Wael Natheef, General Secretary of the PGFTU in Jericho said: "the agreement includes the rehabilitation of our old headquarters building to convert it into a training center for women, workers and institutions, and in its first phase will include training in embroidery, IT as well as English tuition and other languages".
Natheef also said that the European agency has already delivered to the Jericho branch twenty thousand euros, as its first installment, for building rehabilitation and to provide its equipment. The program will include the opening
of new branches for the center, in its second year (2011) in the village of Jiftlik and in its third year in the northern Jordan Valley and Cardla, Bardala and Einalbayda. The program is projected for three years and will reach a total amount of around 90 thousand Euros.
He explained that this project is a quantum leap in the history of the Jericho branch which will contribute to the training of trade unionists and workers, making it easier for them to find decent jobs.
Pepe López, from Sindicalistes Solidaris-UGT Catalonia and project coordinator said: cooperation with the union in Jericho came after identification of the needs of the Palestinian workers -both men and women- during a meeting with Wael Natheef last year in Tunisia, on the sidelines of a workshop with international trade unions, which brought a closer relationship and friendship exemplified in a joint agreement between both unions and signed by the General Secretary of the UGT Catalonia and Wael Natheef last April in Barcelona during his attendance and participation at the General Conference of the UGT Catalonia.
He added that program approved by both unions is specially aimed at women workers, particularly in the regions of greater marginalization.
Pepe Lopez also said that "we are making efforts to support the Palestinian Workers in the Jericho area and the Jordan Valley, and this is an opportunity to train the Palestinian workers in order to avoid their need to work in the Israeli settlements and to promote genuine Palestinian workplaces. We also want the Jericho project to be the model for a future network of training centers along the West Bank."
A delegation, consisting of Pepe López and Toni Vall from Catalonia and the coordinator of education in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, Ali Santrisi, visited the Jiftlik village in order to view the conditions in which workers -specially women- of this area work, and their marginalization. The delegation also had the opportunity to listen to the words of the area's President of the Council Abed Kassab, Halima Abo Rabea, head of the Cooperative Association for food manufacture, and several activists whom depicted the situation of the workers in the settlements, of great exploitation degree, and the need of the Palestinian women in the Jordan Valley for training and education, as well as the need for employment opportunities by attracting investment for the creation of new industrial and agricultural zones in this remote region, marginalized and threatened by the Israeli measures to isolate the area and to revoke the rights of its population.
Also, the Catalan delegation met Mr. Kamel Hamid, Governor of Jericho and the Jordan Valley, who supported and welcomed the establishment of the program. Delegations also met Dr. Sami Musallam, Governor of Tubas, and the council members of the PGFTU in Jericho with whom they adopted the mechanisms for the project.
Natheef also said that the European agency has already delivered to the Jericho branch twenty thousand euros, as its first installment, for building rehabilitation and to provide its equipment. The program will include the opening
of new branches for the center, in its second year (2011) in the village of Jiftlik and in its third year in the northern Jordan Valley and Cardla, Bardala and Einalbayda. The program is projected for three years and will reach a total amount of around 90 thousand Euros.He explained that this project is a quantum leap in the history of the Jericho branch which will contribute to the training of trade unionists and workers, making it easier for them to find decent jobs.
Pepe López, from Sindicalistes Solidaris-UGT Catalonia and project coordinator said: cooperation with the union in Jericho came after identification of the needs of the Palestinian workers -both men and women- during a meeting with Wael Natheef last year in Tunisia, on the sidelines of a workshop with international trade unions, which brought a closer relationship and friendship exemplified in a joint agreement between both unions and signed by the General Secretary of the UGT Catalonia and Wael Natheef last April in Barcelona during his attendance and participation at the General Conference of the UGT Catalonia.
He added that program approved by both unions is specially aimed at women workers, particularly in the regions of greater marginalization.
Pepe Lopez also said that "we are making efforts to support the Palestinian Workers in the Jericho area and the Jordan Valley, and this is an opportunity to train the Palestinian workers in order to avoid their need to work in the Israeli settlements and to promote genuine Palestinian workplaces. We also want the Jericho project to be the model for a future network of training centers along the West Bank."
A delegation, consisting of Pepe López and Toni Vall from Catalonia and the coordinator of education in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, Ali Santrisi, visited the Jiftlik village in order to view the conditions in which workers -specially women- of this area work, and their marginalization. The delegation also had the opportunity to listen to the words of the area's President of the Council Abed Kassab, Halima Abo Rabea, head of the Cooperative Association for food manufacture, and several activists whom depicted the situation of the workers in the settlements, of great exploitation degree, and the need of the Palestinian women in the Jordan Valley for training and education, as well as the need for employment opportunities by attracting investment for the creation of new industrial and agricultural zones in this remote region, marginalized and threatened by the Israeli measures to isolate the area and to revoke the rights of its population.
Also, the Catalan delegation met Mr. Kamel Hamid, Governor of Jericho and the Jordan Valley, who supported and welcomed the establishment of the program. Delegations also met Dr. Sami Musallam, Governor of Tubas, and the council members of the PGFTU in Jericho with whom they adopted the mechanisms for the project.
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