CP STRESSES NEED FOR STEADY VALUES

CROWN PRINCE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD (EDB) SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA STRESSED ON THE NEED TO STEADILY ADHERE TO A HOST OF VALUES AND  MAKE THEM A POINT OF REFERENCE AND A BASIS ON WHICH TO BUILD DECISIONS AND SEEK SOLUTIONS TO ANY CRISIS  OR HARDSHIP FACING THE WORLD.

THIS WHAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN WHICH FOSTERS THE VALUES OF JUSTICE,  COMPETITIVENESS AND SUSTAINIBILITY IN ITS ECONOMIC VISION 2030,  LAUNCHED BY HIS MAJESTY KING  HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA LAST YEAR TO GUIDE ALL DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH EFFORTS IN BAHRAIN, THE CROWN  PRINCE NOTED.

THE CROWN PRINCE’S REMARKS CAME DURING HIS PARTICIPATION IN A DISCUSSION SESSION OF THE FIRST DAY OF  THE ACTIVITIES OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ON THE MIDDLE EAST, BEING HELD AT AL HOSSEIN BIN TALAL  CONFERENCES CENTER, IN THE DEAD SEA REGION, JORDAN.

FOCUSING DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS ON HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE SOLE GUARANTEE FOR THE  REGION TO BOUNCE BACK FROM THE BAD IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC MELTDOWN, SHAIKH SALMAN TOLD THE  GATHERING.

IN THE COURSE OF HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE QUESTION-ANSWER SESSION, THE CROWN PRINCE POINTED TO THE  PIVOTAL IMPORTANCE OF TRUST-BUILDING IN THE REGION.

TAKING PART IN THE SESSION WERE ALSO WEF FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN KLAUS SCHWAB, EGYPTIAN PREMIER DR.AHMED NADHIF AND OTHER PROMINENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC  FIGURES.

THE SESSION TACKLED THE PIVOTAL CHANGES SHAPING THE MIDDLE EAST AMID THE GLOBAL CRISIS, COUPLED WITH  THE CHALLENGES FACING HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND POLITICAL STABILITY EFFORTS.