Over the last three years, Eryk has grown by approximately 50% and employed 100 new technicians. At the same time, Eryk has reduced employee turnover, increased profit margins, and strengthened its ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) and CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) profile. How is this possible?
We invite everyone to join us and learn how this is possible on Wednesday, 30th of October 2024, 8:00-15:00 at Marriott Courtyard, Brama Portowa 1, 70-225 Szczecin, Poland.
As a technical service provider with 300 technicians in Europe, where the labour force shrinks by 3% annually, Eryk began seeking sustainable solutions for recruiting young, skilled Nigerian and Ghanaian technicians back in 2017. Now, 7 years later, Eryk has a surplus of young technicians ready to learn and work internationally. This success was partly achieved through collaborations with the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Danish Trade Council), the Nigerian National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) through the EU-funded Mobility Partnership Facility (MPF).
Join us at our seminar to learn more about this journey.😊
Please sign up now by sending an email to lub@eryk.com. We have limited places, so please sign up ASAP. Seats are given as first come – first served.
Read the agenda below 👇
08.00 – 08.10 – Registration
08.10 – Welcome – and brief description of Eryk’s journey from 2017 till now
Jens-Christian Moller MBA, Co-founder and president of Eryk Group
08.30 – Demographic challenges at the Danish and European labour market
Jan Pierrel-Boas, Corporate Relations Advisor – Danish Export Association
09.00 – Demographic challenges at the Polish and West Pomeranian labour market
Paweł Bartoszewski, Deputy Director of the Centre for Economic Initiatives & Andrzej Przewoda, Director of the Voivodship Labour Office in Szczecin
9.40 – 9.55 – Short coffee break
10.00 – Key info about Nigeria, the young population and Europe’s role to play in Nigeria
Jette Bjerrum MBA, Consul General of Denmark in Lagos, Nigeria
10.30 – The West African labour market situation
Mojisola Sodeinde, Head of West African Region – ICMPD
11.00 – 11.10 – Short break
PANEL DISCUSSIONS / INTERACTIVE SESSIONS
11.15 – Panel Sessions I: Labour Mobility Framework
Opportunities and Challenges of Implementing Labour Mobility
(Initiatives under the EU Talent Partnership with Nigeria)
Moderator: Lucja Kalkstein, Eryk Group VP
The panel will include 1 representative from ICMPD, 1 representative from the Polish Ministry of Interior, and Magdalena Winiarska – Eryk Group CAO
12.00 – 13.20 – Lunch break and guided tour at Eryk Global Shared Service Centre
13.30 Panel Sessions II: Technical/Vocational Education for Industry needs
How to uplift technical education to match up with current industry demands and cross- border educational exchange between Nigeria, Denmark & Poland?
Moderator: Chukwudi Johnpaul Okolo, Eryk Group Recruitment Consultant
Participants: Professor Arkadiusz Tomczak – Vice-Rector at Maritime University of Szczecin, Dr Idris Bugaje- Executive Secretary of National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) Nigeria and 1 representative from Danish Industry Association.
14.15 – 14.25 – Short break
14.30 Panel Sessions III: Eryk Apprenticeship Program and experience of its participants
Experience and lessons from participants of the program, their learnings in terms of vocational education, technical skillsets, cultural diversity etc.
Moderator: Lucja Kalkstein, Eryk Group VP
Participants: 2 Eryk apprentices, 1 Eryk Team Leader/Coach, 1 Eryk customer.
15.15 Closing the day – and overall story of Eryk’s journey from now and ahead by Jens-Christian Moller– Eryk Group President
16.00 – 18.30 Networking, cocktails/ mocktails and light supper
Jens-Christian Moller MBA, Co-founder and president of Eryk Group
Top Manager at IBM, then KK Wind Solutions, and since 2004, at Eryk Group. In 1988, he was nominated as Young Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2018, he received the Danish Royal Medal of Honor and the Danish Export Council’s diploma. In 2021, he was granted honorary citizenship of Poland by the President of Poland, and in 2023, he was again nominated as Entrepreneur of the Year.
Jan Pierrel-Boas, Corporate Relations Advisor for Danish Export Association
Public Affairs Advisor and former Regional Sales Manager for Northern and Western Africa for Nilfisk and FLSmidth. Holds a Masters in International Business (CEMS MIM, CBS/HEC Paris) and a Master in Intercultural Management from Copenhagen Business School.
Paweł Bartoszewski, Deputy Director of the Centre for Economic Initiatives
Currently serving as the Deputy Director of the Centre for Economic Initiatives in the Marshal’s Office of the West Pomeranian Voivodship since 2019. Previously, he held key roles including Advisor to the Mayor of Goleniow for the Goleniow Industrial Park and Vice-President of the Management Board of the Szczecin Industrial Park Sp. z o.o.
Andrzej Przewoda, Director of the Voivodship Labour
Office in Szczecin
Since 2007, Director of the Voivodship Labour Office in Szczecin, involved in labour market, social inclusion, education, and EU programs funded by the European Social Fund. Member of the monitoring committees for the Human Capital Program, the Knowledge Education Development Program, and the regional operational program of the West Pomeranian Voivodship
Jette Bjerrum MBA, Consul General of Denmark in Lagos,
Nigeria
Representing Danish interests and Public Affairs – supporting also the work in line with the foreign policy missions of the Danish Embassy in Abuja. Trade Council and advisory to Danish companies doing business in Nigeria, facilitating and fostering rewarding partnerships between Danish and Nigerian public private stakeholders. Before Bjerrum joined the Danish diplomatic corps, she worked globally within the pharmaceutical business – and before the assignment in Nigeria she was Consul General of Denmark in India.
Mojisola Sodeinde, Head of West African Region – ICMPD
Dr. Mojisola Sodeinde possesses over three decades of distinguished experience in the field of international development. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, reflecting her deep commitment to advancing research and practice in education and human development. She currently leads the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) in West Africa, where she is spearheading the establishment of a dynamic regional presence and providing strategic oversight for donor-funded projects in collaboration with ECOWAS, its Member States, and Mauritania.
Lucja Kalkstein, Eryk Group VP
Lucja Kalkstein holds a master’s degree in economics from Warsaw School of Economics; she was born in Szczecin, Poland, where she has worked for and with Danish companies since 2003. In 2004 co-founded Eryk Group, where she has been responsible for finance, administration CSR and HSEQ on a strategic level. She has many years of experience within administration, legal framework, controlling and labour market in Poland and cross-border as well as HSEQ.
Chukwudi Johnpaul Okolo, Eryk Group Recruitment
Consultant
Chukwudi Johnpaul Okolo is a Consultant with Eryk Group on African Apprenticeship Recruitment and Liaison with Nigerian Stakeholders on Technical Education. He graduated with a master’s degree from the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the Uni Erfurt in Germany and has over 10 years experience in Grassroot Social Engagement and Development. He is passionate about Integral Human Development which gives him opportunity to practice his Design Thinking skills.
Prof. Idris Bugaje – Executive Secretary, Nigerian National
Board for Technical Education (NBTE)
Prof. Idris Bugaje is a renewable energy researcher and chemical engineer with over 40 years teaching experience both within Nigeria and abroad. He oversees over 300 Tertiary Institutions as executive secretary of the National Board for Technical Education where he drives transformation in technical education through right policies and teaching practices for skills empowerment. He has maintained a healthy cooperation between Eryk and the NBTE, while also leading the sub-Saharan Africa Skills and Apprenticeship Stakeholders Network (SASASSNET).
Overall moderator of the seminar
Hamza Jatto, Business Development Manager of Eryk Group
In 2019 was part of Eryk’s first apprentice from Africa, working on various projects across Europe. A trained Electrical Engineer and a Business Development Manager with experience in Project Management, Program Management and Customer Relationship Management. From 2020 to 2022, he worked as the Customer Relations Coordinator at Eryk Group. Since 2022, he has been the Business Development Manager at Eryk Group, managing the International Apprenticeship Program and contributing to the African Vision strategy.
Please sign up now by sending an email to lub@eryk.com. We have limited places, so please sign up ASAP. Seats are given as first come – first served.
