ORAM and Working in the Port sign Amsterdam Internship Pact MBO

ORAM has signed on as the coordinator of the Working in the Port program, also on behalf of Port of Amsterdam and Amports. Together, we will work to provide every MBO student in Amsterdam with an internship, with good guidance and an appropriate internship fee. 

Vision Working in the Port 

The Internship Pact aligns with the vision of the Work in the Port incentive program:

• • Organize more college internships and a better match between supply and demand

• • Provide fair internship compensation

• • Create optimal social safety and prevent internship discrimination

• • Realize good communication between education and industry

In Amsterdam, 40,000 mbo students are studying. In the port they are eager to get these professionals on board. Think of jobs in loading and unloading, in storage and transhipment and in energy transition. Companies are evolving to become better and better internship companies. The internships and jobs in the port can already be found in one place: werkenindehaven.amsterdam.

Strong together
Like the national Stagepact, the Amsterdam Stagepact contains agreements on improving internships. The Stagepact connects companies, MBO institutions, the Cooperation Organization for Vocational Education Business (SBB) and the City of Amsterdam, to work together towards a valuable, safe and positive practical experience for all MBO students and employers. This signing ceremony is the starting signal for a successful collaboration between all parties.

Yasemin Demirtas, program manager Labor Market looks back on yesterday 'We should be proud of our mbo graduates, after all, they are essential for Amsterdam. And so is the port! The signing of the internship pact marks the start of cooperation between the business community, the municipality, MBO institutions, MBO programs and students. An important development. After all, all parties must invest in an improved route from MBO student to employer. And there are really steps to be taken here.

Sofyan Mbarki, alderman for MBO and labor market transition, emphasized once again the potential that exists in Amsterdam: "If we, as a city, do not make use of the tremendous talent that is walking around in the MBO, we will get nowhere. It is the combination of working with your hands and your head that makes the MBO so unique. Good internships are essential in this, because they make the step from study to work smaller.' 

We look forward to further cooperation between all educational institutions and the port business community.

Watch the video below about all the work college graduates are doing in the city. It was made by MBO media studies students.