Contribute to improving the living conditions of Salvadoran and Honduran men and women that want to improve themselves and pull their family through migrating with this program to countries where companies offer opportunities, influencing integrally their countries of origin and destination, guaranteeing respect, human dignity, and the wellbeing of the Workers.

The project was initialized through negotiations by the Salvadoran Government and its Embassy in Canada in the year 2002, and since then more than 800 Salvadoran men and women have benefited from working at different companies in Canada.

In Honduras it began with the Technical Cooperation and Operational Agreement between the Honduran Government and IOM in the year 2007.

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On April 6th, 2006, a Cooperation Agreement between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Labor and IOM in El Salvador was signed with the purpose of unifying efforts to promote and negotiate the insertion of temporary labour programs of Salvadorans overseas, strictly sticking to the fundamental rights of workers.

HONDURASHONDURAS::

Technical Cooperation and Operational Technical Cooperation and Operational Agreement for the Management of Agreement for the Management of Temporary Labour Migration Programs for Temporary Labour Migration Programs for Hondurans work overseas– Signed on Hondurans work overseas– Signed on February 26th, 2007 between the Ministry February 26th, 2007 between the Ministry of Labour, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of Labour, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Interior and Justice and the Ministry of Interior and Justice and the International Organization for Migrations in International Organization for Migrations in Honduras.Honduras.

Addendum to the Technical Cooperation Addendum to the Technical Cooperation and Operational Agreement between the and Operational Agreement between the Honduran Government and IOM– Signed Honduran Government and IOM– Signed on the 15th of August, 2008.on the 15th of August, 2008.

Main Objective: to create an Inter-Main Objective: to create an Inter-institutional Commission that favors the institutional Commission that favors the effective and functional articulation for the effective and functional articulation for the development of actions contained in the development of actions contained in the Operational Agreement.Operational Agreement.

• Reception of job offers abroadReception of job offers abroad• Publication of employment offersPublication of employment offers• Pre-selection and final selectionPre-selection and final selection• Documentation processDocumentation process• Orientation and trainingOrientation and training• Travel preparation and transferTravel preparation and transfer• Follow up of workersFollow up of workers

Entities in charge:Consular representatives of El Salvador and HondurasMinistry of Labor – El Salvador and HondurasIOM through its headquarters in Geneva

Processes needed to be madeInvestigation of the companyRequired profile and analysis of the Inter-institutional

Committee's capacityAgreement signing

•25 Hondurans working at Fruits Queralt located in Cataluña, España.

•20 men and 5 women with a 6 month contract.

•9 of them were re-hired for this year.

•Bilateral agreement between Honduras and Spain for the hiring of Hondurans in Spain.

•14 Salvadorians auxiliary nurses working in the geriatric hospitals “Edad Dorada”.

•5 men and 9 women currently working and training in Madrid to get a Nursing title.

•Labor agreement between MINTRAB and Asociacion Mensajeros de la Paz

• Main written media• Television and Radios• Fliers• Community Leaders• Mayor's Offices

Offer published in the main newspapers of the country

Requirements:Requirements:Both gendersBoth gendersVery good physical conditionVery good physical conditionMiddle school completedMiddle school completedExperience in agriculture or Experience in agriculture or

heavy laborheavy laborHeadHead of of Family Family

• Curriculum check and verification of basic requirements • Pre-selection interview (Government-IOM)• Personalized interview (Government-IOM)• Psychological and medical examination• Home visit• Preparation of final candidate list.• Sending out Curriculums of selected candidates to the

company

• Final interviews with representatives of hiring companies

• Skills and abilities tests

• Contract signing of selected candidates

• Compilation of travel documents (Government-IOM)

• Personal Documentation check • Assistance to fill out visa forms• Sending out Documents to Embassies• Coordination and orientation of

medical examination

Intensive English courses of 120 hours

Orientation prior to departure of migrants and spouses○ Information regarding receiving

country○ Communication and remittances○ Accommodation, meals, and

transportation

Delivery of passports and visasDelivery of passports and visasExplanation of trip, customs and Explanation of trip, customs and

immigration processimmigration processMonitoring of the welcoming of Monitoring of the welcoming of

workers in the country of workers in the country of destinationdestination

This opportunity is very This opportunity is very important for the temporary important for the temporary workers in Canada to change workers in Canada to change their quality of life and that of their quality of life and that of their families; and depending on their families; and depending on their type of contract it could be their type of contract it could be an opportunity to establish an opportunity to establish themselves in a more permanent themselves in a more permanent manner and with a regular manner and with a regular migratory status in the country migratory status in the country of destinationof destination

MenMen WomenWomen

GRANJA

Cortes Cortes 156

CholutecaCholuteca1

El ParaísoEl Paraíso38

ComayaguaComayagua2

Francisco Francisco MorazánMorazán117

Intibucá Intibucá 5

OlanchoOlancho12

Manitoba200

Alberta128

Saskatchewan32

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