Education and the Requirements of the GCC Labor Market

Under the patronage of H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and President of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), the ECSSR organized its 15th Annual Conference under the title: Education and the Requirements of the GCC Labor Market.

A majority of GCC countries are facing an incongruence in their education output with requirements of the labor market. Such problems have led to the failure of labor market indigenization policies and a rise in the percentage of unemployed nationals, as well as an increasing demographic imbalance in the Gulf labor market.

The conference consisted of six sessions and nearly 18 presentations covering the conference topics, including: Education Output and the Current Predicament; Towards an Education that Realizes the Requirements of the Labor Market—The Road Map; The Current Labor Market Situation in the GCC Countries; Obstacles Facing the Labor Market in the GCC Countries; Available Solutions for Aligning Education Output with the Labor Market; and The Future of the Labor Market.

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