The Ministry of Municipality and Environment represented by the Training Department of the Shared Services Sector launched a training programme to develop the skills of the inspectors at the Ministry, which will run till mid-April 2020, in partnership with the Community Service and Continuing Education Center at Qatar University. The Ministry has signed a long-term partnership with Qatar University aimed at training and developing Qatari cadres in the field of judicial inspection and control.
Assistant Under-Secretary for the Shared Services Affairs at the Ministry, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Khalifa (pictured), highlighted the close link between Qatar National Vision 2030 and the Ministry’s 2018-2022 strategy with regards to developing human resources.
He added that the programme is part of the Ministry’s support for human development as one of the four main pillars of Qatar’s vision. In addition to the State’s efforts to develop the inspectors skills as well as the Ministry’s need for inspectors who are fully aware of the new skills and roles of an inspector in the fields specified by the regulations and standards in the State of Qatar, as well as upgrading educational and training services through partnership between the ministry and university.
The training programme consists of five phases, the first of which began in September and the final phase will be completed by April 2020, with 469 inspectors and observers trained. It was agreed with the General Institute of Public Administration at the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs to calculate the training hours within the specialised training hours required for promoting employees.
The Ministry said the training program consists of four specialisations, including wildlife, nature reserves, fisheries, radiation protection, industrial pollution control, human food control, public health and inspection of buildings and facilities. The new reconciliation law (Law No.17 of 2019) on reconciliation in the crimes stipulated in some laws related to the municipality and the environment will be included in the training courses, the ministry added. The Ministry said that in 2020 and 2021 it aims to train 1,200 inspectors and observers.
