Spanish Ambassador and Honorary President of the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation, Jesus Silva (left), signs a Memorandum of Understanding with State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Senator Floyd Morris (centre), in the presence of Netricia Miller (standing), legal officer, and Lean Channer, secretary of the Jamaica Council for Disabled Persons, atthe Spanish Embassy in New Kingston on Monday. - Rudolph Brown/Chief Photographer

More jobs are expected to be made available to disabled persons with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Spanish Government on Monday.

According to a release from the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation, the MoU will see members of the disabled communities benefiting from 11,000 jobs to be created in the tourism sector over the next five years.

Senator Floyd Morris, State Minister for Labour and Social Security, and Spanish Ambassador Jesus Silva, the Honorary President of the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation, signed the MoU.

The Spanish Foundation, which is comprised of eight investors, said the MoU will serve as the framework to guide future collaboration aimed at providing employment opportunities for disabled persons and ensuring that this group of Jamaicans benefit from the current wave of Spanish investments in Jamaica.

Through the MoU, the Ministry of Labour and the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation will establish a Joint Committee which will have as its responsibility the implementation of measures geared at training Jamaican workers with disabilities in such a way that they enjoy equal opportunities of recruitment for jobs within the Spanish projects, said the release.

The Spanish-Jamaican Foundation was established in July 2006 by all Spanish investors in Jamaica, with the objective to promote educational, social, economic and cultural projects and activities.