In-class meeting: agenda, minutes & recommendations

Problem: Emiratization.

Date of meeting: 17^th march 2013

Time of meeting: 11:35

VENUE: C001

Group members:

Chair: Mohammed Awadh

Secretary: Khalfan AlMuhairi

Participant: Saeed & hamed

Agenda:

Emiratization.

Government sector/ Private sector.

Work experience.

Youth forum.

Internship in private sector.

Career fairs.

Reducing benefits in G.S.

Privatization .

The chairman Mohamed Awadh opened the meeting at 11:35

1. Emiratization:

Khalfan said that Emitatization is a good Idea to help local people to work in the local sector and it’s an idea invented by the government ten years ago to hire the possible number of citizens people to work in the private sector.

2.Government sector / private sector:

Khalfan explained the difference between the private sector and the public sector; the government sector follows the rules of the government, but the private sector has less commitment to rules.

Khalfan kept saying the government sector provides its workers with high salaries and security in work unlike the private sector, which has low salaries and no stability.

3.Youth forum:

Mohamed asked what are the solutions to apply the theory of Emiratization?

Hamed said that the first step HCT should take is graduate students with experience and that will happen by a lot of experience courses and opening a youth forum like Mubadla, to motivate students to get involved in the private sector.

4.Internship in the private sector:

Hamed continued the second solution that we will discuss which is the internship in the private sector and that needs companies from the private sector to sign an agreement with HCT for scholarships with the students to guide training and assign students to work in the company concerned. Khalfan added that’s a way to get the right experience to have the ability to work in the company concerned to achieve perfection in work. Also Mohamed said that to start this idea HCT should include a course for developing experience and qualities of teamwork and individuality.

5.Career fairs:

Saeed talked about a solution, which is a career fair. HCT should organize career fairs including more from the private sector than from the government sector; also to introduce the students to the private sector is benefits and duties.

6.Reduce the benefits of the government sector:

Saeed also added that government should reduce the benefits of their newly signed up employees to equal them with the private sector employees like the insurance and the retirement salary.

Mohammed argued that we can’t equal the two sectors together because there is a big difference between them.

Saeed then said it’s only a fact to change people’s idea of the private sector.

Mr. Hedley also said the new contract needs to be more realistic.

7. Privatization:

Khalfan mentioned a solution which all the group considered the best solution that is privatization. Privatization means to change a public sector to a private sector. For example, Abu Dhabi police had privatized its accidents delineation section to a company called SAAD.

Mr. Hedley confirmed that privatization would solve more problems, as it had in the U.K.

In conclusion:
1. Convincing people to be enroll in the private sector.
2. The government sector follows the rules of the government, the private sector has less commitment to rules.
3. HCT should provide youth forums to the students.

4. Private sector companies should offer internship to current students.
5. HCT needs to organize career fairs introducing the private sector.

      6. Try to equate the government sector and the private sector.

      7. Privatize some of the public sector companies