CP BRIEFS YEMENI PRESIDENT ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN BAHRAIN
YEMENI PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALEH LAUDED THE ECONOMIC EXPERTISE OF CROWN PRINCE AND DEPUTY SUPREME COMMANDER SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA AND EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO BENEFIT FROM HIS EXTENSIVE EXPERTISE IN DEVELOPING YEMEN.
THE PRESIDENT INVITED THE CROWN PRINCE TO PAY A VISIT TO YEMEN. THIS CAME AT A VISIT OF THE CROWN PRINCE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD (EDB) AND HIS ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION TO THE RESIDENCE OF YEMENI PRESIDENT AT THE PALACE OF SHAIKH HAMAD.
SHAIKH SALMAN PRESENTED SALEH WITH AN ACCOUNT ON ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE KINGDOM MEANWHILE, THE CROWN PRINCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (EDB) CHAIRMAN EXPLAINED HOW THE BOARD WAS LAUNCHED FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIVES OF HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA TO COMBINE THE NEEDS OF GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTORS FOR ADVANCING THE PROCESS OF ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN THE KINGDOM, SHAIKH SALMAN TOLD THE KINGDOM’S GUEST.
SHAIKH SALMAN SAID THE ECONOMIC VISION 2030, A RESULT OF EDB ACHIEVEMENTS, WAS PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING AS A NATIONAL GIFT IN OCTOBER..THE FOUNDATION STAGE OF THE EDB WAS IN A FRAMEWORK OF CONSULTATION AND CREATION OF JOINT OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS, THE CROWN PRINCE SAID.
AS ITS EXPERIENCE MATURED, THE EDB TOOK A STEP TOWARDS REDEVELOPMENT IN WHICH THE ASSISTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE WAS UTILISED AND THE BOARD BEGAN SUPERVISING A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL MOVE AIMED AT EDUCATION REFORMS, CONSIDERING THAT IT IS THE BASIS OF DEVELOPMENT, HE ADDED.
THE CROWN PRINCE REVIEWED THE MAIN STAGES IN THE EDUCATION REFORMS INITIATIVE, STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH MOHAMMED BIN MUBARAK AL KHALIFA.THE STAGES INCLUDED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TEACHERS COLLEGE, THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AUTHORITY (QAA) AND POLYTECHNIC BAHRAIN.
THE CROWN PRINCE ALSO OUTLINED THE MECHANISMS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAMME OF PROJECTS, THAT GO UP TO 138 PROJECTS TO BE IMPLEMENTED OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS.MOREOVER, THE CROWN PRINCE REQUESTED EDB CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER KAMAL AHMED TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE PLANS AND MECHANISMS OF THE EDB AND THE HORIZON AND STRATEGY OF THE ECONOMIC VISION 2030.
THE PRESENTATION WAS CONCLUDED BY A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW FROM MUMTALAKAT CHAIRMAN TALAL AL ZAIN, IN WHICH HE EXPLAINED HOW THE IDEA OF THE COMPANY WAS NURTURED BY THE CROWN PRINCE, WITH THE DIRECTIVES OF HIS MAJESTY.
PRESENT WERE DEPUTY PREMIER SHAIKH MOHAMMED BIN MUBARAK AL KHALIFA, QAA CHAIRMAN SHAIKH KHALID BIN ABDULLAH AL KHALIFA, FOREIGN MINISTER SHAIKH KHALID BIN AHMED BIN MOHAMMED AL KHALIFA, CENTRAL BANK OF BAHRAIN GOVERNOR RASHEED AL MARAJ, CROWN PRINCE COURT HEAD SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN DUAIJ AL KHALIFA AND THE PRIVATE SECRETARY OF THE CROWN PRINCE, SHAIKH ABDULLAH BIN ISA AL KHALIFA.
