Manpower, Takatuf in pact to empower Omanis as managers

Energy Wednesday 15/May/2019 20:59 PM
By: Times News Service
Manpower, Takatuf in pact to empower Omanis as managers

Muscat: The Ministry of Manpower yesterday signed an agreement with ‘’Takatuf Oman’’ regarding the design and implementation of the National Leadership Development Programme in order to empower the middle and upper Omani administrations in the private sector.
The agreement was signed by Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Bakri, Minister of Manpower, and Sheikh Ibrahim bin Mohammed Al Harthy, CEO of ‘
’Takatuf Oman’’.
The programme, named “Itimad” which aims to train and qualify 500 citizens in the field of leadership from private sector employees in the targeted sectors by the National Programme for Enhancing Economic Diversification (Tanfeedh) 2019.
Training period
The training period would last from three to six months. It is part of the programmes of one of the initiatives of Labour Market and Employment Laboratory in the framework of Tanfeedh.
Mohammed bin Salim Al Busaidi, Head of Majlis Al Shura’s Youth and Human Resources Development Committee, said that the national programme for leadership development to enable the Omani middle and senior administrations in the private sector targets 10,000 national cadres, which in turn will create 10,000 new job opportunities in the private sector.
For his part, Sheikh Ibrahim bin Mohammed Al Harthy, CEO of “Takatuf Oman’’, said that the programme aims at training the middle and senior leaderships.
He added that the programme consists of three main stages throughout the year, explaining that the main objective of the programme is to prepare qualified national cadres capable of holding senior positions in main sectors in the private sector.