PH Embassy in Germany Meets Healthcare Professionals Officials, Filipino Community in Saarland

From left: Anna Kaufman of the Federal Ministry of Health, Ambassador to Germany Ma. Theresa Dizon-De Vega, Christoph Klos of DeFa, Labor Attaché Delmer Cruz, and DeFa Executive Director Thorsten Kiefer (POLO-Berlin photo)

BERLIN 07 November 2019 — Philippine Ambassador to Germany Ma. Theresa Dizon-De Vega, with Labor Attaché Delmer Cruz, met with the officials of the newly-established German Agency for International Healthcare Professionals (DeFa) at the DeFa Headquarters in Saarbrücken on 30 October 2019.

The meeting was attended by DeFa Executive Director Thorsten Kiefer, DeFa Head of Recognition and Visa Services Christoph Klos, and Anna Kaufmann of the German Federal Ministry of Health-Migration Policy and Integration Services Division.

The Embassy and DeFa officials discussed the role of the new German agency in ensuring that the process for hiring international healthcare professionals, including Filipinos, would be transparent, fair, and efficient.

While in Saarbrücken, Ambassador Dizon-De Vega and Labor Attaché Cruz also met with some members of the Filipino-German community, including German lawyer Stefan Crauser who has been assisting Filipino nationals in Germany. The community’s activities for the coming year were shared while the Embassy team encouraged the Filipinos to take part in the initiatives of both the Embassy in Berlin and the Consulate General in Frankfurt.

A brief meeting with the Regionalverband Director for Saarbrücken Peter Gillo also took place. Mr. Gillo is responsible for the allocation of budgetary funding for the different socio-economic programs in Saarbrücken and is also a supporter of Filipino-German Community events and programs in Saarland. END

Ambassador to Germany Ma. Theresa Dizon-De Vega presents tokens to DeFa Official. (Berlin PE photo)

President of the Kinderhilfe Philippinen Anita Wonack, Ambassador to Germany Theresa Dizon-De Vega and Regionalverband Director Peter Gillo. (Berlin PE photo)

 Ambassador to Germany Ma. Theresa Dizon-De Vega and Labor Attaché Cruz with members of the Filipino-German Community. (Berlin PE photo)

For more information, visit  https://www.berlinpe.dfa.gov.ph,  https://www.philippine-embassy.de   or https://www.facebook.com/PHinGermany.