QCDC builds inclusive career practices in Qatar – The Peninsula

QCDC builds inclusive career practices in Qatar – The Peninsula

Doha: Over the past five years, Qatar Career Development Center (QCDC), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), has taken steady strides in its journey to integrate neurodiverse persons in the workplace and support students with learning challenges to embark on their career journeys.

This has been achieved through a series of school-based programmes and career integration initiatives, driven by stakeholder engagement and community awareness campaigns, to further advance QCDC’s ultimate goal of building a fully integrated and inclusive career guidance ecosystem in Qatar.

Abdulla Al Mansoori, Director, QCDC, said, “QCDC is committed to empowering all segments of society to ultimately make a meaningful contribution to the advancement of the Qatar National Vision 2030. We realise the potential of equipping neurodiverse individuals and students with learning difficulties and the impact that such actions have on advancing our nation’s economic and social development.”

This year QCDC took major efforts with two members of QF, Awsaj Academy and The Learning Center, integrating QCDC’s Career Readiness Programme to empower class curriculum.

The move was driven by the success of QCDC’s Career Readiness Programme, which was initiated in 2017 in collaboration with Awsaj Academy, and features cross-structural interventions and project-based learning activities. The programme was launched in the 2018/2019