How can the region deliver the jobs
critically needed in the immediate future while ensuring quality and long-term
positive impact?
The following dimensions will be addressed:
- Education for employment
- Redesigning labour markets
- Role of major employers
- Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Brussels; Global Agenda Council on Employment & Social Protection
- Habib Haddad, Chief Executive Officer, Wamda, United Arab Emirates; Co-Chairs of the World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World; Young Global Leader; Global Agenda Council on Fostering Entrepreneurship
- Mohammed H. Al Mady, Vice-Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), Saudi
Arabia; Co-Chairs of the World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Economic
Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World
- Soraya Salti, Senior Vice-President,
Middle East and North Africa, INJAZ Al Arab - JA Worldwide, Jordan; Co-Chairs
of the World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation
in the Arab World; Social Entrepreneur; Global Agenda Council on Youth
Unemployment
Opening Remarks by
- H.M. Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum
Chaired by
- John K. Defterios, Anchor and Emerging
Markets Editor, CNN International, United Arab Emirates; Global Agenda Council
on the Arab World
