The Red Sea Development Company Launches Training Program

The Red Sea Development Company Launches Training Program
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The Red Sea Development Company Launches Training Program

The Red Sea Development Company Launches Training Program

The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC) has announced the launch of the alumni elite program which aims to qualify trainees to occupy future jobs that include hospitality, smart destinations, environmental sustainability, project completion, governance, and legal affairs.

TRSDC, in a statement, said the program, which is slated to launch on January 13, 2020, aims to provide trainees with practical experience through assigned tasks and through working in several departments of the company. This aims to expand the participants’ professional and cognitive skills.

Vocational guidance, training, and job simulation, as well as training courses related relative to disciplines, will also be provided.

The program includes the presence of a supervisor to determine the schedule of the program and the training course for each applicant wishing to enroll.

Applicants are committed to achieving up 70% on-the-job training, 20% career guidance and 10% general training courses.

In addition, trainees will sign employment contracts for jobs that match their qualifications and skills and start working.

The company said that the program’s applicants, which will undergo a two-year period of training, will have the opportunity to develop their skills and find employment in line with TRSDC goal of providing employment opportunities for Saudi nationals.



Report: Syrian Officials Plan to Attend IMF, World Bank Meetings in Washington

A view of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo at its headquarters in Washington, DC, US, November 24, 2024. (Reuters)
A view of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo at its headquarters in Washington, DC, US, November 24, 2024. (Reuters)
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Report: Syrian Officials Plan to Attend IMF, World Bank Meetings in Washington

A view of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo at its headquarters in Washington, DC, US, November 24, 2024. (Reuters)
A view of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo at its headquarters in Washington, DC, US, November 24, 2024. (Reuters)

Syria's finance minister, foreign minister and central bank chief are planning to attend the annual spring meetings held by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington, DC this month, four sources familiar with the plans said.

It would be the first visit to the meetings by a high-level Syrian government delegation in at least two decades, and the first high-level visit by Syria's new authorities to the US since former President Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December.

Two of the sources told Reuters it was unclear whether Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, Finance Minister Mohammed Yosr Bernieh and Central Bank Governor Abdelkader Husrieh had yet received visas to the United States.

Spokespeople for the IMF, World Bank, Syrian foreign ministry and Syrian presidency did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The other two sources said a high-level meeting focused on reconstruction efforts for Syria could be held on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank meetings.

Syria has been ravaged by nearly 14 years of a war that was sparked by a deadly crackdown on protests against Assad, with much of the country's infrastructure left in ruins.

The government that took over after Assad was ousted has sought to rebuild Syria's ties in the region and further afield, and to win support for reconstruction efforts.

But tough US sanctions imposed during Assad's rule remain in place. In January, the US issued a six-month exemption for some sanctions to encourage humanitarian aid, but this has had limited effect. Reuters reported in February that efforts to bring in foreign financing to pay public sector salaries had been hampered by uncertainty over whether this could breach US sanctions.

Last month the US gave Syria a list of conditions to fulfill in exchange for partial sanctions relief but the administration of US President Donald Trump has otherwise engaged little with the country's new rulers.

That is in part due to differing views in Washington on how to approach Syria. Some White House officials have been keen to take a more hardline stance, pointing to the new Syrian leadership's former ties to Al-Qaeda as reason to keep engagement to a minimum, according to diplomats and US sources.