On June 25, 2010, the Ambassador of Eritrea, H.E. Petros Tseggai, visited us. After his arrival, Mr. Tseggai was received by Mayor Pahlandt and 1st City Councillor Brummer in Hildesheim City Hall and signed the city’s Golden Book.
The ambassador’s visit attracted a great deal of attention: Members of the Bundestag Hans-Joachim Barchmann and Bernhard Brinkmann, DGB District Chairwoman Regina Stolte, Managing Director Horst Gabriel of the Hildesheim Job Center and Chamber of Crafts President Jürgen Herbst came to the town hall to welcome the guest together with our association chairman Fred Schulz.
The ambassador then visited the vocational training center of the Hildesheim-South Lower Saxony Chamber of Crafts. He was welcomed there by Chamber President Herbst. President Herbst explained to his guest the principles of initial vocational training in the skilled trades and clarified the tasks of the vocational training centers. He offered the ambassador the Chamber’s support in training vocational school teachers and drawing up training plans. Ambassador Tseggai explained the great importance of training craftsmen for his country and described Germany’s dual system as exemplary.
Finally, Ambassador Tseggai visited Arbeit und Dritte Welt. He said that his country could urgently use the help of our association in supporting the establishment of training workshops.
