With the participation of teachers from the ULPGC, PROEXCA, Association of Businessmen in Senegal, Senegal Chamber of Commerce, Canarian businessmen working in Africa and African women's associations.
The Seminar 'Mobility and employability Africa-Canary Islands / Canary Islands-Africa', which will be held within the XXX Summer University of Maspalomas, will analyze the possibilities offered by the relations between both territories to create job creation options. Teachers from the ULPGC, PROEXCA, Association of Businessmen in Senegal, Casa África, Chamber of Commerce of Senegal, Canarian businessmen working in Africa and African women's associations will participate in this meeting.
Registration for this course (15 euros), which will be held from July 19 to 21 at the Casa Condal de Maspalomas, can be made through the website:
https://www.universidadveranomaspalomas.org/materias/98/
This seminar, coordinated by Germán Santana, wants to offer a vision of the perspectives and possibilities that employability presents in Spain and, in particular, in the Canary Islands for people from Africa, and the possibilities that people from Africa currently have. from Spain and the Canary Islands in Africa.
The opening day, Tuesday, July 19, will begin at 17:30 p.m. with a presentation by José Segura Clavell , Director General of Casa África. Following this, Carla Velayos Morales, Director of Talent Development at PROEXCA (Government of the Canary Islands), will give a talk on 'International Business Training to Promote Employability,' and Andrea-Nicoleta Leurzeanu , Internationalization Officer at the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Senegal, will speak on 'A Success Story from the Canary Islands in Finding Employment Related to Africa.'
On Wednesday, July 20, Jin Tayra, Vice-Rector for Internationalization, Mobility, and International Projection at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), will speak on the topic of "The Role of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Projects, Mobility, and Volunteering with Africa." Following him, Nayra Delgado , a journalist from the Complutense University of Madrid and president of the first association of Mauritanian-Spanish companies, will speak.
The program on Thursday, July 21, will begin with a presentation by Eduardo Mesegué Bonet of GB Food, who will speak on 'GB Foods in Africa: Perspectives and Experiences'. Following this, Mame Cheikh Mbaye , co-founder and president of the Canary Islands Reception Network, will discuss 'Obstacles and Achievements in the Labor Market for African Migrants'. Finally, Sara Mba Costa, Senior Key Account Executive at the Martínez Group, and Paula Carroza, Human Resources Director at the Martínez Group, will speak.
Despite the high unemployment rate that exists in both territories, thousands of people are hired every year, even in the most serious years of the economic crisis. It must be taken into account that in the last decade the Canary Islands have had one of the highest percentages of economic growth in the entire State and that most African countries register spectacular growth, above 5%.
Expectations for the future are even better and, therefore, relations with Africa should not be seen as a 'problem', since precisely mobility and employability can serve as an economic engine of mutual development and contribute to increased improvement in the living conditions of its inhabitants. For Germán Santana, “in an increasingly globalized world, work connections and the rapid satisfaction of labor demand become a necessity that entails improvements in qualifications and reciprocal knowledge of the Canarian-African realities.”