Indian Diaspora: Aging Europe Seeks Manpower From India
- By Dr. J.N. Manokaran
- Published 08/27/2007
Dr. J.N. Manokaran
Rev. Dr. J.N. Manokaran is a civil engineer by profession and has served the Tamil Nadu Government. In 1985 he heard God's call and went as missionary to Haryana and served as cross cultural missionary for eleven years. Since 1997, he has been based in Chennai and is involved in mission mobilization, training, teaching, research and writing. He recently authored the book Christ and Cities, which was published in July 2005.
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Aging Europe Seeks Manpower From India: A rapidly aging population coupled with an increasingly better standard of living amongst its citizens has prompted the European Union to look towards Asia, specifically India, to bridge a yawning labour supply gap. In recent months, the ministry of overseas Indian affairs is negotiating with Belgium, Poland, Sweden and France to facilitate migration of skilled professionals from India over the next few years. It is a win-win situation.
While Europe requires skilled personnel like engineers and health workers and those in other semi-skilled professions, the EU provides a good alternative for Indians facing laws that discourage migration in US and UK and human rights issues in the Gulf countries. Last week, the MOIA signed an MoU with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to facilitate legal migration of Indian workers to EU.
As a starter, the IOM — an independent inter-governmental organisation with 120 countries as its members — will kick-start a pilot project in Germany, UK, Italy, Spain and Ireland. IOM will assess the needs of these five countries before training Indian workers and sending them. It also plans to set up a toll-free helpline and a resource centre in India that will provide migration related information. (Himanshi Dhawan, http://www.samachar.com/showurl.php?rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Aging_Europe_seeks_manpower_from_India/rssarticleshow/2257907.cms&news=Aging%20Europe%20seeks%20manpower%20from%20India&pubDate=Mon+Aug++6+07%3A11%3A17+IST+2007&keyword=toi_home assessed on 6th August 2007)
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1. E-mails stress out 1 in 3 at office: E-mails are causing unprecedented levels of stress among office workers as they struggle to cope with an unending tide of incoming mails. Some people check e-mails 40 times in a hour with an anxiety to receive and reply to e-mails. One in three office workers experience regularly e-mail stress. The research revealed that 34 per cent of participants felt ‘stressed’ by sheer number of emails and the obligation to respond quickly, and a further 28 per cent were ‘driven’ because they saw them as a source of pressure. The team characterized just 38 per cent a ‘relaxed’ because they did not reply until a day or even a week later. (Lokmat Times, 14 August 2007, p.1)
2. Diseases are spreading faster than ever: WHO: Infectious diseases are emerging more quickly around the globe, spreading faster and becoming increasingly difficult to treat, the World Health Organization (WHO). With more than 2 billion people traveling by air every year, an outbreak or epidemic in one part of the world is only a few hours away from becoming an imminent threat somewhere else. Since the 1970s, new threats have been identified at an ‘unprecedented rate’ of one or more every year, meaning that nearly 40 diseases exist today which were unknown just over a generation ago. Over the last five years alone WHO experts had verified more than 1100 epidemics of different diseases. (Times of India, Bangalore 24 August 2007, p.15)
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Aging Europe Seeks Manpower From India: A rapidly aging population coupled with an increasingly better standard of living amongst its citizens has prompted the European Union to look towards Asia, specifically India, to bridge a yawning labour supply gap. In recent months, the ministry of overseas Indian affairs is negotiating with Belgium, Poland, Sweden and France to facilitate migration of skilled professionals from India over the next few years. It is a win-win situation.
While Europe requires skilled personnel like engineers and health workers and those in other semi-skilled professions, the EU provides a good alternative for Indians facing laws that discourage migration in US and UK and human rights issues in the Gulf countries. Last week, the MOIA signed an MoU with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to facilitate legal migration of Indian workers to EU.
As a starter, the IOM — an independent inter-governmental organisation with 120 countries as its members — will kick-start a pilot project in Germany, UK, Italy, Spain and Ireland. IOM will assess the needs of these five countries before training Indian workers and sending them. It also plans to set up a toll-free helpline and a resource centre in India that will provide migration related information. (Himanshi Dhawan, http://www.samachar.com/showurl.php?rurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Aging_Europe_seeks_manpower_from_India/rssarticleshow/2257907.cms&news=Aging%20Europe%20seeks%20manpower%20from%20India&pubDate=Mon+Aug++6+07%3A11%3A17+IST+2007&keyword=toi_home assessed on 6th August 2007)
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1. E-mails stress out 1 in 3 at office: E-mails are causing unprecedented levels of stress among office workers as they struggle to cope with an unending tide of incoming mails. Some people check e-mails 40 times in a hour with an anxiety to receive and reply to e-mails. One in three office workers experience regularly e-mail stress. The research revealed that 34 per cent of participants felt ‘stressed’ by sheer number of emails and the obligation to respond quickly, and a further 28 per cent were ‘driven’ because they saw them as a source of pressure. The team characterized just 38 per cent a ‘relaxed’ because they did not reply until a day or even a week later. (Lokmat Times, 14 August 2007, p.1)
2. Diseases are spreading faster than ever: WHO: Infectious diseases are emerging more quickly around the globe, spreading faster and becoming increasingly difficult to treat, the World Health Organization (WHO). With more than 2 billion people traveling by air every year, an outbreak or epidemic in one part of the world is only a few hours away from becoming an imminent threat somewhere else. Since the 1970s, new threats have been identified at an ‘unprecedented rate’ of one or more every year, meaning that nearly 40 diseases exist today which were unknown just over a generation ago. Over the last five years alone WHO experts had verified more than 1100 epidemics of different diseases. (Times of India, Bangalore 24 August 2007, p.15)
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Comments
Comment #1 (Posted by john alexander)
Iwould like to go as an evangelistfor short time in Uk and USA
anybody can advise and help..?
JA
Comment #2 (Posted by moh belal)
i m seeking the job for electrician in europian country. i got one year certificate course in electrical and 4 year expirience in the same field.
Comment #3 (Posted by A. S. Mathew)
This is a very interesting topic. In
the western countries, due to their
material affluence, young generation lost the purpose and and any motivation for higher
education. So, the gap has to be
filled from other countries, especially from India. Now, India may be faced with a shortage of
educated manpower.
I read your book which you gave to me while I met you in Sonnapet,
Haryana one year back.