Nordic country Finland is planning to hire young talents from Bangladesh in some sectors, particularly IT and healthcare as the number of the ageing population is on rise in the Nordic country.

Dr Tito Gronow, minister and deputy head of mission at Finland Embassy in New Delhi said this in an interview with UNB during his recent visit to Bangladesh.

“Finland is eager to develop a programme for trying to find young talents with its Talent Boost programme particularly in IT, healthcare but also some other sectors to attract the people to come to Finland,” he said.

Under the programme, Finland will recruit manpower from Bangladesh for its healthcare sector as the ageing population is on rise in the Nordic country, he said.

 “We need more people for our healthcare sector and you (Bangladesh) have a very young population. So, this actually is a good match,” said Dr Gronow.

Noting that there are already a good number of Bangladeshi students in Finland, he said “I can imagine that there will be more students who come to Finland (from Bangladesh) in future.

About the bilateral relations, the Finnish diplomat said the current relationship is very good. “Our aim is to increase trade between the countries. We’ve an ambition to have more Finnish companies in the Bangladesh market,” he said.

Dr Gronow also said they’ve discussed with several Bangladeshi companies particularly textile companies for expanding European activities to Finland.

In the next autumn, there will be a political consultations between Finland and Bangladesh here in Dhaka. The delegation will be a combination of political and business delegations, he said.

“Our main objective here in Bangladesh is to improve our trade relations. We see a huge potential in Bangladesh in many sectors. Our priority is very much in digitalization, IT, 5G and 6G and different kinds of digital solutions,” he said.

He said Finland can help Bangladesh make traditional manufacturing industries to digital modern industries in the era of 4th industrial revolution.

“In textile industry, you’ve already invested in environmental technology and we’ve environmental solutions to offer to Bangladeshi industries, " he said, adding that Finland is also interested in developing a partnership with Bangladesh in the educational sector.

Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque