Tahseen

Public Sector
Social Sector
Corporate Responsibility
Industries
Public Sector
Social Sector
Corporate Responsibility

Service Areas
Strategy and Planning
Program Development and Implementation
Organizational Effectiveness
Performance Management and Evaluation
Partnership Services
Business Process Outsourcing

Specializations
Education and National Skills Systems
Entrepreneurship
Cultural Development
Corporate Responsibility

Our Thinking

How Skills Surveys Can More Effectively Identify Workforce Skills Gaps
Through a multicountry review of skills surveys, we propose an alternative approach to establishment skills surveys that can play a more effective role in determining how workforce skills influence achievement of firm business objectives in the Arab World.
Using Social Networking for Change
We see IT as an important enabler for regional development, and we have worked with global technology leaders such as Intel and Microsoft to deepen the impact of regional development programs leveraging technology.
A Regional Institution for Improving the Quality of Education
There are many opportunities for synergies through cooperation between regional education quality programs as well as clear areas of overlap which can benefit from consolidation.
Using Awards Effectively for Social Change
Many award programs in the region focus on large monetary sums to award best practices. We argue that money is not enough, and award programs should reinforce social change through knowledge diffusion, network building initiatives, and follow on training to maximize social impact.
Increasing Female Labor Market Participation With Scholarships
In several countries in the Arab World, women face significant obstacles to obtaining higher education and entering the workforce. We propose an e-Scholarships for Women Initiative to mitigate access, equality, and labor participation challenges.

Our Contribution to the Debate


Creating National Skills Formation for Knowledge-based Development
Wes Schwalje, Chief Operating Officer, Doha, Qatar

Looking Beyond Standard Solutions

The movement of many countries towards knowledge-based economic development requires the transition to more effective skill formation systems that create high skills workforces. However, there is currently no accepted general framework to analyze national skills development systems, which has resulted in countries adopting reactive approaches to skills development problems.

Redefining the Policy Agenda

We developed an integrated, systemic view of national skills formation systems that relies exclusively upon market mechanisms. Our framework suggests a multidisciplinary approach that considers the relevant institutions and interests of key stakeholders as highly interrelated in the context of knowledge-based economic development and achievement of governments’ objectives.