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More than 50 Jordanian and international companies attended.              STORYLINE      ...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLEADIN\u003cbr/\u003e              A jobs fair has taken place at Jordan's Zaatari refugee camp to connect the displaced people there with employers.\u003cbr/\u003e              More than 50 Jordanian and international companies attended.\u003cbr/\u003e              STORYLINE\u003cbr/\u003e              The Head of the European Union delegation in Jordan, Andrea Matteo Fontana, and United Nations officials arrive at the first ever jobs fair to take place at the Zaatari camp in Jordan.\u003cbr/\u003e              It's part of an EU-sponsored effort to help refugees become more self-reliant during what could be years more of exile. \u003cbr/\u003e              Fontana says the objective is simple: to match refugees with companies looking to employ them:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Today we have here more than 50 companies looking for 1350 employees and we have hundreds of Syrian refugees looking for some jobs and we hope that through this fair we are going to facilitate this matching.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              More than 50 Jordanian and international companies are advertising hundreds of jobs in areas including textiles, construction and agriculture.\u003cbr/\u003e              Fontana adds that any product made with at least 15 percent Syrian labour will be given easier access to the European market and that this will hopefully result \"in more jobs for Syrian refugees, for Jordanians and a bigger Jordanian economy that will benefit everyone.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Zaatari camp is Jordan's largest for Syrian refugees. \u003cbr/\u003e              Some five million Syrians have fled their homeland since the conflict erupted in 2011, including 660,000 registered in Jordan.\u003cbr/\u003e              Losing jobs was inevitable, but this fair is being seen as the first step to getting many of them back into employment.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"You are starting the recruitment process here but it is only the first step of the recruitment process. There will be second interviews, there will be tests, and only after that the jobs will be secured for the refugees. So it is only the first point of contact between the refugees and these companies,\" says Patrick Daru, Country Co-ordinator for International Labour Organisation. \u003cbr/\u003e              Shadi Ahmad, a Syrian refugee from Deraa, has skills in the energy sector and is optimistic about his prospects at the fair.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Fortunately there is more than one company looking for skilled people like me and I've applied for all of them,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003e              Ne'ma Janadi is also from Deraa.\u003cbr/\u003e              She's hopeful she will be able to secure work near to her family.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"All the people have families and I have five children and it is better for them and for me to work close to them. I had a tailoring job in Syria but I lost it when I came here. And now I'd like to work in the sewing profession, and we hope to have this job opportunity inside the camp.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Employers at the fair were just as positive about the benefit the fair will have for their companies.\u003cbr/\u003e              Suleiman al-Shoriaki is the manager of a garments factory and is looking to employ 60 male and female workers across different departments on a salary of 225 Jordan dinars (317.7 US dollars) with numerous benefits.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"(We're) also (offering) health insurance, social security, transportation from the company to the camp and we can provide them accommodation in Al-Dlail (town in Mafraq city).\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We are ready to provide them with the accommodation and we hope to shoulder some of the burden from the Jordanian government and help the Syrian refugees,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Zaatari camp - 4 October 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Wide of Andrea Matteo Fontana, Head of European Union delegation in Jordan, and UN officials arriving at the first job fair in Zaatari camp\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Wide of Fontana listening to a briefing from an International Labour Organisation (ILO) official\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Various of Syrian job seekers gathering at companies' desks to apply for jobs\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Fontana touring the job fair\u003cbr/\u003e              5. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrea Matteo Fontana, Head of European Union delegation in Jordan:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"The objective is to try and facilitate the matching between the refugees and the companies who want to employ them. And today we have here more than 50 companies looking for 1350 employees and we have hundreds of Syrian refugees looking for some jobs and we hope that through this fair we are going to facilitate this matching.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Various of Syrian job seekers gathering at companies' desks to apply for jobs\u003cbr/\u003e              7. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrea Matteo Fontana, Head of European Union delegation in Jordan:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"This is linked of course to the Jordan Compact and to our commitment to facilitate the export of products made in Jordan, and this is based on new rules that we have introduced, that foresee that any product that is made in Jordan which has a certain percentage of labour coming from Syrian refugees, 15 percent, will benefit from a facilitated access to the European market. And therefore there is an interest for all the stakeholders here, the Syrian refugee, the Jordanian entrepreneur, and the Jordanian economy in making a success of this scheme that hopefully at the end of the day will result into more jobs for Syrian refugees, for Jordanians and a bigger Jordanian economy that will benefit everyone.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Various of job seekers at the job fair\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Wide of Patrick Daru, Country Co-ordinator at the International Labour Organisation, (ILO) talking to job fair attendees.\u003cbr/\u003e              10. SOUNDBITE (English) Patrick Daru, Country Co-ordinator, International Labour Organisation (ILO):\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Now the question is that you are starting the recruitment process here but it is only the first step of the recruitment process. There will be second interviews, there will be tests, and only after that the jobs will be secured for the refugees. So it is only the first point of contact between the refugees and these companies. The different sectors that you have, you have a lot of (from the) garment sector, but you have also chemical sector, you have food and beverage sector, and also agriculture and construction.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              11. Various of a Syrian refugee applying for a job\u003cbr/\u003e              12. SOUNDBITE (English) Agostino Mulas, UNHCR Deputy Representative in Jordan:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We are very pleased with the Jordanian authorities, particularly the Minister of Labour, because they are facilitating and providing job permits to refugees. In addition to this job fair there is a job office for the release of job permits, it's another initiative done with the ILO and with the Jordan Minister of Labour. So we are very happy because we are really proceeding in the right direction in these job opportunities.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              13. Wide of Shadi Ahmad, Syrian refugee from Deraa, applying for a job\u003cbr/\u003e              14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Shadi Ahmad, Syrian refugee from Deraa:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Of course there are 47 companies taking part in the job fair inside the Zaatari camp. I have skills in the electricity sector and I took training courses inside the camp through NRC (Norwegian Refugee Council) for youth empowerment,and I received a certificate in renewable energy. I can work from a small house for a large power station. I worked for two years in the power facility in the Zaatari camp and now I'm unemployed and I'm here to apply for any vacancy and fortunately there is more than one company looking for skilled people like me and I've applied for all of them.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              15. Various of Ne'ma Janadi, Syrian refugee from Deraa, applying for a job\u003cbr/\u003e              16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ne'ma Janadi, Syrian refugee from Deraa:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"This is a good opportunity, but we hope to find job opportunities inside the camp. All the people have families and I have five children and it is better for them and for me to work close to them. I had a tailoring job in Syria but I lost it when I came here. And now I'd like to work in the sewing profession, and we hope to have this job opportunity inside the camp.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              17. Various of job seekers at the job fair\u003cbr/\u003e              18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Suleiman al-Shoriaki, manager of garments factory:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We are looking for 60 male and female workers, tailors, guards, wrapping (garments) and porters. The salary is 225 Jordan dinars (317.7 US dollars). (We're) also (offering) health insurance, social security, transportation from the company to the camp and we can provide them accommodation in Al-Dlail (town in Mafraq city). We are ready to provide them with the accommodation and we hope to shoulder some of the burden from the Jordanian government and help the Syrian refugees.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              19. 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