Dubai Knowledge Village Breakfast Club promotes industry best practices

The Dubai Knowledge Village Breakfast Club organised a networking event recently to highlight industry best practices in dealing with the challenges posed by diversity issues at today's workplace.

  • United Arab Emirates: Sunday, September 16 - 2007 at 09:51
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L-R: Omar Shamma, Managing Director, Third Eye; Steve Halligan, Managing Director, The Core Group; Noorah Mezaina,Recruitment & Development Manager, Shell Markets Middle East;Hasan Makansi, Partner Development Manager, Dubai Knowledge Village.
L-R: Omar Shamma, Managing Director, Third Eye; Steve Halligan, Managing Director, The Core Group; Noorah Mezaina,Recruitment & Development Manager, Shell Markets Middle East;Hasan Makansi, Partner Development Manager, Dubai Knowledge Village.

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This quarterly event titled 'Diversity and Inclusiveness' brought together prominent human development and training professionals, as well as officials of leading companies from around the region.

Gender-related issues and challenges in Dubai's multicultural work environment, as well as wage disparities among its 200-odd nationalities were some of the topics discussed. Apart from providing specific recommendations to help deal with business issues in the market, experts highlighted ways to leverage diversity in order to optimise solutions and provide economic returns.

Chaired by Omar Shamma, Managing Director, Third Eye, the event included speakers Noorah Mezaina, Recruitment and Development Manager, Shell Markets Middle East, and Steve Halligan, Managing Director, The Core Group.

Dr. Ayoub Kazim, Executive Director, Dubai Knowledge Village and Dubai International Academic City, part of TECOM Investments, said:

'The Breakfast Club provides a platform for HR professionals to debate the latest ideas, issues, experiences and innovations in HR. The aim is to bring together top experts, industry players and executives with in-depth experience to learn and benchmark with peers while developing an effective HR transformation strategy to deal with Dubai's unique multicultural environment.'



Hasan Makansi, Partner Development Manager, Dubai Knowledge Village said: 'The Dubai Knowledge Village Breakfast Club has grown exponentially in a very short time to become a high profile network of decision makers in the region. The club provides cutting edge solutions and insights into modern-day business challenges to an exclusive and elite membership, drawn from different industry sectors and businesses of varying sizes.

'The Business Breakfast meetings facilitate the corporate sector to strengthen its human resource potential and contribute effectively to the country's booming economy.'

The Breakfast Club is a Dubai Knowledge Village initiative to provide effective business solutions and best practices for business issues faced by companies in the region.




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About Dubai Knowledge Village
Dubai Knowledge Village (DKV), launched in September 2003, provides an advanced infrastructure and environment for a variety of organisations to create and disseminate knowledge. Its mission is to create a vibrant, connected learning community to develop the region's talent pool and accelerate its move into the knowledge economy. As a leading centre for knowledge, DKV has attracted prominent international universities from Australia, India, Pakistan, Iran, Russia, Belgium, UK, Ireland and Canada, offering advanced programmes in fields such as computing, technology, business management, life science, fashion, media and more. DKV seeks to provide the right environment for the development of scholarship, education, training, creativity, innovation, R&D and entrepreneurial expertise. It offers a unique campus ambience with a creatively stimulating and welcoming atmosphere for students, professionals, teachers, instructors and researchers to interact. In addition to universities and higher education institutes, DKV partners include human resource development centres, professional training institutes, R&D organisations, innovation centres and e-Learning companies. DKV is also equipped with a business centre, providing modern facilities for freelancers and start-up entities in the education, training and learning sectors.

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Medilyn Manibo Posted by Medilyn Manibo, Assistant News Editor
Sunday, September 16 - 2007 at 09:51 UAE local time (GMT+4)

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