With the aim of accelerating sustainable human development and promoting digital transformation, Qatar’s ministry of communications and information technology, in collaboration with Microsoft, launched the National Skilling Program.
Qatar’s National Skilling Program aims to train 50,000 people across all demographics by 2025 and empower them with the advanced digital skills they need to drive innovation and contribute to boosting the country's regional and global competitiveness.
In parallel with the launch, the first of its kind Digital Center of Excellence was also inaugurated in Msheireb Downtown Doha, under the auspices of His Excellency Mr. Mohammed bin Ali Al Mannai, minister of communications and information technology, and in his presence. The Center comes as part of the National Skilling Program and aims to create a highly skilled workforce for a rapidly growing, diversifying and technologically advanced economy in line with Qatar National Vision 2030.
During the opening speech, Eng. Mashael Ali Al Hammadi, acting assistant undersecretary of information technology, ministry of communications and information technology said, "The human development pillar of Qatar National Vision 2030 motivates us on a daily basis to empower and equip the people of Qatar with the skills needed to develop the country into an advanced society capable of sustaining its development and providing a high standard of living for its people,”.
She added, “The launch of the National Skilling Program and the opening of the Digital Center of Excellence will be key to this effort; providing advanced knowledge of modern technology and cloud computing that will empower all demographics.”
Lana Khalaf, general manager of Microsoft Qatar said the official launch of the National Skilling Program and the launch of the Digital Center of Excellence was a major milestone in the tech company’s ongoing partnership with the ministry of communications and information technology. “Our efforts represent our joint commitment to unlock opportunities for the people of Qatar in the digital era by developing the technical skills of students as well as those already in the workforce,” she said.
A new Microsoft Cloud datacenter is set to open in Qatar soon and will offer enterprise-grade cloud services couples with data residency, security, and the broadest compliance for organizations and companies in Qatar.
