HE Dr. Abdulrahman Al Awar, Director General of the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR) explained that the Federal Government’s preferred training partners initiative "Ma’aref" launched in 2013 in order to build partnerships with the best training providers in the UAE for the federal ministries and entities to take advantage of their training programs at competitive prices, had held nearly 1100 free training course since its launch until the end of the first half of 2016.
HE added that out the 1100 joint training course under "Ma’aref" initiative, 145 were offered during the first half of 2016, to about 14 thousand employees in the Federal Government.
Lulua Al Marzouki, Director of Human Resource Planning Department in the Authority pointed out that 424 applications had been received from training providers in the UAE to join the initiative, 149 of them being selected.
She said: "We have received 424 applications from different training providers in the country to join the initiative. Following strict scrutiny, 149 names were chosen and work is currently underway to select more as per criteria recently developed and updated to suit the aspirations of the UAE’s wise leadership towards enhancing the quality of training services across the Federal Government institutions. To this end, FAHR has launched an interactive smart application, which allows training providers to showcase the training courses they offer, the prices of those courses and discount rates exclusively given to staff of the federal government. It also enables the ministries and federal bodies to choose courses that are commensurate with the needs of their employees.”
Lulua Marzouki affirmed that “Ma’aref initiative is in line with the UAE Vision 2021, and its national agenda, and supports the implementation of the human resources strategy in the Federal Government, which is based on creating a qualified human capital capable of achieving global leadership pursued by the UAE Government.
She noted that the workshops and training sessions addressed several topics including: strategy, quality, leadership, communication, project management, public administration, IT, accounting, legal affairs, creative thinking, as well as excellence in government service centers, institutional development and HR management.
Ma’aref Initiative aims to:
Establish a partnership based on social responsibility and serving the mutual interests the government and private sectors. Guarantee providing high quality training for around 84,000 employees working in 56 ministry and federal entity. Meet the training needs in accordance with the training and development system of the Federal Government employees. Achieve a financial surplus from the training budgets of federal entities, and serve the maximum number of employees. Enhance the competence and productivity of the Federal Government, and create a favorable business environment therein. Assist federal entities to select training courses online, in accordance with predefined time frames