MLSD Minister Discusses with CEO of Information and eGovernment Authority the Latest Developments of Lunching Employment Platform
24-07-2021
His Excellency the Minister of Labour and Social Development, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority, Mr. Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, held a videoconference with the Chief Executive of the Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA), Mr. Mohammed Ali Al Qaed, to discuss the latest developments on the Employability Skills Portal. This portal is one of the vital projects overseen by the Supreme Council for the Development of Education and Training, chaired by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister. The portal aims to create an accurate database covering jobs required by future productive sectors, as well as occupations likely to decline as technology and industry evolve. It will help shape educational and training programmes and refine students’ skills to meet future labour‑market needs. During the meeting—attended by officials from the Ministry and the Information & eGovernment Authority—the parties reviewed progress on the portal, in particular the Ministry’s provision of the necessary data and the Authority’s preparation of indicators to build an integrated electronic system offering comprehensive information on the skills and jobs most in demand. These data will guide future policies for government and higher education institutions and align educational outcomes with labour‑market requirements. Humaidan confirmed the Ministry’s commitment to working with the Information & eGovernment Authority to complete this national project. He underlined that launching the Employability Skills Portal will, for the first time, provide detailed, verified labour‑market data at the national level, including indicators on workforce size, growth trends and developments in traditional and emerging occupations linked to technological advances, artificial intelligence, shifting business models and new production patterns. The portal will enable pupils, guardians and production stakeholders to track labour‑market changes and make informed academic and career decisions based on robust, real‑time indicators. For his part, Mr. Mohammed Ali Al Qaed, Chief Executive of the Information & eGovernment Authority, praised the ongoing cooperation and coordination between the Ministry and the Authority in launching this important national project. He emphasised that the Information & eGovernment Authority, in partnership with relevant entities, will work to develop the Employability Skills Portal throughout its various stages of preparation and achieve the shared government objectives of providing an innovative, high‑quality electronic system capable of providing unified and accurate information about the reality of the labour market in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Al Qaed emphasised that the Employability Skills Portal will rely on artificial intelligence and cloud‑computing technologies, which will contribute to achieving a set of goals, including saving time and effort, rationalising expenses, and providing a capacity that allows all beneficiary parties to view the information available through the portal simultaneously.