Lisbon funds training schemes worth euros 1.25mn from 2007-2009

Dili, Nov. 14 (Lusa) - East Timor's minister of labor and community reintegration, Arsenio Bano, has formalized Portugal's cooperation to his sector worth euros 1.25 million over the coming three years, officials have said.

The two-way accord, involving 14 projects, was signed Sunday in Dili at the end of a three-week trip to Timor by a delegation from Portugal's ministry of labor and social solidarity.

Dili and Lisbon have cooperated in social reintegration, labor and social security since 2001.

In this period, Portugal has funded various projects worth a total euros 9 million, including the National Center for Labor and Vocational Training at Tibar in Liquica district. (Lusa)