This week, Fritz Dorvillier, Consul General of Haiti in Montreal, had a fruitful meeting with representatives of the Ministry of International Relations and La Francophonie as well as the Ministry of Immigration, Francisation and Integration of Quebec around the project relating to the recruitment of nurses abroad, more particularly in Haiti.

The representatives of the Government of Quebec first took care to present to the Consul General Dorvillier the nature and the objectives of the project while clearly specifying that it was a project which aims to promote the training mobility of nurses and that itis not intended to permanently immigrate Haitian nurses to Quebec.

They explained that it was rather a question of allowing Haitian nurses to come and exchange their knowledge and professional experiences with their Quebec colleagues and to improve their skills and at the same time to work part-time as orderlies for the beneficiaries during a defined period of continuing education.

In this perspective, in the next 3 months, Quebec intends to start recruiting about 50 nurses in Haiti.

The Consul General, thanked the representatives of the Government of Quebec for the clarifications on this project and said he was enthusiastic about this initiative, convinced that this project will be beneficial to both parties. On the one hand, the recruited Haitian nurses will benefit in Quebec from a quality professional environment that will help them improve their skills and on the other hand, they will contribute to better taking care of patients as orderlies.

In addition, Dorvillier has requested the direct participation of Quebec in the initial training of nurses in Haiti, by setting up distance continuing education modules, by sending experienced trainers to Haiti and by donating modern medical equipment to Haiti.

Finally, the Consul General assured them of the formal, legal and responsible collaboration of the Haitian State in the execution of this project. This requires the signing of a specific agreement between Quebec and Haiti to protect not only their interests, but also those of the nurses who will be recruited.

HL/ HaitiLibre