integration (ti)
generaTion immigranTs. The programme aims To bring inTernaTional skills and experienCe
from CounTries ouTside europe inTo Telenor.
within the Norwegian Labour and Welfare
Administration, to find suitable candidates for
the programme among those who are registered
as unemployed. The programme lasts a total
of 12 months. In the first two months we map
the candidates' existing skills and further
development needs. During this period they
are offered workplace Norwegian language
tuition, a communications course and a course
in project work/project management. After this
the participants are given a training position in a
Telenor department for up to 10 months.
spring and autumn
April and September.
During the spring term we took on three
candidates with Eritrean, Palestinian and Indian
backgrounds respectively. Two of them are trained
communications and network engineers and
the third has a bachelor's degree in Computer
Science. The autumn intake consisted of four
people: A Pakistani electronic engineer, a
Tunisian with a bachelor's degree in networks
and communications, a Moroccan with a master's
degree in telecommunications and an Iranian
with a master's degree in IT, specialising in
telecommunications.
In December 2012 Telenor Integration was visited
by two Conservative Party of Norway MPs, Afshan
Rafiq and Torbjørn Røe Isaksen. The politicians
wanted to hear about how first-generation
immigrants can enter Norwegian working life.
Telenor leads the way both state and municipality
could learn a lot here. At the same time, as a
politician I find it depressing that it is a private
company leading the way in an area in which
the public sector should take the lead," Torbjørn
Røe Isaksen said during the visit. His colleague
Afshan Rafiq noted that governmental bodies
and ministries should be able to employ more
immigrants through their own tailored courses,
following the model developed by Telenor.