Bahrain’s manufacturing industrial sector has contributed $2.56 billion (BD 677m) to the GDP in the first half of the 2010, thanks to the Government’s proactive investment policies according to official statistics.
This was an increase of 38 per cent over the same period the last year and presents a contribution of about 16.4 per cent to the country’s gross domestic product.
Under a latest initiative of Tamkeen’s “Discover Life at Work” campaign will focus on careers in the manufacturing industry in the month of September.
The careers awareness programme was initiated to promote awareness about unconventional careers in emerging sectors such as Logistics, manufacturing and tourism, targeting youth between 15 and 25 years from schools and universities.
In the manufacturing campaign, students will be made aware of the various opportunities in a wide range of sectors within the manufacturing industry such as aluminum, gas, petrochemicals, wood furniture, textiles, readymade garments, paper, plastic, metals, foods and medicine, as well as architecture and construction manufacturing such as cement, concrete slabs and electric cables.
“Manufacturing industries play a very important role in Bahrain’s economy and Tamkeen is working towards creating maximum awareness about the manufacturing industry through a communication programme entailing outdoor media, reading material, audio visuals as well as radio and social media,” Tamkeen in a statement said.
Following the manufacturing campaign, next month, the campaign will focus on the Tourism sector, concluded by a national Careers Convention to be held at the end of November.
The campaign website, www.tamkeen.bh/discoverlife, is a source of information for the target audience besides serving as an online platform of the youth to sign up for the Careers Convention to be held in late November. The website will list educational and training programmes as well as career opportunities related to the three sectors. Additionally, there are online games that provide a better understanding about the sectors in a fun and entertaining way.