30k workforce to be trained for Hawassa Industrial Park
Courtesy: Industrial Parks Development Corporation, Ethiopia and Ethiopian News Agency An agreement has been signed to source, recruit and train 30,000 people in the textile and garment industry for the newly launched Hawassa Industrial Park in Ethiopia. The agreement has been signed by four parties, viz. the Enterprise Partners, a programme of UK's Department for International Development (DfID), Trade and Industry Bureau of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State (SNNPRS), Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute (ETIDI), and the Tenants' Association representing the manufacturers at park. As per the agreement, beginning September 2016, people will be imparted on-the-job training over the next two and a half years. Around 80 per cent of the workforce is expected to be women. The workforce would be selected through a process of informing, registering, orienting and pre-selection from potential recruitment areas within SNNPRS