Qatar Fund For Development (QFFD) has signed with RAND Corporation, a US research organization, an agreement to conduct a study on opportunities for refugees and host countries in middle-eastern labor markets, to benefit the countries and refugees equally.

The study aims to provide a social and economic evaluation for the labor markets, a deep analysis on the refugees’ available skills and how much job opportunities are available in the host countries. The study also works on specifying the sectors that are capable to accept additional labor and document the skills of the refugees to know where and how the refugees may have paid employment through methods that benefit the host countries. The study will also specify the detailed steps to be taken to facilitate long term economical opportunity and achieve social unity.

QFFD Executive Director of Strategic Planning Ali Al Dabbagh said the State of Qatar continues to meet its promises towards humanitarian crises in the region including Syria, Yemen and Iraq.

Al Dabbagh added that QFFD through this study plans to highlight the available economic opportunity which benefits the refugees and the hosting societies.

On his part, RAND Vice President Charles Ries said he looked forward to conduct this important study in order to help the refugees and hosting communities to find economical opportunities that benefits both sides, till the refugees return to their home countries.

He added that the desired results of this study is a great benefit to the international donors, especially those who pledged support in the 2016 London conference and 2017 Brussels conference. Ries said these conferences aimed to collect money to face the current humanitarian crisis in Syria, noting that the State of Qatar responded to both conferences and pledged amongst other donors to provide more than $200 million in aids for the Syrian people, and it has already paid a large portion of the aid.

The study scheduled to be conducted focuses on the existing collaborative work on this matter, between the RAND Cooperation with its research and the UN agencies, in addition to the large database specialized in the refugee crisis owned by both parties.

QFFD is a public development institution committed to improving the livelihoods of different communities around the world by providing financial instruments that will help promote education, health care, social services, infrastructure and economic development in these communities.

RAND Corporation is a nonprofit and non-partisan institution that works on placing solutions to face public political challenges to help in making communities around the world more safe, secure, healthy and prosperous

Source: Fana News