The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics and ExxonMobil Qatar have launched a capacity building course on National Development Strategy 2011-16 (NDS).
HE Dr Saleh bin Mohamed al-Nabit, Minister of Development Planning and Statistics, and Bart Cahir, president and general manager, ExxonMobil Qatar, attended the launching ceremony.
The course will provide public sector officials from the Ministry of Labour, the Supreme Education Council and other relevant ministries and agencies with a better understanding of labour concepts and methodologies.
It will also teach participants how to apply these concepts and methodologies for policymaking, policy analysis, and monitoring, ultimately contributing to the development and implementation of national labour strategies towards achieving the objectives of the Human Development Pillar of the Qatar National Vision 2030.
“The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics and ExxonMobil Capacity Building course on National Development Strategy 2011-16 responds to requests from ministries and agencies for capacity building in best practice techniques to support labour market analysis and policy making for implementation of NDS 2011-16,” said al-Nabit.
“It is extremely important that our colleagues receive first-class training on assessing important statistical information to help accurately describe our economy and build a labour market outlook.”
Bart Cahir said: “We are proud and honoured at ExxonMobil Qatar to be part of this initiative and to be the only private sector corporation to support the Ministry of Planning and Statistics with this endeavour.
“With a Qatarisation headcount of 53% as of January 2014 – an increase of 5% over 2013 - we continuously strive to meet the objectives of the Qatar National Vision’s Human Development Pillar within our own walls, by recruiting and developing Qatari nationals to handle key industry-specific responsibilities.”