The Minister of Energy and Industry and Chairman and Managing Director of QP, H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada and Dr Latifa Ibrahim Al Houty, Vice Chair of the Executive Committee and the Joint Oversight Board of CNA-Q exchanging the documents.
Doha: Qatar Petroleum (QP) and the College of North Atlantic-Qatar (CNA-Q) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covering the general framework and governing principles of their cooperation related to the training and professional development of QP staff.
The MoU was signed by the Minister of Energy and Industry, who is also the Chairman and Managing Director of QP H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada and Dr Latifa Ibrahim Al Houty, Vice Chair of the Executive Committee and the Joint Oversight Board of CNA-Q.
The signing ceremony, which was held at QP headquarters, was attended by many senior officials from both QP and CNA-Q as well as by members of the media.
“This agreement reflects our firm commitment to the full development of our employees as we provide them with varied opportunities for further skills development and training, thus ultimately boosting their efficiency and confidence in the performance of their duties.
“The MOU also reaffirms our confidence in the capacity of local providers, like CNA-Q, in delivering high-quality training programs to our staff,” said Dr Al Sada.
Under the MoU, QP and CNA-Q will establish a solid relationship in developing and conducting technical, vocational and corporate training as well as professional development programmes for QP employees, besides undertaking collaborative applied research projects.
CNA-Q is providing training and development to 916 trainees and employees from QP and its affiliates under the following programmes: Technicians, Clerical Preparation Programme (CPP) certificate, Engineering Technology, Business Administration, Information Technology and Lab Technician.
Up to 226 of these trainees are expected to graduate by next year. Since 2010, QP had a total of 816 graduates who had completed various programmes offered by CNA-Q.
This is the third MoU to be signed by QP this year with educational institutions and non-profit organisations.
In early January, the corporation also signed a similar cooperation agreement with the Qatar Foundation, and this was followed by another agreement in May with Qatar University.
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