Link to article: https://thehimalayantimes.com/business/nepal-and-germany-sign-jdoi-on-skilled-labour-migration
On October 10th, 2023- Michael Van der Cammen, on behalf of Germany, and Ram Kaji Khadka, on behalf of Nepal, signed a Joint Declaration of Intent (JDol). The JDol was on skilled labour migration and knowledge exchange. The JDol was signed in Germany and following the signing there was a bilateral meeting. This meeting included the Nepali delegation and prime minister, as well as, the German delegation and state secretary. They discussed their opinions on various topics, such as, their overall relationship with one another, Nepal’s commitment to legal migration, worker welfare and security, ect. They were overall very happy with their relationship and are very excited about the new JDol signing.
This signing allows the countries to work together closely. The hope is that Nepali skilled workers will migrate to Germany to find jobs at times where there is a huge job market. Germany has lots of jobs open due to the lack of their typical migration into the country. This signing benefits both countries majorly socially and economically. The Nepali citizens won’t be jobless and Germany will be able to have working businesses. In the long run, this shouldn’t cause any issues between the countries and will only allow them to grow and flourish.
This relates to our class because it discusses the relationships between two countries and how it affects both of them. Often in class, we talk about trade between countries which is similar to this situation because it is passing something (in this case skilled workers) to another country with the purpose of benefiting both countries involved. As an example, we have talked about the trade of oil from Russia to China. Russia is benefiting by gaining money and China is able to generate energy with the oil received. They also must sign a document to complete this trade which is again, is similar to the current “trade” between Nepal and Germany.