Rabat, Jan. 15 -- Belgian employment organizations Voka and Agoria have started a pilot project to bring Moroccan computer scientists to Flanders, the Flemish region in northern Belgium, the Belgian magazine the Brussels Times reported Monday.

In collaboration with the Flemish Service for Employment and Vocational Training (VDAB), Voka and Agoria plan to receive the first employees in the second half of 2019.

It is the first time that VDAB and the Belgian employment organizations are searching for professionals outside Europe, according to the magazine.

Through the pilot project, Belgian employers decided to attract 30 Moroccan IT specialists over a period of 18 months after Belgium recognized a serious labor shortage in IT jobs.

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