Add nurses abroad

The state government and the Federal Employment Agency have signed a joint statement to obtain nursing staff abroad. This should counteract the tense personnel situation in the nursing sector.

In order to gain more nurses from abroad and thus counteract the tense personnel situation in the nursing sector, the state government will work more closely together with the Federal Employment Agency in the long term. Social and Health Minister Manne Lucha and Vanessa Ahuja, director of services and international services from the Federal Employment Agency, signed a corresponding joint statement on August 17, 2022 in Stuttgart. The aim is to relieve the health sector through a responsible skill of skilled workers. The state government provides one million euros and promotes language courses for foreign nurses abroad.

protection of skilled workers through immigration

"We are pleased that we, as a country, to the established 'Triple Win' of the Federal Employment Agency and the German Society for International Cooperation is can be tapped. Noopener "Target =" _ blank "href =" https://www.bundesgesundministerium.de/themen/international-gesundheitpolitik/global/Who.html "Class =" Link-External "> World Health Organization recognized as a program for sustainable professional mobility, said all participants, said social and health minister Lucha. "We have taken an important step today to gain foreign nursing staff. The basis of our joint explanation is to promote the key qualification language in the countries of origin and thus bring qualified specialists into our country," continued Manne Lucha.

Vanessa Ahuja said: "Triple Win was launched in 2013 in order to gain, qualify and accompany nursing staff from suitable third countries. In this way. Target = "_ Blank" href = "https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/de/visum-stehnt/fachkraefte immigration law" Class = "Link-External"> Handling law was a real step for the active skilled worker abroad. I am also pleased that the funding program will start and thus offer good opportunities for nursing staff and for employers in Baden-Württemberg.

Christian Rauch, head of the Baden-Württemberg Regional Directorate, adds: "Already language skills acquired in the country of origin, both interested foreign specialists and the institutions and care facilities involved make the process of integration into the labor market. Above all, smaller care business can benefit from this."

Financial funding also for smaller institutions

Due to the close cooperation, the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Federal Employment Agency want to create a model with nationwide radiance. In the future, the financial support of the country should also be opened in particular also smaller institutions and those that have not yet been involved in corresponding programs of the Federal Agency. This is intended to improve the targeted and fair recruitment of urgently needed nursing staff abroad. Countries to which “Triple Win” already has a cooperation are Philippines, Tunisia, Jordan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Indonesia, Vietnam and India. The Federal Employment Agency is implementing the project together with the German Society for International Cooperation GmbH.