Qatar-Somalia Joint Committee on Labour convenes in Doha
Doha
The Qatar–Somalia Joint Committee on Labour convened on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Minister of Labour HE Dr Ali bin Samikh Al Marri and Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Somalia Yusuf Mohamed Adan.
The Committee examined recent developments in bilateral cooperation within the labour sector and matters relevant to it, placing particular emphasis on strengthening the regulatory framework for workforce recruitment and on fostering greater utilization of highly skilled and rigorously trained personnel whose expertise not only fulfills the demands of Qatar's labour market but also advances the objectives of the Qatar National Vision 2030.
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