THE DEPARTMENT of Migrant Workers (DMW) and representatives from Saudi Arabia’s Takamol Musaned on Monday discussed measures on how new technologies can be adopted to make it more convenient for Filipinos to seek work in the Middle Eastern country.
Takamol, a company under Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, has developed an electronic platform called the Musaned, which aims to provide a streamlined recruitment system for migrant workers.
“The Takamol Musaned Company met with Secretary Ople and other senior officials to discuss strengthening their partnership and to explore opportunities for collaboration on the use of technology for ease of doing business to improve service delivery to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families,” the DMW said in a statement on Tuesday,
Migrant Workers Secretary Maria Susan V. Ople and senior agency officials held a dialogue earlier this week with a delegation led by Takamol Executive President Fawzan Almuhaidib.
Last month, Ms. Ople said Saudi Arabia plans to hire about one million skilled Filipino workers in the next 18 to 24 months through a special employment program.
The key sectors in Saudi Arabia in need of workers include the hospitality industry, construction, and information and technology.
The Saudi government had also promised President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. in November that it would settle the unpaid wages and other benefits of Filipino workers who were laid off by private Saudi employers in 2015-2016, according to Ms. Ople. — John Victor D. Ordoñez