PETALING JAYA, Oct 7 (Bernama) -- Australia's Victoria state government is willing to assist and exchange experiences with Malaysia in the area of skills and vocational training.

State minister for regional and rural development, skills and workforce participation Jacinta Allan said, among the areas could be in teacher training, co-curiculum development and quality and regulations.

"There is the opportunity to share ideas, materials and learning," she told Bernama after delivering a lecture, 'Woman in High Office', at the Monash University, Sunway Campus here on Wednesday.

She arrived in Malaysia yesterday for a two-day working visit where she held discussions with officials of the higher education ministry and ministry of rural and regional development.

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Nigeria – Malaysia Business Council has floated an Enterprise Empowerment and Training Unit, saying the move is to assist local entrepreneurs to grow their businesses profitably using the experience and expertise of Malaysia companies’s model.

Speaking during an interactive session with the media in Lagos, Member Governing Council, Mr. Gbemi  Adekekan , said the Council, has designed various projects that will be executed through the Enterprise Empowerment and Training Unit, to stimulate training programmes for empowerment of Council’s members and non-member through skill acquisition and training for various trades.

He further disclosed that in a bid to stimulate joint venture partnership in the key sectors Nigeria economy, the Council will next month embark on a five day business exchange visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and urged local entrepreneurs to participate in the programme because of the potential benefits to participating firms.

The Council, he said, supports the growth and expansion of entrepreneurial business through education and training, business networking, and advocacy.

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Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and AIESEC, the world's largest student-run organization, have launched an innovative program to provide Malaysian students with the opportunity to expand their skills and gain valuable international work experience. The initiative is in line with the Malaysian government's call for more public-private sector collaboration to support the education and development of a highly skilled, technology-savvy workforce that can compete in the global arena.

Open to qualified students currently enrolled in the Cisco® Networking Academy® program, the professional internship program will transform the selected students' classroom knowledge to practical work-based skills. The internships vary in duration from six to 18 months.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Will social networking and instant messages replace the standard business phone call, the client lunch and the handshake? A recent survey in the United States by Directions Research Inc, commissioned by Adobe Systems Inc, points toward an evolution in office workplace culture. White-collar workers are expected to change the way they interact with each other and co-ordinate their tasks; business will also be conducted differently in the social-media-rich environment of the 21st century. According to the survey, the leap in new technology options and shifting demographics of the workforce mean that the traditional way of doing business is rapidly being enhanced by new ways of working. More business will be conducted using emerging communications technologies and social networking platforms such as Facebook and microblogging service Twitter.

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(KOTA KINABALU, Feb 9, 2009, Bernama) The Sabah state government has allocated RM10 million to develop human resources at all levels of its ministries, departments and agencies this year, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman.

He said the state government understood the importance of enhancing skills of its public servants to ensure good governance.

"The public sector is a very important institution to ensure administration and governance. Without that institution, a government will lose its ability to administer and implement plans efficiently and effectively. So we allocate this money to enhance skills of state employees," Musa said at a function to commemorate the Sabah state-level Public Services Day at the Tun Raffae Auditorium at Menara Tun Mustapha, here today.

Musa also called on senior state and Federal public servants to ensure that the quality of services and the public delivery system in Sabah was at a high standard.

He urged state employees to elevate the service performance as well as help to ensure the success of the state's development agenda including the Sabah Development Corridor.

The Sabah Information Department was picked as the winner of the Public Information Centre Award for this year's Sabah Public Services Day.

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