Graduation Ceremony for Training the Trainers in Entrepreneurship Development and Investment Promotion through the Bahraini Model

Within the framework of cooperation between the Investment and Technology Promotion Office in Bahrain part of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the University of Bahrain, a graduation ceremony was held on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at the University of Bahrain, in the presence of Dr. Fuad Mohammed Al-Ansari, President of the University of Bahrain, and Dr. Hashim Hussein, Head of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization – Investment & Technology Promotion Office in Bharain (ITPO-UNIDO). Certificates were distributed to professors and lecturers at the university who participated in the training of trainers’ courses in the field of entrepreneurship development and investment promotion through the Bahraini model.

The Bahraini model for the development of entrepreneurs and the establishment of micro, small and medium enterprises (Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program) launched by the (ITPO–UNIDO) in the Kingdom of Bahrain since 2000 and is successfully applied today in 52 countries in the world as an integrated model to support entrepreneurs and establish micro, small and medium enterprises.

These training programs, which were implemented with the University of Bahrain, come within the ITPO’s interest towards the importance of integrating entrepreneurship and innovation programs as part of the formal education curriculum in the various stages of education and sensing the crucial role that these works aspire to in the process of economic and social development and achieving sustainable development goals.