NGO staff to be trained on financial management

TDT | Manama

Labour and Social Development Minister Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan has asserted that the initiative recently presented to the Cabinet on the e-platform to train non-governmental organisations (NGOs) remotely aims to qualify their workers for specialised professional certificates in financial management. This also enhances their financial management capabilities.

The move is in line with the eighth recommendation of the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) in combatting the financing of terrorism through NGOs. Humaidan said that the Labour Ministry has launched the initiative to support volunteers and charity societies’ workers to enhance their financial management skills so as to be able to achieve their development goals.

The minister said that the first-of-its-kind initiative targets a total of 400 NGO volunteers, noting that they will benefit from a professional training programme prepared by financial management experts and accredited by a specialised scientific entity in Bahrain. He indicated that the initiative will benefit NGOs’ board members and affiliates, university students wishing to engage in voluntary work, affiliates of the Labour Ministry’s Voluntary Work Development Centre, as well as workers in banks, who deal with NGOs.