MLSD Minister in his meeting with the new board of directors of the Bahrain Contractors Association

24-10-2019

His Excellency Mr Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, Minister of Labour and Social Development and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority, met in his office with Mr Ali Abdullah Marhoon, Chairman of the Bahrain Contractors Society, and members of its Board of Directors. The meeting expressed appreciation for the Ministry’s support to the Society and its efforts to regularise its status through the appointment of an interim Board—thereby advancing the Society’s role—and reviewed the Society’s principal plans and programmes for the coming period. At the outset, the Chairman and Board members conveyed their thanks and appreciation to His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the Prime Minister, for his wise directives to grant national contractors priority in government construction projects. They also underlined their keenness to strengthen communication with stakeholders concerned with the development of local institutions, including the launch of a business platform for national contracting firms, the organisation of occupational health and safety training programmes for employers and workers in the sector, and preparations for the Society’s annual conference in March 2020. Humaidan praised the Society’s plans and programmes, confirming the Ministry’s support for the new Board’s efforts—within the applicable laws and regulations—to enable the Society to address the concerns of contractors and workers in the contracting sector and to seek effective solutions. For his part, Marhoon commended the Ministry of Labour and Social Development’s open‑door policy and its efforts to overcome obstacles facing civil society organisations, stressing the need to continue working to ensure the Bahrain Contractors Society fulfils its intended role.