Muamer Bandić: Checks have been made in Germany and no cases of forged diplomas have been discovered so far

A delegation of the Labour and Employment Agency of BiH, headed by Muamer Bandić, Director, is visiting the German Federal Employment Agency with a view to verifying the status of the workers from Bosnia and Herzegovina employed in the FR Germany.

“According to German employers, BiH workers are among the most wanted and best foreign workers and employers are very satisfied with them”, said Director of the Labour and Employment Agency of BiH. “We have been mediating in employment of medical staff with secondary educational attainment in Germany since 2013 and 4710 persons have been placed in jobs through our mediation services so far.  Their experiences are positive and employers are satisfied with workers as much as workers are satisfied with the working conditions.  What gives me great pleasure is the fact that the existing Agreement on mediation in employment of BiH workers in the FR Germany for a fixed time-period negotiated between the Labour and Employment Agency of BiH and the German Federal Employment Agency is fully respected and that no problems between workers and employers have occurred so far”, said Muamer Bandić.

“I would also like to stress that following the information on the cases of purchased forged diplomas we have organized a series of meetings in order to find out whether there were cases where BiH workers went to Germany with such diplomas and checks have been made in Germany which proved that no such cases occurred.  I would like to point out that, under the Agreement, all workers from BiH must go through the diploma recognition process which is yet another way to prevent such frauds”, said Director Bandić.

 “It is important to say that we took the opportunity during the visit to talk about expanding the existing cooperation which was a follow-up to talks held last year.  Germany is interested in semi-skilled workers for seasonal employment in agriculture, as well as in skilled occupations with secondary education.  Taking into account the labour market situation in our country in terms of labour surpluses and demand, it was agreed that the German side will submit a draft cooperation agreement on employment of BiH workers with demanded occupations.  In concrete terms, these would include three groups of occupations: electricians, metal workers and plant mechanics for sanitary, heating and air-conditioning technology. The further procedure now entirely depends on how fast the German side will submit a detailed description of occupations according to their curricula which we will then compare with ours”, said Director Bandić.