SEDCO’s Riyali ambassadors go through intensive training

02/10/2014 01:14 AST

Training of all forms is the mainstay of the development process of any society. Consequently, many institutions have shown growing interest in it through a full set of training programs of varying degrees and standards. Training of any type is designed to help the trainers acquire confidence, skills and information that can bring about change in the activities of individuals and an institution and help achieve set objectives.

Since training is a requirement, SEDCO Holding Group has given it utmost importance by either expanding its presence in training centers or concluding contracts with specialized centers, which, through coordination, can help achieve training objectives as conceived under the umbrella of social responsibility programs.

It was in this regard that the management of the Riyali Program, provided by SEDCO Holding Group, conducted training courses for Riyali ambassadors in Riyadh. Twenty trainers underwent courses on e-learning, blended learning as well as the Riyali Ambassadors training course. The ambassadors will in turn provide training courses on the Riyali Financial Literacy Program in Jeddah, Riyadh, Hasa and Tabuk.

Amr Banaja, VP of Corporate Communications and Marketing at SEDCO Holding Group. said: “The intensive training courses are part of SEDCO Holding Group’s efforts to enhance, through a series of courses accredited by the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation, the financial skills of young men and women and provide them with the knowledge to become responsible persons in life.”

In the same vein, female ambassadors of the Riyali Program were trained in Taif in collaboration with the Al-Andalus Al-Khadra Training Center and the Dafran Women’s Training Academy. Training courses for youth were also conducted in Riyadh in collaboration with the Institute of Banking as part of the cooperation that exists between the Riyali Program in order to raise financial literacy among the various segments of society.

Recently the Riyali program had signed two agreements – first, with the Noble Comprehensive Training Center in Jeddah, and second, with Al-Andalus Al-Khadra Center in Taif – to provide 30,000 young Saudis from schools and universities with financial skills while adjusting their behaviors towards financial planning, spending and savings.

The Riyali training programs are designed to equip ambassadors and volunteers with skills to train university and high school students. The courses include sessions on budgeting and personal planning, saving, investing and lending.

Saudi Gazette