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Digital training initiative launched in Qatar

The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) launched its IT Talent Program, part of the Ministry’s Qatar Digital Government Training Program. The programme, the first of its kind in Qatar, will provide fresh graduates working in government with a comprehensive foundational knowledge of the most important IT competencies, which will in turn support the Qatar Digital Government 2020.
The initiative, set to run for eight months, will focus on training more than 30 Qatari graduates with an IT background working in government, and will develop key skills such as leadership, decision-making, innovation, teamwork and communications.
The programme is conducted in partnership between the Ministry of Transport and Communications and HEC Paris, which will deliver the programme.
The IT Talent Program is part of the Qatar Digital Government Training Program (QDGTP), which is developing the ICT capacity of the public sector in line with the Strategy 2020 for the digital transformation of Qatar’s government. The QDGTP runs a range of technical courses in partnership with government entities. It has trained some 1600 IT professionals to date.
“The Ministry launches this new programme as it wants to graduate IT leaders to ensure the implementation of the Qatar Digital Government 2020 Strategy through training national professionals to be available for government entities. The aim is to fix the shortage in human elements in that field,’’ said Reem Al Mansoori, Assistant Undersecretary for Digital Society Development at the MOTC, at the first batch kickoff event yesterday.
The faculty from HEC Paris selected for the programme will bring a combination of cutting-edge research and practitioner experience and have all delivered highly rated programmes in the GCC region. Participants will benefit from a mixture of learning tools to match their seniority and time constraints with the aim of delivering a high-impact intensive programme.
Prof Nils Plambeck, Dean and CEO of HEC Paris, added; “This programme provides those working for the public or semi-government sector an opportunity to broaden and further develop their own skill-set and outlook on the way in which they approach daily tasks in the workplace. HEC Paris has a wealth of education experience dating back more than 135 years and delivers an exemplary level of learning tools and academic professors for optimised learning.”



Source: https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/25/04/2017/MOTC-launches-digital-training-initiative-for-public-sector-graduates

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