Tamkeen key achievements, upcoming strategic priorities

TDT | Manama

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The Labour Fund, Tamkeen, held a press conference to highlight the major achievements accomplished this year, focusing on its pillars aimed at employment support, career development support, and enterprise support.

On this occasion, Her Excellency Ms. Maha Abdulhameed Mofeez, Chief Executive of the Labour Fund, Tamkeen, stated that 2024 marked an unprecedented achievement for Tamkeen since inception, which entailed the employment and career development of 41,000 Bahrainis in the private sector.

This was achieved by channeling support programs to accomplish key objectives, including creating quality job opportunities, establishing new employment pathways in partnership with the private sector, and training and qualifying national talent to enhance their career development prospects.

These efforts align with Tamkeen’s commitment to sustainable economic growth in the Kingdom of Bahrain to implement national development plans, most notably the Government Action Plan 2023- 2026 and the National Labour Market Plan 2023-2026 in collaboration with Team Bahrain.

Ms. Alya Alaali, Chief Strategy and Data Analytics Officer of the Labour Fund Tamkeen introduced Tamkeen’s strategic priorities for 2025, focusing on increasing the competitiveness of local talent in the private sector, equipping Bahrainis with the necessary skills for career progression, and prioritizing the growth, digitalization, and sustainability of enterprises. This is in line with Tamkeen’s continued commitment to improving the labor market ecosystem and facilitating the private sector to increase the impact of its support programs.

Meanwhile, Tamkeen’s Executive Director of Programs and Partnerships Development Mr. Ali Hasan reaffirmed that since the launch of its programs in November of last year, Tamkeen has successfully created employment and career development opportunities for 41 thousand Bahrainis in private sector enterprises.

This includes support for over 15,200 Bahrainis through programs that facilitate their employment in the labor market, as well as supporting more than 25,700 Bahrainis through programs aimed at skill enhancement and career development, and over 8,500 enterprises through programs promoting growth and productivity.

An overview was presented of the key performance indicators achieved by Tamkeen in 2024, which showed that the percentage of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) reached 51% of the total supported through the enterprise support programs, as well as comprised 54% of the enterprises that received financial support.