MLSD enhance the final phase national platform initiative "Bahrain Experts"

15-07-2020

The Director of Training and Manpower Development at the Ministry of Labour and Social Development, Dr Essam Ismail Al‑Alawi, who heads the executive team for the National Platform for Bahraini Experts (Experts Register) initiative, announced the completion of the third phase of the executive plan for launching the initiative, which the Ministry is implementing in cooperation with the Information and eGovernment Authority. This forms part of the National Plan to Promote National Belonging and Consolidate the Values of Citizenship (Our Bahrain). He confirmed that work has already commenced on the final phase with preparations under way for the pilot launch, and that the design of the electronic platform’s user interface is currently in progress. The initiative, one of 105 projects within Our Bahrain, is being advanced through the concerted efforts and national partnership of 25 ministries and institutions aligned with the plan’s five tracks, namely Belonging Programmes, Public Relations Campaigns, Media Initiatives, Curriculum and Course Initiatives, and Legislation and Regulation Initiatives. Dr Al‑Alawi explained that the project will establish a comprehensive national platform featuring a database of Bahraini experts and specialists across diverse disciplines, documenting both their academic credentials and professional achievements. The platform will reflect the Kingdom’s distinguished reputation, recognise outstanding national competencies with due appreciation, and provide young people with inspiring role models who will motivate them to pursue expertise in their respective fields. In that connection, Dr Al‑Alawi stressed that the National Platform for Bahraini Experts (Experts Register) will unify efforts across official and civil‑society bodies by integrating existing rosters—initially in engineering and real‑estate specialities—and subsequently adding information and communications, health, finance, insurance, banking and manufacturing. Consolidating these databases will streamline access to expertise and enable institutions to draw on seasoned Bahraini professionals at every level. He also noted that earlier implementation phases featured consultative meetings with public and private entities to examine current practices, review their expert lists and determine how best to incorporate them into the Experts Register. A comprehensive implementation guide has been drafted to govern relations between experts, platform administrators and beneficiary organisations; it defines the criteria for expert accreditation, outlines participation requirements and enumerates the advantages available to registered specialists. Al‑Alawi confirmed that the initiative’s fourth and final phase is underway. The project team has held bilateral sessions with colleagues at the Information and eGovernment Authority, endorsed the operational model and approved the interface design. Technical development of the platform has commenced in line with the approved timetable, paving the way for a pilot launch of the Experts Register.