JEDDAH — Each Saudi woman trainee in the private sector will be counted as one Saudi under the Nitaqat Saudization program, according to sources at the Ministry of Labor. This will be in coordination between the National Employment Program for Joint Training and the Human Resources Development Fund in order to create suitable jobs for Saudi women. This is part of an ambitious initiative to train Saudi women jobseekers in different trades in accordance with the labor market needs. This also aims at ensuring the active participation of the private sector in providing training to Saudi women so as to enable them to take up challenging careers. Meanwhile, the Saudi and Jordanian ministries of labor signed here on Tuesday a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in different fields related to labor systems. The MoU, which was signed by Saudi Minister of Labor Adel Fakeih and his Jordanian counterpart Dr. Nidal Al-Qatameen, included unifying recruitment procedures, electronic link-up, exchange of expertise and training programs. “The MoU reflects the development of the joint interests in the field of labor and workers,” said Fakeih. Al-Qatameen said: “The excellence of the Saudi labor market regulations caused ILO to praise the efforts of the Saudi Ministry of Labor.”
