A German national, now a long-time resident of Dagupan, is keenly promoting the Philippines, urging German companies to invest here in a bid to boost this nation’s economy and create jobs for unemployed Filipinos.

Professor Manfred Ollik, a  Knight Commander of Rizal in Germany, who lives in Bonuan Gueset Centro in Dagupan, said  he loves the Philippines so much and will do everything he can to improve its image in Germany and other countries in Europe.

Married to a Filipina with whom he has a son, Ollik offered himself to serve as the country’s unofficial ambassador of goodwill to Germany which he visits twice a year.

A retired colonel in the German Police Academy, Ollik already linked up with business establishments and institutions in Germany to promote the Philippines which he considers his second home.

This, he said, was part of the mission assigned him by House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., who lives in the village next to his.

He recently called on top executives of SMA Technologie AG in Kassel City, Germany and invited its executives to come to the Philippines to showcase their modern solar-power, wind-power and water-power technologies.

Ollik, who once served as director for student’s affairs of Lyceum-Northwestern University, said the company is now looking forward to bring its high-technology products to the Philippines.

   He said the German company can help energize far-flung communities or islands where there are no power lines at all, using only the energies from the sun, wind and water.

   Pierre-Pascal Urbon, an SMA executive, told Mr. Ollik that his company’s Sunny Island inverter can be operated independent of power generation types and can be coupled with photovoltaic, wind-power and water-power systems.

Ollik said he was also asked by the Speaker to initiate links with Germany’s Deuscher Industrie-Und Handleskammer (DIHK), Germany’s Chamber of Commerce, for the possible introduction of the Germans’ dual vocational training for graduating students in high school in the Philippines.

According to Ollik, the dual vocational training integrates both theories and practices by keeping students in school for two days a week and another three days working in factories, then enables them to start a livelihood right away.

After completing the dual vocational system, the students shall be deemed graduates as professionals in their own fields of expertise without formally going to a university, he said.

The German system, Ollik said, emphasizes love for work and ethic, industry and proficiency that are needed to develop a strong work force and greatly contribute to a better economy. — LM

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