Government of Timor-Leste

Besides the training in Timor-Leste, and the employment opportunities and professional internship that the Secretariat of State of Professional Training and Employment provides for the Timorese, the training and employment outside of the country is also a reality.

The SoSPTE continues to support the training centres and recently, through the National Institute of Development of Manpower (INDMO) has certified over 14 centres. The Trainers from the Training Centres are encouraged to attend courses, for example, in Indonesia, Australia, Malaysia and Brazil, to deepen their technical knowledge and acquire more skills in the development of their work, ensuring training of the highest quality.

To participate in the National Strategic Development Plan, particularly in the infrastructure area, the trainers have solidified their knowledge in construction, carpentry, welding and electricity, among other necessary areas.

Many of these trainees go abroad to work and to take an internship, gain experience to better put into practice the knowledge acquired.

An agreement established in 2008 with South Korea has allowed that, to date, around 2200 Timorese to take a course in Korean to qualify for work in this country. The knowledge of the language, together with the training they received, allows them to be eligible for work that South Korea provides for Timorese workers. Currently, around 489 workers (of whom 53 are women) are working in South Korea, more particularly in agriculture, fishing and factory work.

About 30 workers will soon join them and around 600 are waiting to be called.

The SoSPTE, specifically the Maritime College of Timor-Leste, has a pilot-project with the Australian Government where, in the future, Australia will receive more Timorese trainees in the maritime area, the exploitation of marine products, diving, small vessel maritime navigation, among others.

Australia has already welcomed eight young people to whom they provided work and professional internships, and soon twelve more will go. Since it is still a pilot-project, efforts are being made for this number to increase.

Thus, training in the country is complemented with  that which is given abroad, with the experience that is acquired abroad, in the certainty that all of it combines to bring to Timor-Leste the best of both and to potentiate human capital development and therefore the country.