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Saudi Arabia Launches an Extended Stay Program for Foreigners
The Ministry of Labor and Social Development has launched a new program named ‘The Gold Card‘ which offers an Extended Residence Program for international talents.
The program is launched in an attempt to attract the best of international talents and encourage them to come work in the Kingdom.
Understanding that the program alone isn’t enough, the ministry invited agencies and consultants to provide for an analysis and reports on the kind of incentives that a foreign talent would want; in order to come to Saudi Arabia. The plan also includes an implementation program for these ideas.
The initial phase of the project will run over the next 32 months, from pilot phase to the final launch. It will help the ministry identify the persona of the talents that the program is targeting, and thus offering suitable candidates.
The Extended Residence Program comes as part of the Quality of Life Program 2020, that aims at creating a better life for the citizens, the program that was launched just last year by the Council of Economic and Development Affairs.
Besides the attraction of foreign talents, the program also promotes for the acceptance of other cultures, and the engagement of expats with the Saudi culture.
The Quality of Life Program 2020 includes other various initiatives, such as a “national plan for human development;” the preparation of a “future workforce,” suitably qualified to participate in the “fourth industrial revolution;” education reform.
The education reform initiative will focus on youth development, starting from pre-school to high school, the program includes a review of opportunities and challenges that face the Saudi youth during this time of their lives, and how to develop their talents and help them overcome these challenges; through incentive programs and investment.
Another ambitious plan for the Kingdom in an attempt to provide equal opportunities for women of Saudi Arabia!
The Kingdom’s Vision 2030 hopes to provide jobs for about one million Saudi women, according to Mishaal Al-Balawi, an official at the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations in Geneva.
Al-Balawi praised the significant role of women in making the economy of the Kingdom much stronger, saying that women are eager to gain access to a large share of reforms especially in the employment market.
These remarks were pointed out by Al-Balawi in a discussion on a report of the working group on the issue of discrimination against women at the Human Rights Council on Monday.
The discussion revolved around the rights of Saudi women and changing the employment scenario to include them.
Al-Balawi also pointed out that Kingdom is doing its best to end to violence and harassment against women at their workplaces.
“The Kingdom, through its regulations and agencies, is striving to address the phenomenon of violence against women at their workplaces as well as to enable them to work in a safe environment. This is through enacting laws to protect women and preserve their rights, such as the Anti-Harassment Law and the Law of Protection from Abuse,” he said.
The Kingdom has announced that it’s working on a new solar energy project that aim at producing electricity with the lowest cost per kilowatt in the entire world.
The announcement was made earlier by Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister during the “Don’t Forget Our Planet!” conference, which was organized by Saudi Arabia’s Future Investment Initiative Institute (FII-I).
Prince Abdulaziz also revealed that the Kingdom is currently in the process of activating several programs, including increasing the use of electricity by 30 percent through renewable energy, while 50 percent will be generated through hydrocarbon sources, adding that work is also underway to take advantage of the wind energy project to harness it in generating power.
The Kingdom will not back down from its commitment to the energy efficiency project, but has even become a role model for high commitment in all related projects.
Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman said that the Kingdom aims to produce 50% of its electricity from renewable by 2030, adding that Saudi Arabia has plans to expand the use of wind energy.
This project is among other ambitious projects that are part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, the vision’s main aim is to diversify the country’s economy and not have it depend solely on oil.
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has appointed 13 women to the kingdom’s Human Rights Commission and with that, grant them equal representation as men.
The appointments were announced in a royal decree constituting the rights body for its fourth four-year term.
The HRC President Dr Awwad Al Awwad welcomed the appointments, explaining that this comes in light of supporting women and empowering them to take on positions in diverse fields.
“Appointing 13 women as members of the HRC Council, with a total of 26 members, is in line with efforts made by the Kingdom’s leadership to enable women to occupy leading positions in various fields, and helps achieve what is best for the country,” Dr. Awwad Bin Saleh Al Awwad, president of the Commission, explained.
“It is this support and direction that has had a huge impact on HRC’s ability to carry out its mission and discharge its responsibility in promoting and protecting human rights under the directions of the Saudi leadership […] It has further helped in laying the foundations and instilling a culture of human rights to the benefit of the citizens and residents of this beloved nation,” he added.
This announcement comes a week after Saudi Arabia was ranked the best country in the region for women by CEOWORLD Magazine.
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