Tamkeen’s Role in

Women Economic

Empowerment in the Kingdom

of Bahrain

Sunday, 25th May 2014

Hala Sulaiman

Senior Manager and Head of

Marketing Communications

Tamkeen (Bahrain)

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Bahrain Map and location in the Gulf

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Total Population Projected for 2014 : 1,316.5 2011 Stats : Total : 1,195,020 Male: 741,483 Female: 453,357 Bahraini : 584,688 Male: 295,878 Female: 288,810 Non-Bahraini : 610,332 Male: 445,605 Female: 164,727 Total Work Force : 666,629 (by end of fourth quarter of 2013) Bahrainis : 152,473 Non-Bahrainis 514,156 Public Sector : 66,811 Bahrainis : 56,865 Non-Bahrainis 9,946 Private Sector : 496,090 Bahrainis : 95,608 Non-Bahrainis 400,482 Domestic Workers : 103,728

Kingdom of Bahrain : Area : 765.3 km²

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One Objective of Tamkeen Creation of an environment conducive to

increasing Bahraini women inclusion in the labour market.

One of Tamkeen’s functions and competencies Contribution to the removal of obstacles

that limit women participation in the labour force.

Tamkeen’s role in supporting women

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Tamkeen’s Staff

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The female employees are approximately equal to male

employees

Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Male Staff 16 17 17 17 25 27 30 30

Female Staff 11 15 16 22 30 31 32 33

Female % 41% 47% 48% 56% 55% 53% 52% 52%

Total 33 32 27 39 55 58 62 63

Tamkeen Staff

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20062007

20082009

20102011

20122013

16 17 17 17

25 27 30 30

11 15 16

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30 31 32 33

Male Staff

Female Staff

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Tamkeen's Female staff

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Females in professional and managerial positions reached 79%

Total No. of Female Staff33

Female staff in professional

and managerial positions26

Percentage of female staff in

professional and managerial

positions 79%

Tamkeen Female Staff in Professional and

Managerial Positions

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Total No. of FemaleStaff

Female staff inprofessional and

managerial positions

Tamkeen Female Staff in Professional and Managerial

Positions

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Tamkeen’s business trips

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Years Total Male FemalePercentage of

Female

2006 22 15 7 31.80%

2007 9 5 4 44.40%

2008 15 12 3 20.00%

2009 24 14 10 41.60%

2010 34 21 13 38.20%

2011 22 15 7 31.80%

2012 18 14 4 22.22%

2013 28 14 14 50.00%

Business trips for female employees

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Training and development

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Year Total Males FemalesPercentage of

Female

2006 28 12 16 57.10%

2007 48 23 25 52.10%

2008 41 23 18 43.90%

2009 34 8 26 76.40%

2010 43 17 26 60.40%

2011 45 14 31 68.80%

2012 33 12 21 63.64%

2013 59 23 36 61.02%

Training for Tamkeen female staff

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Female Beneficiaries – Human Capital Development

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No. of Female Beneficiaries in

Human Capital Development Programmes up to December 2013

Programme Female

Beneficiaries

Male

Beneficiaries

Total No. of

Beneficiaries

Work Readiness and Corporate

Culture 15,416 14,146 29,562

Fund Training and Development 17,923 18,220 36,143

Provide Management and Leadership

Training 1,360 1,483 2,843

Development Workforce Intermediary 3,946 3,401 7,347

Support Entrepreneurship in

Educational Institutions 667 737 1,404

Total 39,312 37,987 77,299

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Human Capital Development Expenditure for Women

Amount Spent on Female Beneficiaries in

Human Capital Development Programmes up to December of 2013

Programme

Spend on Female

Beneficiaries

BHD / US $

Spend on Male

Beneficiaries

BHD / US $

Total

BHD / US $

Work Readiness and Corporate Culture 3,103,555 8,231,164.22 USD

2,847,879 7,553,067.28 USD

5,951,434 15,784,231.49 USD

Fund Training and Development 25,692,834

68,141,836.00 USD

26,118,587

69,271,006.54 USD

51,811,421

137,412,842.54 USD

Provide Management and Leadership

Training 1,458,561 3,868,355.84 USD

1,590,475 4,218,214.57 USD

3,049,036 8,086,570.41 USD

Development Workforce Intermediary 18,136,483 48,101,087.26 USD

15,631,570 41,457,625.09 USD

33,768,053 89,558,712.35 USD

Support Entrepreneurship in Educational

Institutions 258,202 684,796.33 USD

285,299 756,662.25 USD

543,501 1,441,458.58 USD

Total 48,649,635 129,027,239.65 USD

46,473,810 123,256,575.72 USD

95,123,445 252,283,815.37 USD

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Women beneficiaries - Business Support Programmes

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Programme Male Female Total Female percentage (%)

Enterprise Development Programme 6,129 2,387 8,516 28.0

Finance Scheme 3,722 2,824 6,546 43.1

ICT Finance Scheme 50 - 50 0.0

Fashion Design - 88 88 100.0

Transportation - 50 50 100.0

Photography - 15 15 100.0

Mohasaba Scheme 835 365 1,200 30.4

Enterprise Support Fund 2,243 987 3,230 30.6

Entrepreneurs Netowking Events 1,117 1,288 2,405 53.6

Entrepreneurship Workshops 257 204 461 44.3

Fishermen Scheme 1,100 - 1,100 0.0

Farmers Scheme 484 6 490 1.2

Incubator Scheme 90 65 155 41.9

Diversification Support Scheme 2 2 4 50.0

e-Tendering Scheme 497 120 617 19.4

Feasibility Study 4 2 6 33.3

Preseeds Capital 13 3 16 18.8

+973 Scheme 46 62 108 57.4

Al Basta Scheme 76 120 196 61.2

Large Company Support 23 1 24 4.2

Mantoojati Scheme 2 3 5 60.0

Operationalize Business Scoring Model 22 - 22 0.0

Grand Total 16,711 8,593 25,304 34.0

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Tamkeen’s journey in Support of Women

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Tamkeen and Bahrain’s Supreme Council for Women

signs MOU for mutual cooperation

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HRH Princess Sabeeka Award

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Tamkeen wins

HRH Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa’s Prize for

Women Empowerment

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Signing with Bahrain Women Union

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To train Bahraini women in basic computer applications. The BWU will provide training in basic computer skills to around 900 Bahraini women, in addition to training targeting around 5500 Bahraini female job seekers in the local labour market.

All trainees must be Bahraini nationals and over 18 years of age. The total cost of this initiative is BD136,700 (362,552.02 USD)

Tamkeen and the Bahrain Women Union signed a memorandum of understanding.

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Tamkeen support women in Aviation

Tamkeen and Gulf Air encourage more Bahraini females to join the National Carrier

Tamkeen and Gulf Air signed an agreement, during the Bahrain International Air show, to encourage more Bahraini Nationals, especially

females, to join the national carrier in key customer-facing positions with a major focus on opportunities to become members of the airline’s cabin

crew. The programme targetted 150 positions.

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KG wage subsidy scheme

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Tamkeen has signed with Bahrain University to train 300 teachers to acquire a diploma with a total cost of

BD540,000 (1,432,173.32 USD). 5 groups totalling 100 trainees has finished the training.

The programme has succeeded in encouraging 50% of the applicants

to register in SIO to usualise the benefits.

1559 female beneficiaries in different kindergarten and received the monthly stipend for 2 consecutive

years. The total support reached BD 467,750 (1,240,553.84 USD)

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Tamkeen and inJAz in girls schools

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Tamkeen Employment Support Scheme

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10 female trainees engineers to be

supported. BD 4,500 (11,934.78 USD)

for 18 months Total BD 81,000

(214,826.00 USD)

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Diversified Business Support Programmes

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Riyadat –Business Incubator

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Women Incubator

Programme budget is

BD500,000 1,326,086.41

USD

The programme supports 60

entrepreneurs to subsidise the rent in Riyadat

Mall

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Photography scheme for Women

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The programme provided support for 15 women to acquire

photography skills

Support totaling

BD16,850 44,689.11

USD

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Fashion Design for Women

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The programme

has provided support to serve 90 women

210,000 BD 556,956.29

USD in support

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Transportation Scheme for Women

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The programme

provided support for 80 women to own

their own vehicle

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Women Job seekers exhibition

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Supporting Bahrain Businesswomen Society

Train females to acquire a marketing strategy to

market their businesses

30 beneficiaries served a with

total budget of BD76,600

203,156.44 USD

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• Tamkeen Website: www.tamkeen.bh

• Bahrain Economic Development Board : http://www.bahrainedb.com

• Supreme Council for Women: www.scw.gov.bh

• Bahraini Businesswomen Society http://bahrainbusinesswomen.com/

• Business Professional Women Club Bahrain : http://bpwbahrain.com/

• Ministry of Culture : http://www.moc.gov.bh/en/

• Central Information Organisation : http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_eng/

• Labour Market Regulatory Authority: www.lmra.bh

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