Representatives from social partner organisations yesterday met at the Productivity Centre (KEPA) to discuss attracting Turkish Cypriots to training programmes offered under the European Year of Skills initiative.
\nThe government had earlier announced unilateral measures to improve the job prospects of Turkish Cypriots, including access to training programmes.
\nKEPA, which implements the national action plan for the Skills Year, clarified that initial programmes would be held in Turkish at the House of Cooperation near Ledra Palace.
\nReaching a target of 1,000 participants in EU co-funded training was a key focus. Ideas included an event at the House of Cooperation specifically for Turkish Cypriot trade union staff.
\nInitially, leaflets outlining the free programmes, in Turkish, will be distributed through collaborating trade unions and the Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEB) to the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce.
\nMirroring programmes offered in government-controlled areas, the fast-track training will cover topics like environmental sustainability, digital skills, customer service excellence, and occupational health and safety.
\nEligibility extends to all Turkish Cypriot identity card holders, employed or unemployed.
\nKEPA will provide further communication in the coming days to ensure stakeholders are informed. Programmes are expected to begin in late May\/early June and run until year-end.
\nThe training access is one of 14 measures announced by the government in January to benefit Turkish Cypriots.
\nThese include participation in human resources development programmes and EU acquis seminars.
\nThe Labour Advisory Body previously discussed these measures, with Labour Minister Yiannis Panagiotou confirming that KEPA, in collaboration with HRDA, had scheduled Turkish-language training programmes from May to December 2024.
\nThe focus will be on green and digital skills development, aligned with the ongoing economic transitions, and EU-related topics.
\nA participation target of 1,000 Turkish Cypriots has been set.Training programs for Turkish Cypriots. Turkish Cypriots, training programmes, European Year of Skills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Representatives from social partner organizations met at the Productivity Centre to discuss attracting Turkish Cypriots to training programs under the European Year of Skills initiative. The government announced measures to improve job prospects for Turkish Cypriots, including access to training programs. KEPA clarified that initial programs would be held in Turkish at the House of Cooperation. The goal is to reach 1,000 participants in EU co-funded training, with eligibility for all Turkish Cypriot identity card holders. Programs will cover topics like environmental sustainability, digital skills, customer service excellence, and occupational health and safety. The government announced 14 measures to benefit Turkish Cypriots, including participation in training programs and EU acquis seminars. KEPA will provide further communication to stakeholders, with programs expected to start in late May or early June and run until the end of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1521,6552,5835,6497,2858,6267,3146,3475,10419,3139,3,413,3818,4946,26,379,10835,6117,415,210,5005,9046,9578,613,28,839,1821,30,10669,5957,10598,1222,4441,3897,114,1006,1720,570,1731,10834,10833,268,649],"class_list":["post-12713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-1521","tag-access","tag-action-plan","tag-benefit","tag-collaboration","tag-commerce","tag-communication","tag-cooperation","tag-customer","tag-cypriots","tag-cyprus","tag-cyprus-problem","tag-development","tag-digital-skills","tag-economy","tag-eu","tag-european-year-of-skills","tag-event","tag-government","tag-health","tag-health-and-safety","tag-house","tag-human-resources-development","tag-insider-economy","tag-jobs","tag-labour","tag-labour-market","tag-labour-minister","tag-organizations","tag-productivity","tag-programmes","tag-safety","tag-service","tag-sustainability","tag-top-news","tag-trade","tag-trade-union","tag-trade-unions","tag-training","tag-training-programmes","tag-tukish-cypriots","tag-turkish-cypriot","tag-turkish-cypriots"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n