Tanmia board of trustees approves budget and work plan for 2006 at fourth meeting held this year in Dubai

The Board discussed a range of issues that were on the agenda. These included discussion and approval of the amended budget and work plan for 2006, review of activities and achievements during the past year, 2005 and other pertinent issues.

Tanmia's key achievement was the employment of 1845 and the training of 1220 National jobseekers up to November 2005. The authority achieved this by signing Memoranda of Understanding with different organisations including, Ministry of Interior, Dubai Civil Aviation, Dubai Transport, Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department (DNRD), in addition to several banks and other establishments across the nation.

It carried out a project to improve and streamline the performance of regional offices and their staff, to provide better services to jobseekers in training, employment and career guidance and stepped up the Emiratisation drive at the regional level.

Tanmia's Center for Career Guidance and Planning (CCGP) also launched the pilot 'Education Business Link' project, a joint initiative aimed at bridging the gap between the education and business sectors in the UAE, and helping secondary students choose the right career.

Tanmia strengthened its links with UAE educational institutions, by participating in several fairs such as the Educational and Vocational Guidance, Employment and Training event held at UAE University and the Careers UAE 2005 fair.

It conducted more than 60 guidance programmes for 17000 secondary students, updated old publications and issued new ones in a bid to promote and support the expanding career guidance activity in schools, colleges and universities across the country, during the year.

Tanmia played host to delegations from Malaysia, Kuwait, Singapore and Jordan who visited the Authority to study its role in conducting suitable training programmes and generating job opportunities for its National human resources.