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HRDF’s New Priority: Business Education Scholarships For Saudi’s Young Private Sector Leaders
Since its inception in 2000, the primary mission of the Saudi Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) has been to provide job training and locate entry-level employment for young Saudis. But thanks to a new partnership with The Madinah Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship (MILE), HRDF now has another ambitious goal: to educate and support Saudi’s […]
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PHOTOS: The 2014 SACM Career Fair at the Gaylord Hotel in Washington DC
The recently completed 2014 SACM Career Fair brought together over 12,500 Saudi graduates and leading employers in Saudi Arabia to match talent with opportunities. Leading companies from the U.S., Saudi Arabia and around the world set up booths to meet the recent graduates, introduce their companies, and discuss employment opportunities.
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Saudi Arabia’s Upcoming 10th Economic Development Plan is of Critical Importance
Saudi Arabia’s two most important national economic goals are diversification and the creation of jobs. Simply, if the economy fails to diversify and doesn’t create enough jobs for Saudis, prospects for Saudi Arabia’s post-oil future will be severely diminished. An economic development plan is only as good as its implementation.
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VIDEO: FocusKSA Discussion on ‘Saudi Labor in Transition’
Last week, SUSTG President Richard Wilson and SUSRIS Editor-in-Chief Patrick Ryan hosted three panelists to discuss issues related to labor in Saudi Arabia.
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Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker Discusses Exports, New Initiatives at Atlantic Live Event
The Atlantic magazine in Washington and its events arm Atlantic Live held a conversation today with United States Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and Washington Editor-at-Large, Steve Clemons to discuss the DoC’s efforts at promoting U.S. exports. Pritzker, who spoke last September at the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles for which SUSTG was a principal […]
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FOCUS KSA – ‘Saudi Labor in Transition’: Register Now for Wednesday, March 14th 10:00am EST Online Discussion
The international news cycle has moved on from President Obama’s visit to Riyadh in late March. The surge of commentary surrounding his trip tended toward hand-wringing about the status of the US-Saudi Arabia relationship and the tension between American and Saudi perspectives regarding Iran, Syria and Egypt.
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Tourism in Saudi Arabia: How the SCTA Can Help the Saudi Economy
In 2012, 1 billion tourists visited countries all over the world, and this movement led to the generation of more than $1.3 trillion for the global economy. More than half of tourists used air travel to reach their destinations. In 2010, the total contribution of tourism toward the global GDP reached $6.6 trillion (9.3% of […]
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The Best Saudi Press Agency Photos of April 2014
The Saudi Press Agency (SPA)’s photos show a unique insight into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In this month’s installment of SUSTG’s choices for the best of the SPA for the month of April, a Saudi military exercise, the King’s visit to Jeddah and more. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE BEST PHOTOS FROM THE SPA […]
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The Best SPA Photos this Month: March 2014 Edition
March was busy for Saudi officials both inside and outside of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Both the U.S. President and the Secretary of Commerce and State visited Riyadh this month, while Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman visited China. The Kingdom appointed a new Deputy Crown Prince, and the GCC held a contentious meeting in […]
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PHOTOS: President Obama’s Second State Visit to Saudi Arabia
President Barack Obama arrived in Riyadh on Friday to meet with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah and other officials.
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Why are So Many Iranians Seemingly Indifferent to the War in Gaza?
Forty-five years after the revolution that saw the Shah dethroned, there has been a significant shift in Iranian public opinion. While the Islamic Republic is considered the primary state enemy of Israel, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict does not appear to be a priority for the Iranian public, including various opposition groups, students, and intellectuals. This is reflected in the slogan “No to Lebanon, no to Palestine, my life only for Iran,” which appeared in 2009 during the Green Movement that followed fraud-tainted Iranian elections.
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Independent UN experts say radical Saudi Arabia scholar held for years should be tried or released
Al-Hawali, now in his mid-70s, was cited specifically by bin Laden in his 1996 declaration of war on the United States as one of the clerics detained by the kingdom purportedly on the order of the Americans.
The U.N. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities called for al-Hawali's release, saying ailments from strokes he suffered in 2005 and 2006 have made it difficult for him to speak or care for himself.
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Al-Jadaan: Saudi Arabia is approaching goals of Vision 2030 in job creation
“Our non-oil revenues exceeded our expectations. We aim to increase the role of the private sector in the employment process,” he said while noting that the Kingdom’s gross domestic product (GDP) has increased by more than 15 percent since the launch of Vision 2030. Al-Jadaan said that the global economy faces serious challenges. He noted that spending at a time of global inflation results in increased costs of projects, saying that this further fuels inflation and overheats the economy. The minister said that Saudi Arabia is in a position to reshape the Gulf region’s overall economy.
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Al-Khateeb: Saudi Arabia has become a global hub for innovations with SR800 billion investments
Saudi Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al-Khateeb said that Saudi Arabia has become a hub for innovations around the world with investments reaching SR800 billion. In his speech at the inaugural session of the GREAT FUTURES initiative conference at King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh on Tuesday, he said that the Kingdom has witnessed a robust growth with regard to the issuance of tourist licenses by about 90 percent. “This vital sector contributes 5 percent of the gross domestic product,” he said. GREAT FUTURES is one of the initiatives of the Saudi-UK Strategic Partnership Council, co-chaired by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
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Commentary: Divergent Saudi-Emirati Agendas Cripple Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council
The PLC was established in April 2022 with a dual mandate: to lead the internationally recognized government of Yemen and to unify anti-Houthi factions against their common adversary. The eight-member council is chaired by former interior minister and deputy prime minister Rashad al-Alimi. The UAE and KSA are the PLC’s main backers, but their different agendas and approaches constrain the council’s operations.
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Saudi FM: Israel’s war on Gaza has weakened credibility of international bodies
Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan said that the Israeli occupation forces’ ongoing aggression and violation of all international laws and norms in the Gaza Strip has exacerbated the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe and weakened the credibility of the rules of the international law and its institutions.
He made the remarks while chairing the meeting of the Arab foreign ministers, preparatory for the 33rd Summit of the Arab League, which will be held in Manama, Bahrain on Thursday. -
Bahrain signals willingness to join Arab multinational force in Gaza, US official says
Bahrain has signalled its willingness to be a member of an Arab multinational force that would administer security in Gaza once Israel ends its war on the embattled enclave, a US official familiar with the Biden administration's plans for the region has told Middle East Eye. US officials have made several overtures in recent weeks to see if Bahrain would be a member of the force that will fill the security vacuum in Gaza until a Palestinian governing authority can be formed, the US official said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to the media. Manama has said it wants to take a bigger role in post-war Gaza's governance, pointing to its position as the fourth country to normalise ties with Israel in 2020 as part of the Abraham Accords agreements, the official said.
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Nadhmi Al-Nasr: 140,000 workers involved in NEOM projects around the clock
NEOM CEO Nadhmi Al-Nasr said that about 140,000 workers are involved in implementing various projects on the NEOM giga city site around the clock.
Addressing the GREAT FUTURES initiative conference at King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh on Tuesday, Al-Nasr expected that the number of project workers would rise to 200,000 by 2025. “We have about 5,000 full-time employees from more than 100 countries,” the NEOM chief said. -
Saudi Arabia approves new tax scheme at arrivals duty-free stores
In big breaking news for the fast-growing Saudi travel retail industry, the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) has approved a tax scheme that allows travellers to be exempted from customs duties and taxes when purchasing at duty-free arrivals stores at all land, sea and air customs points in the Kingdom.
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Saudi Arabia issues royal decrees
Saudi Arabia issued various royal decrees on Wednesday. They are as follows: Prince Abdulaziz bin Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Ayyaf Al-Muqrin was appointed special adviser to King Salman at the rank of minister. He is also responsible for carrying out the work of deputy minister of the National Guard. Abdul Mohsen bin Abdulaziz Al-Tuwaijri was relieved of his position as deputy minister of the National Guard and appointed as an adviser to the Royal Court at the rank of minister.
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