2023-10-27 13:30:00
Upper Austria’s Social Affairs Councilor Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer (VP) is, as reported, currently a member of an Austrian delegation in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
Hattmannsdorfer used the visit to further promote cooperation in the field of Filipino nursing staff. Among other things, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Republic of the Philippines and Austria.
“This agreement will make it easier for us to successfully recruit qualified specialists for Upper Austrian nursing,” says Hattmannsdorfer. There are currently 80 qualified Filipino nursing staff working in Upper Austria’s retirement homes.
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But not only nursing staff should come to Austria from the Philippines. “The first skilled workers agreement with the Philippines is another important step in implementing our comprehensive international skilled workers strategy,” said Labor and Economics Minister Martin Kocher.
As part of this MoU, the Philippine Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) plans to set up its own Migrant Workers Office (MWO) in Vienna and send a Labor Attaché. This is intended to look following the Filipino skilled workers in Austria. In the Philippines, with around 115 million predominantly young residents who are well-educated in the areas of health, IT and engineering, labor migration is considered the “Filipino way of life”. And the Philippine authorities support the willingness of their compatriots to work abroad. At the same time, according to the broadcast, attention is paid to fair wages and working conditions.
Win-win situation for both countries
“Companies in Austria are faced with a labor shortage. In the Philippines, the young, well-educated population is entering the international labor market,” said Kopf, “The agreement creates a win-win situation for both countries. The high standard of education the Philippines makes the country an ideal cooperation partner.”
The Austrian labor market has already been open to Filipino skilled workers: since 2011, they have been admitted as skilled workers or key workers via the Red-White-Red Card or the EU Blue Card. An Austrian delegation explored the possibilities for a recruitment campaign in April this year as part of the reform of the red-white-red card.
“Highly qualified specialists from all over the world are an essential building block for growth and prosperity and an important location factor for the Austrian economy in the future,” said State Secretary Susanne Kraus-Winkler.
400 Filipinas and Filipinos per year
The plan is to bring around 400 Filipinas and Filipinos to Austria every year by 2027 via the red-white-red card. In the medium term, however, more Filipino skilled workers should be recruited for Austria.
It is not the first time that Austria has tried to recruit Filipino skilled workers. From 1973 to 1985, around 400 Filipino nurses came to Austria as part of a program. Around 6,300 citizens from the Philippines currently live in Austria. At the end of September, 5,114 were employed and 61 were self-employed.
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