First certified property development training programme ends with success in Bahrain

Vice President of BaPDA Dr. Hassan Al Bastaki said, "By handing over the certificates today to the 30 participants together with Tamkeen represented by Dr. Ahmed Abdul Ghani Al Shaikh - Vice President-Enterprise and Human capital our mission is accomplished successfully in organising and conducting the first of its kind training course for property developers in Bahrain."

He said, "We were overwhelmed by the response from the property developing companies in Bahrain and the property developers themselves as the course were intended to create a very much needed pool of well qualified and trained professionals in the sector. At the moment, though we have a lot of talent here, there is a dearth of qualified Bahrainis. This course will address that gap, increasing the employability of Bahrainis in property development and real estate. It will be the first step in a programme planned with our partner, Tamkeen to create new opportunities to nurture and empower the local workforce."

"BaPDA and Tamkeen have agreed to work together to conduct workshops and certification courses to improve property development training with higher professional standards. The extremely encouraging response from companies in Bahrain has shown that we have addressed a real need, and this foresees well for our efforts to create a talent pool, as well as for the industry in general," he added.

Dr. Hassan Al Bastaki thanked Tamkeen and its team for their hard work and help all through the preparation time of this training course, hoping for more collaboration with Tamkeen in the near Future.

He also extended his thanks and good wishes to the graduates for showing high commitment and dedication, wishing them the best of luck in their future.

The 5 day intensive specialised programme was conducted by the prestigious Institute for International Research (IIR) Middle East, a part of Informa plc, a leading international provider of specialist information and services for the academic and scientific, professional and commercial business communities. The course had on its agenda all elements of property development from research and planning to the final stages of development and marketing.

In this regards, Ms Tahera Qudrat Rasti, Edama, said, "How happy she was to be part of this Training Course, the first of its kind in Bahrain" and has asked for more of specialised courses and workshop in the field of Property Development.

On the other hand Mr. Yousif Ahmed Mustafa, Durrat Al Bahrain, mentioned how happy he was with the expertise knowledge the instructor showed during the 4 days of the course plus using real life case studies as examples and the expertise of the high level property development delegates had enriched the course.