KUWAIT: Within the framework of the state’s keenness to contain young people, prepare them functionally, and pave ways for their development and to create a generation capable of being successful, the Acting Director General of the Public Authority of Manpower (PAM), Marzouq Al-Otaibi, and Director of the American Institute for the Middle East, AMIDEAST, signed a cooperation agreement regarding the program to empower women and to encourage them to work in the private sector.

Al-Otaibi welcomed AMIDEAST Foundation members and US Embassy representatives and praised the important role of the training programs in developing professional skills. For his part, Omar Al-Qahtani, representative of the American Middle East Institute - AMIDEAST, expressed his gratitude for the efforts made by the Public Authority of Manpower in supporting Kuwaiti youth and refining their skills through specialized training courses. He expressed the institute’s readiness to harness its energies for community service in Kuwait.

At the end of the meeting, an agreement was signed by the two parties to coordinate cooperation between them according to specific frameworks and mechanisms with the aim of developing skills, training, and job readiness in several fields, which would create a strategic humanitarian partnership that serves all segments of Kuwaiti society and spread awareness among Kuwaiti youth regarding work in the private sector.