United Arab Emirates: Etisalat Academy hosts Pension & Social Security Forum

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United Arab Emirates: Etisalat Academy hosts

Pension & Social Security Forum

AME Info, May 21, 2003

United Arab Emirates - As part of its on-going initiative of Innovative Human Resources Strategies for the new millennium, Etisalat invited the General Pension and Social Security Authority to a forum yesterday at Etisalat Academy’s one million square feet campus in Al Ghusais near Dubai Airport Free Zone.

Over 60 Etisalat senior officials attended the day event, from the Head Office in Abu Dhabi and from across the regions, including senior HR managers, finance managers and IT staff dealing with payroll and pension procedures.

“Today’s forum is part of our on-going commitment to enhance the knowledge and expertise of our staff,” commented Abdul Aziz Al Sawaleh, Executive Vice President Human Resources, Etisalat. “Pension and Social Security issues are very important to our 4,000 UAE National employees, in fact they represent 39% of the total Etisalat workforce. Training and development for our staff in this area is therefore essential, we have ambitious plans for our Nationalisation programme, which will see 50% of the entire workforce made up of Nationals by 2006.”

Abdul Rahman Al Bakr, Deputy General Manager, Government Sector, General Pension & Social Security Authority conducted the key speech at the forum and other key members of the Authority were also in attendance. The key speech focused on an overview of the UAE Federal Pension Law (No. 7/1999) and its implementation in Etisalat to date. The end of the forum also gave staff an opportunity to discuss any pending and ongoing issues with Authority officials.

The Etisalat Academy represents a Dhs. 165 million investment by Etisalat designed to turn the UAE into a centre of training excellence for its own staff and for students from all over the world. It offers over one million square ft of space containing over 60 classrooms, five large workshops, five seminar rooms, a 300-seat auditorium, a 500-person capacity multi-purpose hall, an extensive multimedia library, a modern sports recreational complex and three deluxe student hostels.

Since its inception the Academy has won international acclaim as one of the most advanced of its kind in the field of telecommunications. It is equipped with the most advanced technical training equipment and tutors providing expert training and education in: telecommunications, IT, business management, marketing, customer services, accounting and auditing.