UMA meeting recommends creation of Maghreban employment data network

The 8th session of the Arab Maghreb Union ministerial council of training, employment and social affairs, which wound up in Tunis on Wednesday recommended the creation of a Maghreban data network of employment and vocational training.

The session, held in the presence of delegates from the UMA five member countries (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia) supported the continuation of training sessions to promote trainers' skills. Participants also called member countries to intensify expertise trading in vocational training through the new information technologies.

Morocco was represented at the session by minister of employment, vocational training, social development and solidarity, Abbas El Fassi.

The official, who is also secretary general of the Istiqlal party, met in Tunis on Wednesday secretary general of Tunisia's ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD), Ali Chaouch. The two political parties leaders reviewed progress made in the construction of the UMA, set up in 1989 in Marrakesh.