challenge and announced the colors of the activities for the month of March dedicated to women.In the same sense, he congratulated the director in charge of humanitarian action and her staff for the voluntary contributions which enabled the achievement of a mate within their service, the efforts in favor of internally displaced people and their d aily commitments. with vulnerable people across the province.Regarding women, the authority affirmed 'Burkina Faso is standing thanks to your efforts at home and also in your respective activities. This is why he invited men to give value to women's activities. Likewise, he asked that everyone do their part so that the various development projects undertaken by the highest authorities come to fruition.This ceremony was an opportunity for the provincial director Mrs. Lamoussahan Ouedraogo to present all the services of her department across the province and to submit grievances to the authority for greater efficiency and presence in all municipalities. The director also thanked the authorities for the choice made on the provincial directorate in charge of humanitarian action and all the actors who contributed to the success of the activity.She also handed over an envelope of fifty thousand as a contribution from management agents to support the patriotic support fund.Source: Burkina Information Agency

Minister of Labor and Skills Muferiat Kamil highlighted the progress of the current Ethiopian endeavors on the labor migration that have been promoting formal channels for sending workers abroad.Approached by ENA, Muferiat shed light on the nation's remarkable record in transitioning from informal to formal channels in order to sending workers abroad.The Government of Ethiopia is implementing multiple initiatives towards improving labor migration governance and skills in the country by developing clear national policy frameworks, legal instruments as well as signing international labor treaties, it was indicated.Through formalized training, certification and advocacy for fair wages, the country is modernizing its overseas labor migration and developing a globally competitive workforce in addition to addressing local employment needs.These endeavors have recently resulted in shifting the previous informal way of the labor migration practice to send workers to Gulf countries and other part of the world, the minister pointed out.According to her: 'There was a practice of going through the informal way in previous times without enough investment on training workers. That traditional and conventional way of sending our citizens especially, to the Horn of Africa region, has left its own legacy.'However, Muferiat emphasized that the current Ethiopia's approach on labor migrants that has been supported by multiple initiatives, is markedly different.'There is now a huge investment from our side to send our citizens (workers) after providing them training. They are no longer going there from scratch. They will get trained, certified, and we're sure they will deliver better results.'She further underscored that this substantial investment in skills development is paramount to Ethiopian workers for having enhanced capabilities in the global labor market.Noting there was no such investment for the labor migrants previously, Muferiat indicated the current initiative is helping to identify their skills and whe re the demand lies.To this end, Muferiat revealed training initiatives including the continuous market assessments information, and other relevant competencies. 'We'll train them as per market demands, equipping them with required skills at the destination countries.'Muferiat also stressed the need for engaging in collective bargaining in the region, adding that 'if we can negotiate as a bloc, we can secure a better position for our citizens in the Horn African region to receive appropriate payment for their services.'Highlighting the ongoing success of various programs in Ethiopia, the minister disclosed about 181,000 skilled individuals have been sent overseas over the past six months. This figure has exceeded by 50,000 workers compared to the same period last year.'There is a notable shift not just in numbers but in quality too. Our new agreements include sending skilled, semi-skilled workers like engineers, nurses, architects, and agriculturalists - not just domestic workers,' Muferiat revealed.Acknowledging persistent high domestic employment demands, over 1.4 million local job opportunities have been created, the minister pointed out.Source: Ethiopian News Agency