Humaidan praises initiatives that empower Bahrainis professionally

10-08-2023

H.E. Mr. Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, Minister of Labour, expressed his appreciation for the projects and initiatives presented by civil society and training institutions in order to upgrade national cadres in accordance with the requirements of employers and market developments. He pointed out that the government pays special attention to vocational training, which opens wide prospects to increase the pace of employment of citizens and make them the first choice in the labour market. This came during Humaidan's meeting with H.E. Dr. Fatima Mohammed Al Balooshi, Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Bahrain Trust Foundation (BTF), Dr. Jameela Al Saadoon, Director of Da Vinci Training, and Sadeq Abdulrasool, Chief Digital Officer of Homiez and member of the advisory committee of the program, at his office in the ministry. The minister was briefed on the most prominent projects and initiatives implemented by BTF, especially the “Da Vinci Training Program”, which targets graduates of Bachelor of Arts and design programs. These projects aim to enhance and raise the technical skills of graduates, to meet the requirements and needs of the labour market, and those related to owners of commercial technical projects who seek development to obtain growing job opportunities in their fields of specialization. This is done by training them in a four-month training program consisting of 20 specialised and advanced workshops in the field of management, organisation and coordination of art exhibitions and meetings, graphic design, marketing of artistic products, in addition to some diverse skills in fine arts, methods of teaching art education and classroom management. On this occasion, Dr. Fatima praised the role of the Ministry of Labour and the Labour Fund (Tamkeen) in supporting the objectives of the foundation. From that perspective, she emphasised the foundation’s keenness to continue launching qualitative programs and projects aimed at supporting the comprehensive development process in the Kingdom of Bahrain. She further reaffirmed that BTF will support national efforts in the field of preparing Bahraini competencies, refining their professional capabilities, as well as facilitating their integration in various productive sectors.