{"id":26099007,"date":"2024-03-04T15:34:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T13:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/metadrasi-joins-the-succesful-job-fair-in-lesvos\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:50:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:50:48","slug":"metadrasi-joins-the-succesful-job-fair-in-lesvos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/metadrasi-joins-the-succesful-job-fair-in-lesvos\/","title":{"rendered":"METAdrasi joins the succesful Job Fair in Lesvos"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28300\" src=\"http:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-22.jpg\" alt=\"Metadrasi -\" title=\"Metadrasi -\"><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>More than 450 refugees and asylum seekers participated in the Job Fair organized at the Closed Controlled Facility of Lesvos on 27 and 28 February.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>METAdrasi supported the Job Fair, the first of this year, with interpretation and employment counselling services provided to asylum seekers looking for work. During the two-day Job Fair, around 30 employers from all over Greece, who participated either on-site or online, discussed with prospective employees potential job opportunities in various sectors, such as tourism, construction, agriculture, technology, and interpreting. Following this\u00a0initial meeting, many participants will engage with prospective employers through further interviews and communication.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cMETAdrasi receives requests from employers from all over Greece and across various sectors because there is a significant challenge in finding people to work,\u201d said Lora Pappa, President of METAdrasi, emphasizing the importance of learning the Greek language for those residing in the facilities, in order to enhance their ability to find a job and become self-sufficient.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The event was organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/migration.gov.gr\/en\/ris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Reception and Identification Service<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/migration.gov.gr\/en\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/migration.gov.gr\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Ministry of Migration and Asylum<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">UNHCR<\/a>, in cooperation with the <a href=\"https:\/\/greece.iom.int\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">International Organization for Migration<\/a>, through the HELIOS Programme funded by the Ministry of Migration and Asylum.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"28303\" class=\"wp-image-28303\" src=\"http:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4822-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Metadrasi -\" title=\"Metadrasi -\"><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"28302\" class=\"wp-image-28302\" src=\"http:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-23.jpg\" alt=\"Metadrasi -\" title=\"Metadrasi -\"><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"28301\" class=\"wp-image-28301\" src=\"http:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-28.jpg\" alt=\"Metadrasi -\" title=\"Metadrasi -\"><\/figure>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 450 refugees and asylum seekers participated in the Job Fair&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":25991673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","iawp_total_views":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[562],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-26099007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","tag-integration-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26099007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26099007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26099007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26112615,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26099007\/revisions\/26112615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25991673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26099007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26099007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26099007"},{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=26099007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}