Hamdi Abdulaziz
Experts and economists confirmed to “Al -Watan” that the increasing adoption of new technologies, foremost of which is artificial intelligence, will change the map of future jobs, and that the Kingdom of Bahrain has an infrastructure and readiness that makes it able to transform the required technological transformation in economic sectors and entrepreneurship, and indicated that the successive effects of digital transformation are perceived in all aspects of the labor market, with significant changes to the needs of general skills and quality of work. While some people are pessimistic that the knowledge economy will lead to the loss and extinction of millions of jobs and the increase in the huge gap in wages, experts emphasized that artificial intelligence will enhance innovation and create job opportunities. They emphasized that the Kingdom of Bahrain draws a clear and ambitious path towards a bright digital future, as great steps in government innovation, adopting artificial intelligence, promoting creativity, ensuring the highest standards of cybersecurity, in line with the economic vision 2030. From this standpoint, the idea of establishing a national framework for qualifications to enhance lifelong learning, guarantee the quality of qualifications, and achieve the desired interconnection between Learning outputs and labor market needs.
Israa Al -Dhaun: Bahraini plans in the right direction keep pace with the eighth development goal
I mentioned the Executive Director of Strategy, Quality and Sustainability at the National University d. Israa Al -Dhawan, that there are a number of jobs that will disappear within years, and do not require emotional intelligence, such as: cashier, cashier, secretary, data entrance, and archive, noting that institutions are already turning like banks that have expanded in the use of devices, applications, or smart services, explaining that Bahrain is going in the right direction, according to clear plans according to Vision 2030, and contributes to raising performance and production in a way Moral. She pointed out that the Kingdom’s plans according to Vision 2030 are working to rehabilitate and empower human cadres according to the goals of sustainable development, especially the eighth goal related to decent work and economy growth, which focuses on developing human resources, creating modern jobs and a decent work environment. The defect stressed that industrial intelligence creates various functions, works to improve human resources and raise their performance, as well Institutions and reducing the time of completion of operations, such as communication companies, which have transformed job services into a robot or automatic communication, and this gave the Call Center time time to other tasks and solve customer problems. She added that institutions such as the work fund “empower” and national activities such as “idea”, are working to develop the Bahraini labor market, by creating new jobs that keep pace with digitization, and higher education institutions and legislative power are working to develop the uses of artificial intelligence in The fields of health, engineering, design, etc., morally and contribute to raising the level of graduates and the performance of employees.
Naima Al -Husseini: Providing a reliable database on future jobs
The researcher confirmed in employment affairs d. Naima Al -Husseini, that the scene of the global labor market at an accelerated pace, driven by technological developments, noting that the report of the future jobs stated that the world will lose 85 million jobs during the year 2025, in exchange for generating 97 million new jobs, which requires the artificial intelligence research authorities in the Kingdom to provide a reliable database about the future jobs. She stressed the importance of preparing for the future Work, by assessing the current situation and taking the necessary pre -emptive steps, to ensure Bahrain enjoyed a skilled and adaptable local labor with the requirements of the changing labor market, and enhancing its ability to compete in the global economy. Al -Husseini called to link education to the needs of the labor market, and rethink the current specializations, by introducing skills such as creativity, innovation, problem solving, investment in education, technical training, and qualifying educational cadres To teach future students’ skills.
Bohaza: A qualitative leap in the application of the five fields in the Oxford Index
The expert in technology and innovation, Ahmed Bouhaza, emphasized that Bahrain includes many initiatives and institutions that enhance future functions, especially in the fields of financial technology “sting”, artificial intelligence and digital solutions, the most important of which are: Findness Bay is one of the largest financial technology centers in the Middle East, in addition to the incubators of startups and initiatives that work to train competencies and the growth of digital projects. He stressed that the focus is On the culture of innovation and digital solutions, it provides advantages, the most important of which are: supporting economic growth and creating new job opportunities in multiple sectors, and providing young people with the skills necessary for the future, which increases their opportunities in the global labor market, and attracting investments in the stinking and artificial intelligence sectors. Through 5 main axes, they are: governance, infrastructure and data, skills and education, research and development, commercial innovation, and it is important to intensify efforts to achieve a qualitative leap according to this indicator, just as it was achieved in the fields of governance and organizational policies, infrastructure and data, skills and education, research and development. He called for more volume of investments in the infrastructure specialized in artificial intelligence to polarize Artificial intelligence companies and government support for practical training programs, especially in applied artificial intelligence projects.
The labor market and jobs .. three challenges and eight procedures
According to the outputs of the International Labor Market Conference, hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ,, “January 2025, in the presence of 45 ministers, 5,000 participants and 200 speakers of work policies, experts, and specialists for more than 100. The current three challenges are: youth unemployment, technical transformations, and the achievement of the work of the workforce. The conference set eight measures to face these challenges, which are: 1. Enhancing supportive programs to facilitate the transfer of young people from education to the work environment. 2. Empowering the workforce to meet the future of work in the era of artificial intelligence. 3. Increased investment in human capital development initiatives, including training and re -training. 4. Improving the flexibility of the labor market to allow various forms of work, including remote work and partial opportunities. 5. Support the growth of small and medium companies by promoting job finding 6. Use of technology platforms and skill classifications that link education, job seekers and employers. 7. Create initiatives to support the recruitment of marginalized groups, including persons with disabilities and unemployed for long periods. 8. Establishing a comprehensive labor market data system to track employment trends, skills and wages and the workforce composition to support transformations in the labor market.
