National Human Resource Development and Employment Authority (Tanmia), welcomed Dr. Waleed Al-Wohhaib, General Secretary, and Jamal Al-Sayed Omar, Manager of Administrative Affairs Department, Manpower & Government Restructuring Program, State of Kuwait, who visited the UAE to view at first hand the training programs and Emiratisation measures implemented by Tanmia.
Marwan Al-Sawaleh, Acting Director General of Tanmia, explained the various training programmes introduced by Tanmia to accelerate the pace of Emiratisation, including the training and deployment programme run in coordination with employers and training centres, the on-the-job training programme and the Maharat programme which is fully financed by Tanmia.
Al-Sawaleh briefed the delegation on the vision of the Center for Career Guidance and Planning (CCGP) for development and planning of career routes at the national level, in coordination with other relevant institutions. The Center supports career guidance activities undertaken by Tanmia local offices, in coordination with the Employment and Skills Development Centre. It also coordinates and directs educational and training programmes in educational and training institutions in the UAE to fulfil the labour market needs, in collaboration with the Center for Labour Market Research and Information (CLMRI).
At the end of the visit, the delegation praised Tanmia’s efforts in creating job opportunities for UAE Nationals, and the high level of training provided to jobseekers to complement the Emiratisation drive.
About Tanmia
Tanmia, the National Human Resource Development & Employment Authority in the UAE, was established by a Presidential decree in November 1999, to address the imbalance in the labour market, due to excessive dependence on expatriate workforce. Tanmia is engaged in a coordinating role, between national job seekers and employers in the private and government sectors, to facilitate increased entry of nationals in the labour market. The responsibilities that rest with the Authority are: to set up the overall policy of the Authority and supervise its implementation, conduct sustained operational and administrative labour market studies and analysis, provide career counseling and guidance to the national work force, follow-up and evaluate employment of nationals in public and private sectors, support small investment enterprises through the establishment of self-employment projects for national human resources and develop programmes for training and qualifying nationals seeking employment, in conformity with the labour market needs.
