KSA vision explained at G-20 meet

Minister of Labor and Social Development Mufrej Al-Haqabani on Tuesday explained here, before the G-20 meeting of ministers of labor and employment, Saudi Vision 2030 as well as the third version of the annual report on the Saudi labor market.
The minister said Vision 2030 would provide meaningful employment opportunities to ensure quality productivity of male and female youths.
He stressed that the vision involves creating job opportunities for all segments of the community, including women and those with special needs.
The minister referred to a number of initiatives and creative programs launched by the ministry to encourage wider participation of male and female youths in the employment process, notably in private sector companies. He said the priority of the vision lies in the employment of new entrants in the labor market through the development a series of initiatives.
Al-Haqabani touched on the ministry’s efforts on the enhancement of the concept of remote work and exploitation of new technologies to facilitate women’s work and the provision of decent job opportunities for them.
Remote work programs will provide some 140,000 out of 1.2 million jobs targeted by the National Transformation Program (NTP) by 2020, which comes within Vision 2030, he said. He said that despite the multiplicity of initiatives, they are being linked and coordinated through a comprehensive strategy to ensure easy implementation.
He said the merger of the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Social Affairs into one ministry under the name of “Ministry of Labor and Social Development,” is geared to to cope with changes in the work environment.
He emphasized the fact that this comprehensive approach in labor and social development will ensure that citizens will get the services they need to make them productive.
In this context, he announced the creation of an agency for generation of jobs and combating unemployment to ensure the provision of sustainable jobs in all parts of the Kingdom, which will activate coordination between government and the private sector related to the labor market to boost partnership for creation of jobs, combating unemployment and redressing joint issues.
He also referred to the creation of a general authority for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to promote entrepreneurship among Saudis, innovation in SMEs and development of this sector in line with best international practices.
The minister affirmed the government’s resolve to provide comprehensive education and training programs through many paths including the establishment of “colleges of excellence” by the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation with the intent of providing on-the-job training for new entrants into the labor market, as well as training and professional certificates through electronic and other creative platforms.

Source: Arab News