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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.

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Is Open Data Leading to Better Government in the GCC? Arab public sector institutions must make significant institutional changes to their open data strategies to meet increased public demands for government transparency, participation in decision making, and collaboration in public service delivery.
A Conceptual Model of National Skills Formation for Knowledge-based Economic Development in the Arab World There is currently no accepted general framework to analyze national skills development systems, and this has resulted in countries adopting reactive approaches to skills development problems. The conceptual framework advanced in this paper is an integrated, systemic view of national skills formation systems guided by government intervention in light of rampant failures of skills formation approaches that rely exclusively upon market mechanisms.

An Arab Open Government Maturity Model for Social Media Engagement While embrace of social media as a component of open government initiatives is still in its infancy in the Arab World, there is much expectation that public sector social media use will have a transformative impact on citizen participation in government, policy formation, and the way public sector entities conduct business. However, existing evolutionary models of e-government and open government maturity based on the experiences of Western democracies offer little support to Arab entities that operate in an institutional environment characterized by much different governance traditions.

Applying to US Graduate School Featuring Georgetown University Join Tahseen Consulting and our special guest Georgetown University’s McDonough School of for this webinar in which we demystify the inner-workings of the graduate admissions process and offer insights on applying for US MBA programs.

Only 11% of Arab Educators Regularly Use Educational Technologies in their Classrooms Tahseen Consulting released a study entitled “Educational Technology Usage in Arab Higher Education” which explores the use of educational technologies by university professors in 17 countries in the Arab World. The study results show that Arab educators are significantly trailing behind their peers globally in utilizing educational technologies which have been shown to increase student engagement, access, enrollment, retention, and graduation rates

Rethinking Arab Knowledge-based Economies Seventeen of the twenty-two countries in the Arab World have the development of a knowledge-based economy specifically stated as a medium to long-term economic policy objective. In pursuing this objective, many countries in the region have made large state-driven human capital investments with the goals of job creation, economic integration, economic diversification, environmental sustainability, and social development.

Creating National Skills Formation for Knowledge-based Development 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.

Value for Money in Arab Educational Reform Though there is a continued long-term trend toward increased budgets for education in the region, meeting the combined demands of increased access, assuring relevance, and improving quality in the face of finite resources is complex. A common challenge we see in the reform process is the lack of performance monitoring and evaluation systems.

Arab Countries in Transition: Defining a Post-Arab Spring Way Forward in Libya While political violence, even if organized, is generally viewed as severely detrimental to economic growth, the sentiment on the frontlines views the recent unrest in the Arab World as a renaissance. This positivity towards the future is supported by our research which shows that political systems emerging after organized unrest involving some degree of competitive political participation can actually increase economic growth.

How Skills Gaps Impact Firm Performance in the Arab World In the Arab World, there is a poor match between regional human capital and the skills demanded by employers. This analysis applies international research to the case of the Arab World to determine the operational impacts of skills gaps on Arab companies.

Monitoring and Evaluating National Employment and Career Management Centers at Arab Universities In this webinar, we discuss how to monitor and evaluate national career centers and career centers at Arab universities to appraise their performance in helping Arab youth access employment. National employment agencies and career management centers exist in part to help youth circumvent the many barriers they face in obtaining employment in the Arab World.

Female Access to Technical Vocational Education and Training and Labor market Outcomes in Qatar While Qatar has extensively reformed other educational levels over the past several decades, TVET has not been a significant focus. Though the need for expanded TVET pathways was recognized as early as the 1940s when Qatar began exporting oil, dedicated TVET institutions began to emerge only in the 1990s. Female enrollment in tertiary TVET programs is lower than all other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries except Saudi Arabia.

An Introduction to the American University Admissions Process We understand the application process to selective US universities can be an anxious time. In this 30 minute webinar we demystify the inner-workings of the admissions process to highly selective US universities.

Arab World Higher Education Situation Analysis and Options Multiple global external trends are shaping the future and will have major implications on higher education in the Arab World. These are our views on the most important issues and what needs to be done.

Arab World Research and R&D Situation Analysis and Options Research in the Arab World is facing several challenges starting from its underlying environment through to demand and consumption. Here are our thoughts on the core issues and potential solutions.

How Skills Gaps Impact Firm Performance in the Arab World In the Arab World, there is a poor match between regional human capital and the skills demanded by employers. This analysis applies international research to the case of the Arab World to determine the operational impacts of skills gaps on Arab companies.

Knowledge-Based Economic Development in a Post-Awakening Arab World In pursuing knowledge-based economic development, many countries in the region have made large state-driven human capital investments with the goals of job creation, economic integration, economic diversification, environmental sustainability, and social development. An assessment of the effectiveness of Arab investments in human capital shows marginal progress over the last decade.

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. We see social networking as a valuable channel to facilitate regional communication, information sharing, and collaboration.

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. We articulate an integrated approach for a regional quality institution that promotes interorganizational synergies and cooperation to drive a cohesive, unified regional quality improvement strategy.

Promoting Youth Reading in the Arab World Across the region, youth reading habits are poor. We propose a program to motivate children in grades K-6 to read by rewarding reading accomplishments with praise, recognition, and tangible awards.

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 through online education.

Meeting Arab Development Challenges With Mobile Technologies Many of the countries in the Arab World will deliver the highest mobile use growth rates. We believe that social programs leveraging mobile technologies could have both economic and social benefits such as increased mobile adoption and higher revenues for telecom providers, in addition to higher literacy and heath levels.

Towards a Qatar Oil and Gas SectorNational Workforce DevelopmentInitiative This presentation suggests a roadmap for a workforce development initiative focused on the oil and gas sector in Qatar. Evidence suggests that current large-scale projects and the transition to knowledge-based economic development are compromised by current workforce skills levels in Qatar. Companies in Qatar face both skills shortages as well as skills gaps that limit performance and achievement of business objectives.

How Skills Gaps Impact Firm Performance in the Arab World In the Arab World, there is a poor match between regional human capital and the skills demanded by employers. This analysis applies international research to the case of the Arab World to determine the operational impacts of skills gaps on Arab companies.

Knowledge-Based Economic Development in a Post-Awakening Arab World In pursuing knowledge-based economic development, many countries in the region have made large state-driven human capital investments with the goals of job creation, economic integration, economic diversification, environmental sustainability, and social development. An assessment of the effectiveness of Arab investments in human capital shows marginal progress over the last decade.

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.