RP, Switzerland agree to exchange professional nurses 12/24/2010

RP, Switzerland agree to exchange professional nurses

12/24/2010
The Philippines and Switzerland have agreed to draw a comprehensive plan for promoting and strengthening the full potential of the two countries’ agreement on the exchange of professional trainees, particularly health workers.

In a report to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Philippine Embassy in Berne said the plan will give particular attention to prospective hospital employers of Filipino nurses, whose entry into Switzerland as professional trainees is covered by the existing Philippine-Swiss trainee exchange agreement.

“Upon the full implementation of the agreement, new windows of opportunity will be opened,” an embassy report said.

These include the expansion of the quota on the number of trainees and the increased flexibility in the categories of skills of trainees to be qualified under the agreement..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20101224nat3.html