The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, represented by the Skills and Training Agency, held a workshop on the initiative to monitor and anticipate future skills in the labor markets of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The two-day workshop began on January 15, 2025, in Riyadh, with active participation from the International Labour Organization (ILO).

His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Al-Zahrani, Undersecretary of the Ministry for Skills and Training, inaugurated the workshop, commending the participants’ efforts and highlighting the Ministry’s key initiatives in the area of skills development in the labor market. The workshop was held within the framework of the Kingdom’s chairmanship of the GCC Skills Team, which is responsible for implementing workforce skills development initiatives for the GCC countries, in line with the objectives of the GCC Ministers of Labour’s Strategic Committee (2024-2029).

The workshop aimed to review and learn from the experiences of GCC countries regarding skills foresight systems, and to prepare a report on GCC practices and leading international experiences in monitoring and anticipating the skills required in the labor market and future skills forecasts.