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New website is dedicated to workers’
welfare in Qatar
T
he Supreme Committee for Delivery and
Legacy (SC) in Qatar has launched a new
website specifically dedicated to workers’
welfare. The site – www.workerswelfare.
qa – features a timeline of the SC’s workers’
welfare journey, containing details of the
numerous initiatives being delivered to
benefit the thousands of workers engaged
on 2022 FIFA World Cup projects.
Workers’ welfare is a key legacy initiative of
the SC, which is responsible for delivering
the infrastructure required for Qatar to host
the world’s biggest single-sport event in four
years’ time.
HE Hassan Al Thawadi, the SC’s Secretary
General, said the use of Information
Technology will help to share details of
workers’ welfare progress in Qatar. “We are
committed to transparency in relation to
workers’ welfare and this new website will
include details of every project related to this
area,” said Al Thawadi. “We are proud of our
achievements in relation to workers’ welfare
but know there is still much to be done. We
remain determined to leave a global legacy
in relation to workers’ rights.” improve the health and safety knowledge
of workers and contractors
• Partnering with global apparel experts
Techniche to introduce state-of-the-art
cooling technology for workers.
Since winning the right to host the 2022
FIFA World Cup and introducing the workers’
welfare standards in 2014, the SC has
implemented several measures to safeguard
workers involved in its projects, including: Mahmoud Qutub, Workers’ Welfare
Executive Director, said: “This website offers
a platform to showcase the work being done
to protect the workers building our stadiums.
Not only does it tell the story of the SC’s
commitment but we hope it will give a
window into the lives of our workers.
• Appointing Impactt Ltd as the SC’s
external monitor
• Signing a co-operation agreement with
global trade union Building and Wood
Workers’ International (BWI)
• Delivering a ground-breaking nutrition
programme with Weill Cornell Medicine-
Qatar to educate workers about the
importance of a healthy lifestyle
• Signing a training agreement with Qatar
International Safety Centre (QISC) to
“Our team spends a lot of time on-site every
week with workers. They have incredible
stories to tell which we would like to use the
website to share with the world.”
This is the latest website to be developed
by the SC, following similar projects for
Community Engagement, Generation
Amazing and Challenge 22.
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Prime Minister of Qatar attends graduation
of IT Talent Program
T
he Prime Minister of Qatar attended the graduation of the first
batch of an IT talent programme.
His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al-Thani
witnessed the graduation of the first batch of both the IT talent and
access to employment programmes, which come under the umbrella
of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
Executed in partnership with HEC Paris in Qatar, the IT Talent
Program is one of several programmes and initiatives under the
wider Qatar Digital Government Training Program (QDGTP). This is
one of many similar programmes that aim to achieve the strategic
objectives of the Qatar Digital Government 2020.
DGTP focuses on supporting Qatar national strategy for digital
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transformation of government sectors through providing training
solutions focused on enhancing the current capabilities of ICT
professionals. It aims to build new skills that ICT professionals need
to meet the desired performance standards of their roles and thereby
support the objectives of the Qatar e-Government 2020 Strategy.
Dr Nils Plambeck, Dean and CEO of HEC Paris in Qatar, said: “HEC
Paris is honoured to have partnered with the Qatar Ministry of
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Transport and Communications to create this bespoke programme,
a first-of-its-kind in the region, and to enhance the leadership and
management of highly-skilled CTOs in ministries, government and
semi-governmental entities.”
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