Representative of His Majesty the King for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, has stressed the support accorded by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to empowering the youth and giving them full opportunity for training and gaining the needed experience to become leaders at Bahrain’s labour market. He pointed out that providing Bahraini youngsters with the opportunity for training and rehabilitation in the Information and Technology (IT) field will have a positive impact on the youth and the Bahraini labour market, being a varied and open market that has become a pioneering international model in attracting various companies and businesses.

HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, lauded the signing of a cooperation agreement between the Ministry of Labour and Social Development and Huawei Technologies company within the framework of “Opportunities” programme. The agreement was signed by Minister of Labour and Social Development, Jamil bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, and Huawei Bahrain Executive Director, Jason Kao, in the presence of a number of ministers and senior officials.

HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa praised the agreement as a pioneering step in “Opportunities” programme to train the Bahraini youth. Being a major international company with a wealth of experience in the telecommunication field, HH Shaikh Nasser stressed that the company will play a key role in building a generation of Bahraini youngsters capable of dealing in depth with the telecommunication and IT industry, notably with the Kingdom of Bahrain and the world moving towards “digitalization” and the expansion of its use. He added the Bahraini youth will have an ideal training opportunity by Huawei Bahrain possesses a pioneering training method.

HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa affirmed the need for the Bahraini youth and entrepreneurs to take advantage of inspiring platforms aimed at equipping them with the needed knowledge and skills that are consistent with the requirements of the labour market. He described the “Opportunities” programme as a pioneering platform to enable companies and businessmen to reach and communicate with the best talents to explore their skills and capabilities in a practical way and within an accredited national programme that provides the youth with promising training opportunities.

HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa praised the tremendous efforts made by the Ministry of Labour and Social Development and the Ministry of Youth and Sport Affairs which resulted in signing the agreement with Huawei company to provide a line-up of training programmes that will contribute to the employment of the Bahraini youth.