Arab Thought Foundation launches two strategic initiatives to promote job creation in the Arab world

Annual Conference (FIKR12) concludes in Dubai discussing roadmap to create 80 million jobs by 2020
Vocational training, public private partnerships, investing in R&D and promoting quality of education proposed as key pillars for job creation strategies 
Dubai, UAE; December 6, 2013: The Arab Thought Foundation (ATF) concluded its annual conference (FIKR12) in Dubai with the launch of two key initiatives to support the goal of creating 80 million jobs by 2020. 
A strategic moving forward document to facilitate more investments and create jobs is the first initiative, and it will be launched in consultation with experts by the end of this year. The second initiative is to launch a classification system for Arab universities as part of measures to strengthen the quality of education. The rating system will first be applied in Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Lebanon. More...