Tamkeen registers solid first quarter jobs growth: Bahrain

Tamkeen registers solid first quarter jobs growth: Bahrain

Tamkeen (the Labour Fund) has supported the employment of more than 2,950 Bahrainis during the first quarter of the year, 16 per cent of them in quality jobs in comparison to 11pc in the first quarter of last year.

Results of the government agency’s first quarter performance released yesterday also show more than 2,480 Bahrainis benefited from its programmes in building their skills and enhancing their opportunities to enter the labour market.

In alignment with the strategic focus and to foster further economic participation of Bahrainis, Tamkeen focused its efforts towards empowering Bahraini women and facilitating the entry of youth into the labour market, which saw 1,350 women being supported for employment and an additional 1,500 women supported for training.

Moreover, a total of 4,860 citizens aged 35 or below benefited from Tamkeen’s support for employment and training.

As a part of efforts empowering the private sector to become the key engine of economic growth in the kingdom, more than 1,800 enterprises of all sizes and across various economic sectors got different types of Tamkeen support, with 87pc of enterprises that benefited being SMEs, whereas 31pc of businesses that got a boost from the agency’s flagship enterprise programmes represented key economic sectors.

Highlighting the results