Shell Intilaaqah nurturing Omani entrepreneurs

02/10/2014 00:35 AST

The Intilaaqah programme, part of Shell's global LiveWire social investment initiative, is contributing significantly to the Omanisation policy by training and providing opportunities for a large number of young entrepreneurs every year.

The programme, which was first launched in Scotland and brought to Oman almost 20 years ago, has provided training for about 8,000 Omanis, with a focus on Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) and entrepreneur training.

Chris Breeze, Shell's country chairman in Oman, says that the initiative helps give young Omanis access to business opportunities provided by big corporate groups' supply chains and runs training courses every year. The programme has been a breakthrough in eight countries in the Middle East.

The current set of Intilaaqah's training courses began in August 2014 and will continue throughout the year in regions across Oman, Breeze told Times of Oman.

According to him, memorandums of understanding (MoUs) have been signed with Future Generations International, Haya Water and Zubair Small Enterprise Centre as the programme believes in local strategic partnerships.

For more on this Click Here




Times of Oman

Most Viewed Companies

Ticker Price Volume
SABIC 114.77 5,915,941
SAMBA 26.98 1,138,683

Recent News

Saudi Public Investment Fund signs agreement with Six Flags to create amusement park in Riyadh

05/04/2018

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has signed an agreement with Six Flags to develop and design an amusement park in Riyadh. Six Flags, the world’s leading international amusement park compa

Arab News

Green energy drive will boost KSA employment: Saudi Arabia’s renewable energy chief

05/04/2018

In an exclusive interview with Arab News, Turki Mohammed Al-Shehri explains how an expanding renewables industry will boost employment as well as pave the way for a greener future.

A massiv

Arab News

Dubai house prices, rents drop in first quarter of 2018

05/04/2018

Dubai’s residential property market continued to soften in the first three months of this year, in line with analysts’ forecasts, with rental values recording a more pronounced fall than sales prices

The National

Saudi Arabia lifts GCC index buoyed by strong oil prices

05/04/2018

Buoyed by a strong oil price of $70 per barrel, Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul shot up by over 6 per cent in March 2018, according to Kuwait Financial Centre’s (Markaz’s) recently released Monthly Markets Re

Times of Oman

Banks’ real estate credit at QR147.7bn

05/04/2018

Qatar banks’ combined credit facilities to real estate sector rose by QR17bn to QR147.7bn in 2017. The banks’ credit to various sectors stood at QR911bn at the end of 2017, up from QR839bn recorded i

The Peninsula

logo

Financial Information Co.

P.O. Box 69410, Riyadh 11547, Saudi Arabia

GCC Markets

Mutual Funds

News

Investment Tools

Sector News

Screeners

Indices & Commodities

Downloads

Copyright ©2001 - 2024, Financial Information Co. All Rights Reserved.

Terms of Services | Privacy Policy | Advertise with us | Contact Us | Sitemap