To materialize country’s commitment of helping brother country Jordan for its ongoing economic reforms, Qatar has formed a joint committee with the Hashemite Kingdom to follow up on the implementation of the directives of Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to provide 10,000 job opportunities for Jordanian youth in Qatar.
Last month, Qatar announced it would invest $500m in Jordan. The announcement had been made during a meeting between King Abdullah II of Jordan and Qatar’s Foreign Minister HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Amman.
Qatar’s gesture of helping Jordan through investment and provision of job opportunities to Jordanian youth has been widely appreciated around the world. Qatar has always been at the forefront in terms of helping various Arab and non-Arab countries facing different kinds of challenges either economic or natural calamities.
The Qatari package for Jordan also included opening 10,000 jobs for Jordanian nationals in the country as well as investments in infrastructures and tourism in Jordan.
Minister of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs, HE Dr. Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi, said yesterday that based on the wise directives of HH the Amir to provide 10,000 job opportunities for Jordanian youth in Qatar, it has been agreed to form a joint committee between both ministries to follow up on the implementation of the directives.
The joint committee will provide a database to facilitate the process for private and public entities in Qatar to choose a candidate that meets their needs and wishes to work in Qatar
Al Nuaimi said the meeting also touched on the nature of the job opportunities available in Qatar and the different sectors that have the capacity to welcome Jordanian youth who wish to work in Qatar, including health, education, finance, insurance, services, construction, agriculture, animal resources.
The Qatari side is expecting to provide 1,000 jobs for Jordanian youth till September through the coordination and cooperation of the committee, before intensifying efforts in the following phase to provide other jobs according to the wishes of jobseekers and the needs of employers.
Jordan’s Minister of Labor, Sameer Saeed Murad said that this kind gesture is no stranger to Qatar and HH the Amir and is highly valued and appreciated. The Jordanian minister said that 1,000 people will be employed starting now until September, adding that a comprehensive database will be built to include all jobseekers in Jordan in order to make it easier for employers in Qatar to learn about the available specialties and qualifications.
He added that available job opportunities in Qatar will be in the public and private sectors and cover the different health, educational, financial, insurance and construction industries. “We are talking about scientific, specialized, technical and engineering job opportunities,” the minister said, adding that there will be a focus on 2022 World Cup projects and the specialties that they require.
