Abbas Ahmed CV - Research - Consultany focus

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A B B A S A B D E L K A R I M A H M E D

Research- and Consultancy-Focused

CV

CONTACT INFORMATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

+971-563619247 (Dubai, UAE) Name in Passport: Abbas Ahmed

[email protected] Name in Publications: Abbas Abdelkarim

P.O.B. 71382 Dubai, UAE Nationality: Dutch (Sudanese origin)

www.abbasconsult.com Working Languages: Arabic and English

SNAPSHOT

I am a senior professional with long and diversified research, consultancy, teaching, training

and management experience that spans over several countries in four world regions. I

worked for public, private and not-for-profit higher education institutions, governments and

international organisations. I spent a large part of my professional life in a World-Class

institution -Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands-

engaged in research and postgraduate education on international development. This

position has allowed involvement in and managing several research and consultancy projects

in many countries and covering various themes, as well as conducting and publishing

personal research. Equally large segment of my experience has been gained in the Gulf region

in senior roles in research and advisory work and in academic management .

Major areas of expertise are:

➢ Labour market analysis and policy; employment policy; youth employment.

➢ HRD strategies; relevance of higher education; TVET; training policy and evaluation.

➢ Micro and small enterprise development; entrepreneurship education and training.

➢ Socioeconomic development analysis and strategies.

mailto:[email protected]

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KEY

QUALIFICATIONS

- PhD in Development Economics, The School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia (England) – 1985

- MSc in Political Economy and Economic Planning (First Class) - (a 5-year programme), Corvinus University of Budapest (current name) (Hungary) – 1978

FELLOWSHIPS

- Institute of Social Studies Senior Research Fellowship (The Hague, The Netherlands)- one year

- World Bank McNamara Fellowship- one year - British Council Overseas Development Fellowship- three years

HIGHLIGHTS OF

RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY

PROJECTS

Published six international books, many articles, chapters and monographs, as well as consultancy reports. Four of my books have been reprinted 7-14 times (see Publications List below).

Thematically and geographically research covered the following: labour market analysis, policy and information (Sudan, Kuwait, Philippines, UAE, Somalia); employment strategy (with a focus on nationalization of jobs in the Gulf) and migration for employment (Gulf generally, Kuwait, UAE, Hawaii, Tonga Island and South Pacific generally); relevance of higher and vocational educational programmes and planning and management of training (Philippines, Yemen, UAE, Sudan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman); small enterprise development, entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurship education (UAE, Sudan, Ethiopia and a case of a multinational university); youth unemployment and employment (conflict-affected areas, Pacific region, Algeria, Morocco, Ethiopia, Sudan, UAE); socioeconomic change and development (Sudan, UAE, Ethiopia, Somalia, Morocco).

Was a leader of several research projects in various countries (and director of a research centre and a research department) and supported individual research consultants and in-house researchers.

Participated in and directed several consultancy and advisory projects for international organisations (UNFPA; UNDP; UNIDO; UNESCO; World Bank), governments and not-for-profit organisations in four world regions. Was directly involved in the acquisition of most of these projects and generated substantial income to my institution in the Netherlands. (See list Below).

Have undertaken over 40 surveys in 13 countries to support research and have also guided field survey work of researchers and students.

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POSITIONS 1991-2020

2020-todate: Freelance Researcher/Consultant, sole practitioner permit- Dubai Development Authority (labour markets, employment, training, MSEs, entrepreneurship). 2017-2019: Director Policy and Research (youth employment, socioeconomic development, conflict-affected countries), Silatech.

2013-2017: MBA Director; Acting Dean; Research Advisor (relevance of higher education, entrepreneurship education, university policy development), Arab Open University H.Q. 2012-2013: Advisor/Professor (employment, labour markets, education and training, human development), Arab Planning Institute. 2005-2011: Dubai Branch Director/Professor, European University College Brussels. 1999-2005: Senior Advisor to UAE Minister of Labour and to TANMIA, director of Labour Market Research and Information Centre. 1991-2004: Senior Research Fellow/Senior Lecturer (labour market economics and socioeconomic development), Institute of Social Studies, University of Rotterdam.

CAREER HISTORY & WORK EXPERIENCE

SOLE PRACTICE

Freelance researcher/consultant (from January 2020)

The Organisation

Sole Practitioner Establishment -Dubai Development Authority (Permit No 9658).

Areas of Work

Labour market and employment policy and analysis, education and training evaluation and planning, micro and small enterprise development, entrepreneurship education and training, socioeconomic development and transition to knowledge economy.

Projects

• Labour economist/economist in a civil service pay and grading project in Puntland State of Somalia financed by the World Bank (January to March 2020). My task comprised producing three reports on: 1-a survey of private sector workers which I organised, 2- socioeconomic and macroeconomic situation, and 3-cost and funding of a proposed civil service pay system.

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SILATECH

Director Policy and Research (from August 2017 to August 2019)

The Organisation

Silatech is as an International development NGO that links youth with employment and economic opportunities. Silatech operations extend to 17 countries.

Key Functions and Achievements

• My job was a research consultant. For contractual reasons, the job title was director.

• The research undertaken included areas such as:

• Literature survey of youth employment and unemployment policy and programmes- with special reference to conflict-affected areas

• Socioeconomic analysis, covering four countries (Ethiopia, Morocco, Somalia and Sudan) and including several themes: human development, education/training, labour markets, youth employment and micro and small enterprises.

• Supervised microenterprise surveys in 3 countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Sudan).

• Developed methodology for collection of field data to produce reports on MSME support institutions and on skill development needs and training providers in two countries (Morocco, Sudan).

• Research-based advisory work to support policy development, management and operations of the organisation.

ARAB OPEN UNIVERSITY (AOU) - H.Q.

Director of MBA Programme; Acting Dean of College of Business Studies; Institutional Research Advisor (from September 2013 to June 2017)

The Organisation

The AOU was established by the Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organisations as a not-for-profit University. In 2017. it was operating in eight Arab countries with student population of 28,000 in four colleges. AOU offers blended learning based on curricula validated by the Open University (the largest university in UK)). Its students receive a degree from it and from The Open University, UK.


• As Acting Dean of Business Studies and MBA Director (until October 2014), I was leading operations and development efforts at the level of the H.Q. of the University and the branches.

• As Institutional Research Advisor (from October 2014):

• Produced several University policy documents, including, Development, Assessment and

Approval of New Educational Programmes and Projects, Research Policy, Code for Research Ethics, Research Grant Policy, Manual for Internal Grant Application, Processing and Management, Proposal Writing for External Research Grants and Framework of Community Engagement and Outreach.

• Managed the technical committee of a major regional conference on MSME Development (held in October 2015; over 100 participants from 12 countries and over 40 papers).

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• Served as the principal investigator of a major institutional survey-based research project on relevance of University programmes and graduates to labour market needs covering seven countries. The survey sample comprised over 3000 graduates. The objective was to guide University programme development efforts.

• Undertook a survey-based project on student entrepreneurial intentions in all eight University branches (and with a sample of over 6000 students) and developed a plan for introducing entrepreneurship education and training.

• On an individual consultancy contract with UNESCO:

Researched socioeconomic and employment situation in Sudan and conducted surveys among industrial employers and students/trainees on relevance of formal TVET.

ARAB PLANNING INSTITUTE (API)

Advisor/Professor (from October 2012 to September 2013)

The Organisation

The API is a regional organisation comprising 17 Arab countries. It was established in 1973 in Kuwait with the mission of enhancing Arab institutional capacity in economic development and planning. It offers a wide range of training programmes and undertakes research activities and advisory work.


• Developed training manuals on human development, labour market analysis, employment and HRD policies and economic analysis of higher education.

• Produced documents on the development of research and consultancy activities.

• Served as a leader of, and main contributor to a major consultancy project rendered to the Ministry of Economy of the U.A.E on the challenges of economic diversification, Emiratisation, regional development and building a knowledge-based economy (the team comprised 5 experts and produced a 370- page report).

• As part of an external consultancy team, participated in developing outline of and questionnaire for a survey on social coherence for the Supreme Council of Planning, Kuwait

FREELANCE CONSULTANCY

Consultant (from November 2011 to August 2012).

• Undertook consultancy work for two UAE governmental agencies: Federal Authority for Government Human Resources and the National Human Resource Development and Employment Authority-TANMIA.

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BRUSSELS (EHSAL)-Dubai Branch

Professor and Branch Director (from October 2005 to October 2011).

The Organisation

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European University College Brussels (EHSAL) was founded in 1925, and in 2007 and 2009, respectively, merged with the Catholic University of Brussels and two other colleges.


Established and managed a branch of EHSAL in Dubai Knowledge Village focusing on business studies (BBA and MBA programmes).

• Managed all aspects of academic work and student support system.

• Assisted MBA students in selecting research topics and supervised and/or examined over 50 MBA dissertations.

• Guided all undergraduate students’ fieldwork-based community projects (part of the credit-bearing subjects).

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS and TANMIA, U.A.E

Senior Advisor to the Minister and Director of a Research Centre (from 1999 to 2004)

Senior Advisor of TANMIA (from 2004 to 2005).

(Note: Between 1999 and 2004 I was partially seconded from the Institute of Social studies, Erasmus University of Rotterdam).

The Organisation

The Ministry of labour and Social Affairs is one of the federal Ministries in UAE. TANMIA is the National Human Resource Development and Employment Authority, established by the Ministry of Labour as an independent public authority entrusted with training and placing Emirati job seekers.


• As Senior Advisor to the Minister, I played a leading role in establishing TANMIA.

Established and directed Centre of Labour Market Research and Information (CLMRI) as a thinktank of the Ministry and of the UAE government on labour market policy and national human resource development issues.

• As Director of CLMRI (about 20 professional staff):

• Managed research teams and supported and supervised all research projects by in-house researchers and international consultants.

• Undertook policy research and produced many research reports based on the research plans and on demand from the Minister of labour.

• Conducted and/or supervised over 20 field surveys to support research, including large surveys comprising over 3,000 respondents.

• Areas of research I undertook included, restructuring the labour market, transition to higher skills and higher productivity, wage employment of citizens in the private sector, Emiratization policy, training and skill development, labour market information system, illegal workers.

• Translated research into specific policy recommendations/actions to be presented to the Minister and, through him, to the UAE Cabinet.

• Spent substantial time in supporting and training young researchers.

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• As Senior Advisor to TANMIA, advising the Director General and the senior management of TANMIA on operational and developmental issues, and continued conducting research.

INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES (ISS), ERASMUS UNIVERSITY OF ROTTERDAM- The Hague, The Netherlands

Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor (from June 1993 to end 2004), Senior Research Fellow (December 1991 to May 1993).

The Organisation

The ISS, of Erasmus University of Rotterdam, is Europe’s longest established, and one of the best known centres for postgraduate education and research in development studies. Its students come from over70 countries and its academic staff members are internationally recruited.


• Developed outlines and reading manuals of, and taught several Master level courses

• Supervised and/or examined about 150 Master and a few PhD theses.

• Was the first point of advice to most of the Programme’s students in the selection of their research topics.

• Conducted research and research-based consultancy work in the areas of labour market/employment analysis, policy and information; human resource development policy and planning, migration for employment and SME development in various countries in three world regions.

• Acquired and undertook externally financed advisory work for international organisations and governments in several Middle Eastern, Asian and Pacific countries. Worked in teams in a number of these assignments.

• Undertook and published personal research.

Research-based Consultancies

• Research on migration and employment creation in South Pacific- with field surveys in Honolulu and Tonga Islands- funded by United Nations population fund (UNFPA)-South Pacific.

• Assisted with formulation of objectives and a plan of a conference on integrating population in economic development planning in south Pacific organised by UNFPA.

• Member of a consultancy team contracted by United Nations Industrial Development Organisation to strengthen TVET provision in the Philippines.

• A consultancy project financed by the International Development Agency (World Bank) to develop a long-term training plan for the civil service in Yemen.

• Led A consultancy project to develop a national labour force development and employment strategy for the UAE Ministry of Labour and Social affairs

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OTHER POSITIONS

MAHGOUB SONS GROUP - United Kingdom, Switzerland & Sudan

Business Development Advisor (1990 to 1991)

Undertook market research to allow a family business to expand into new markets- as a one-year assignment. Was based in Switzerland and travelled to 8 Middle Eastern and Mediterranean countries.

MANPOWER COUNCIL, COUNCIL OF MINISTERS- Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Economic Expert (from 1988 to 1990)

Conducted research and provided advice to various governmental departments on human resource planning.

PUBLIC AUTHORITY FOR APPLIED EDUCATION AND TRAINING (PAAET) - Kuwait.

Head of Labour Market Unit and Assistant Professor (from 1986 to 1988)

Established a Labour Market Unit (at the Headquarter of PAAET) that conducted surveys and research to advice on the planning of the educational and training activities of PAAET (which comprised 17 colleges and institutes). Taught economics in the College of Business Studies.

THE WORLD BANK -Kuwait & United Kingdom

World Bank McNamara Fellow (a Post-Doctoral Fellowship) - (from 1985 to 1986)

Undertook a research project on the internationalisation of Kuwaiti labour market.

THE UNIVERSITY OF JUBA- Juba, South Sudan

Lecturer & Assistant Lecturer (from 1978 to 1985)

Taught economics undertook research and participated in administrative functions in the College of Social and Economic Studies (1981-85 1 was a doctoral student in England).

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGNAISATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS FROM EARLIEST

INTER-ARAB INVESTMENT GUARANTEE COOPERATION- Kuwait

Consultant- 1986, two commissioned studies

• Foreign Resources Inflow in Sudan. Completed April 1986.

• A Study on the Economic Situation of Sudan. Completed November 1986

UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

Consultant-from January to February 1990 (Aden, PDR of Yemen)

• Assisted the Government of People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen in technical and organisational preparation (and the preparation of proceedings) of a national seminar on population and development.

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UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA)- SOUTH PACIFC

Consultant- from July to August 1994 (Fiji- South Pacific)

• Participated in evaluation of a UNFPA population research and advisory programme in Western Samoa.

• Assisted with formulation of objectives and a plan of a UNFPA conference on integrating population in economic development planning in South Pacific

Principal Investigator of a research programme- between July-December 1996 (Honolulu, Hawaii and Tonga Island)

• Carried out a funded research project on migration and employment creation in the South Pacific region, involving field research in Hawaii and Tonga Island, and was hosted by the Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Centre, University of Honolulu, Hawaii.

UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION (UNIDO)

Consultant- between September 1995 - May 1996 (Manila, Philippines)

• Undertook a survey among TVET trainees and interview-based study on industrial

labour market information system as a member of a research team to strengthen

technical and vocational education and training in the Philippines.

MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION- THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT

Coordinator- from November to December 1996 (Los Banjos, Philippines)

• Coordinated a regional training programme organised in the Philippines on labour markets and human resource development in Asia, financed by the Netherlands Government. (Hosting institution was the University of the Philippines - Los Banjos).

Joint-Coordinator- December 1997 (Sana’a, Yemen)

• Jointly coordinated a regional training programme on human resource development in the Middle East and the Red Sea Region, financed by the Netherlands government and organized in Yemen in collaboration with the National Institute of Administrative Sciences-Sana'a.

Lead Consultant- from January to February 1998 (Yemen and the Netherlands).

• Led an ‘Institute of Social Studies’ team financed by the Netherlands Government to help the Institute of Administrative Sciences, Sana’a, Yemen, to develop a plan and projects for training and research capacity building.

THE WORLD BANK

Project Director- December 1996 to October 1997 (a total of 5 months’ full-time) (Sana’a, Yemen)

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• Director of a consultancy project financed by the International Development Agency (World Bank) to develop a long-term training plan for the civil service in Yemen.

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS- UAE

Research Project Director- between June 1998 to June 1999 (a total of 6 months’ full-time) (Dubai, U.A.E)

• Led a project to develop a national labour force development and employment strategy for the UAE Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The project involved seven

• international consultants, several national research officers and fieldwork teams

UAE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

Consultant- from November 2011 to September 2012 (Dubai, U.A.E)

• Federal Authority for Government Human Resources: A Plan for the Establishment of A government HRD College.

• National Human Resource Development and Employment Authority: Toward a National Career Advice Strategy.

MINISTRY OF ECONOMY- UAE

Research Project Director - from February to July 2013 (UAE and Kuwait)

• A consultancy project executed by the Arab Planning Institute for the Ministry of Economy of the UAE on diversification of the economy, regional development, Emiratisation and knowledge-based economy. The team composed of five consultants.

GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT-

Kuwait

Member of a Team – February-March 2013 (Kuwait)

• Developing outline of and questionnaire for a project on social coherence. UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION (UNESCO)- SUDAN OFFICE

Consultant- December 2014-March 2015 (Sudan and Kuwait)

• Prepared a report on socioeconomic and employment situation in Sudan and conducted surveys among industrial employers and students/trainees on relevance of formal TVET, as part of a larger project on TVET.

GOVERNEMNET OF PUNTLAND STATE OF SOMALIA AND THE WORLD BANK

Consultant- January-March 2020 (Puntland, Somalia)

• My task comprised conducting and analysing a survey of Puntland urban private sector employees, producing a report on socioeconomic and macroeconomic situation, and a report on structure, cost and funding of civil service new pay system.

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PUBLICATIONS CONSULTANCY PROJECTS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGNAISATIONS AND CONSULTANCY

PROJECTS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGNAISATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS View my books and some articles in Google and WorldCat -under the name Abbas Abdelkarim.

Internationally Published Books

In the below the number of holdings refer to the number of member libraries of “WorldCat” holding the book (as of March 2020)

(Please see at the end a note on ‘WorldCat”).

• SUDAN: State, Capital and Transformation, Croom Helm, London, New York, Sydney, 1988 (co-editor, with Tony Barnett).

Number of holdings: 173; Number of editions: 8

• SUDAN: Gezira Scheme and Agricultural Transition, Frank Cass, London, 1991 (with Tony Barnett).

Number of holdings: 203; Number of editions: 7

• Primitive Capital Accumulation in Sudan, Frank Cass, London, 1992.

Number of Holdings: 230; Number of editions: 14

• Change and Development in the Gulf (editor), Macmillan (in UK) and St Martin’s Press (in U.S.A), 1999.


• Employment and Employability in a Small Oil Economy-The UAE (editor), Shaker Publishing, Maastricht, 2001.


• LABOURED EFFORTS – The Political Economy of Labour and Employment, Essays in the Honour of Professor Henk Thomas, (with Freek Schiphorst) Shaker Publishing, Maastricht, 2003


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Papers, Chapters and Monographs (Appearing in WorldCat and/or Google)

(From Earliest)

• Wage Determination, Wage Differentials and the Sudanese Agricultural Labour

Markets. Development Studies OP No. 27, School of Development Studies,

University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, 1984.

• Social Forms of Organisation of Labour in the Sudan Gezira, Development Studies DP

No. 171, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England,

1984.

• Why do Gezira Tenants Withhold Their Households’ Labour? Journal of Asian and

African Studies, Vol. XX, 1-2, 1985 (Published by E.J. Brill, Leiden, the Netherlands).

• The Development of Sharecropping Arrangements in Sudan Gezira: Who is

Benefiting? Peasant Studies, Vol. 31, No.1, 1985. (Published by University of Utah,

U.S.A).

• From Popular Protest to Military Take-over: The Sudan Coup, with A. El–Hassan and

D. Seddon, Review of African Political Economy, 33, August 1985.

• The Segmented Agricultural Labour Market in Sudan, Review of African Political

Economy, 34, 1985.

• The Generals Step In, with A. El–Hassan and D. Seddon, MERIP Reports- No 135,

1985.

• Wage Labourers in the Fragmented Labour Market of the Gezira, Africa, Vol .56, 1,

1986 (Journal of the International African Institute, London, Published by Oxford

University Press).

• Toward the Political Economy of Wage Determination: A Case Study of Sudanese

Agricultural Labour Markets: Research in Political Economy, Vol, 9, 1986 (A

Research Annual – Published by JAI Press, Connecticut, U.S.A and London, England).

• Some Aspects of Commoditisation and Transformation in Rural Sudan, in SUDAN:

State Capital and Transformation, edited by T. Barnett and A. Abdelkarim, Croom

Helm, London, 1988.

• Labour Market Information System in the Philippines: Is it Relevant to Industrial

Users? (With Paolo Perez), WP 224 Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University

of Rotterdam (ISS), 1996.

• Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the Philippines: Experience and

Views of Trainees, International Journal of Manpower, Volume 18 Issue 8 1997.

• Change and Development in the Gulf: An Overview of Major Issues, in Change and

Development in the Gulf, edited by A. Abdelkarim, Macmillan, 1999.

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• Oil Population Change and Social Development in the Gulf: Some Major Trends and

Indicators, in Change and Development in the Gulf, edited by A. Abdelkarim,

Macmillan.

• Youthful Population, Migration and the Employment Problem in Pacific Islands.

Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives, Volume 18 Nr. 3, 1999

• Employment and Employability of Nationals in the UAE, in Employment and

Employability in a Small Oil Economy- The UAE, edited by A. Abdelkarim, Shaker

Publishing, Maastricht, 2001.

• UAE Labour Market and Problems of Employment of the Nationals: Need for

Intervention, in Employment and Employability in a Small Oil Economy- the UAE,

edited by A. Abdelkarim, Shaker Publishing, Maastricht, 2001.

• Efficiency in Labour Market Decision Making: The Need for a Labour Market

Information System, in Employment and Employability in a Small Oil Economy- The

UAE, edited by A. Abdelkarim, Shaker Publishing, Maastricht, 2001.

• The UAE Labour Market and Problems of Employment of Nationals, an overview

and Policy Agenda, Policy Research Report No.1, Centre for Labour Market

Research and Information, Dubai, 2001

• Productivity Problems in the UAE: The Role of Productivity Organization, (with

Sulieman Ibrahim), Policy Research Report No. 4, Centre for Labour Market Research

and Information, Dubai, 2001.

• Skills and Training in the UAE: The Need for and the Dimensions of Institutional

Intervention (with Hans Haan), Policy Research Report No. 5, Centre for Labour Market

Research and Information, Dubai, 2002.

• Establishing a Labour Market Information System in the U.A.E.: Understanding the

Needs and Identifying the Structure. Policy Research Paper No. 9, Centre for Labour

Market Research and Information, Dubai, 2002 (in English).

• Foreign Labour Growth, Productivity Deterioration and Skill Imbalances in an Oil

Economy, in LABOURED EFFORTS-The Political Economy of Labour and Employment,

Shaker Publishing Maastricht, The Netherlands, edited by A. Abdelkarim and F.

Schiphorst, 2004.

• Youth Unemployment, Violent Extremism and Job Creation for Peace and Prosperity-

Silatech as a Case Study, International Journal of Scientific Research and Management,

5 (12), pp 7703-7717, 2017

• When Citizens Are Minority: Toward Establishing A Comprehensive Emirati SME Support System, International Journal of Scientific Research and Management, 6(09), EM-2018. https://doi.org/10.18535/ijsrm/v6i9.em01, 2018

https://doi.org/10.18535/ijsrm/v6i9.em01

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• Toward Establishing Entrepreneurship Education and Training Programmes in a Multinational University, Journal of Education and Training Studies, 7 (1), doi = {10.11114/jets. v7i1.3833}, 2018

• TVET in Sudan: Government Negligence, Employers’ Response and Challenges of Reform under Cluttered Socioeconomic Conditions, International Journal of Training Research, volume 17, issue 3, 2019, pp 2012-219, DO - 10.1080/14480220.2019.1690737

FORTHCOMING

• Desirability as Antecedent of Student Entrepreneurial Intention- the Case of a Multinational University.

• Training and Research for Micro and Small Enterprise Development: Toward Enhancing Community Engagement Role of Arab Universities.

Research/Consultancy Reports Published and Distributed Locally or Internally

(From Earliest)

• Economic Situation of Sudan, a study commissioned by the Inter–Arab Investment

Guarantee Corporation, Kuwait, 1986.

• Foreign Resources Inflow in Sudan, a study commissioned by the Inter-Arab Investment

Guarantee Corporation, Kuwait, 1986.

• Population and Development in PDR of Yemen, proceedings of a national seminar

organized by UNCTD in collaboration with UNFPA and the Ministry of Planning, Aden,

1989 (in Arabic).

• Views and Experience of Trainees in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in

the Philippines (52 pages), United Nations Industrial Organization (UNIDO), 1996.

• Relevance of Labour Market Information to Industrial Users in the Philippines (35 pages),

UNDIO, 1996.

• Population, Migration and Employment in the South Pacific, United Nations Population

Fund (UNFPA), (105 pages), 1996.

• Long-Term Plan for Training of the Civil Service in Yemen prepared jointly with Vasant

Moharir for the World Bank, 3 Volumes (210 pages), August 1997 (in English and Arabic).

• Employment, Employability and Efficiency - Toward a National Labour force

Development and Employment Strategy, (major contributor and editor), published by

the Ministry of Labour, Dubai, UAE, 1999. (1250 copies distributed in Arabic and

English).

• The Transition from Cheap, Unskilled Labour to Skill- and Technology- based

Competitiveness in the UAE, published by the Ministry of Labour, Dubai, UAE, 2000

(1700 copies distributed in Arabic and English).

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• Business Licencing, Foreign Investment and the Sponsorship System in the UAE: A

Developmental Perspective. Ministry of Labour, Dubai, 2001, (in Arabic).

• Restructuring the Labour Market for Higher Productivity in the UAE and Employment of

the Emiratis in the Private Sector (2 volumes, 193 pages). Ministry of Labour, Dubai, 2001

(in Arabic).

• Organising and Promoting Training in the UAE: The Need for and the Role of a National

Training Council (with Hans Han), Human Resources, Issue No.5, October 2003, TANMIA,

Dubai, in-house published, non-refereed journal (in Arabic and English).

• Institutional Support to Productivity in the UAE (with Suleiman Ibrahim), Human

Resources, Issue No. 5, October 2003, TANMIA, Dubai (in-house published, non-

refereed journal)

• Flexible Work Arrangements in the UAE, a report presented to the Centre of Labour

Market Research and Information, Dubai (42 pages), 2004.

• Emiratisation in the Banking Sector in the UAE, a report presented to the Centre of

Labour Market Research and Information, Dubai (48 pages), 2004. (Was published under

the author name Centre for Labour Market Research and Information)

• Employment and Human Resource Report 2004, appearing in 3 volumes (author of

Volume 1 and editor of vol. 2 and 3), published by TANMIA, Dubai (3,000 copies in

English and Arabic), 2004.

Volume 1: Towards a Strategy for Enhancing Wage Employment of UAE

Nationals in the Private Sector.

Volume 2: A Strategy for Career Development.

Volume 3: Towards Employable Skills: Reform of Higher Education Programmes.

• Illegal Workers in the UAE: Types, Factors and Impacts, a report presented to the

• Employment and Unemployment in the Five Northern Emirates of the UAE, an 8-volume

report presented to the Centre of Labour Market Research and Information, Dubai,

2005. Published in English and Arabic. Acted as a team leader and authored the main

report and two of the seven specialist reports.

• A Plan to Establish a Government HRD College in the UAE, a consultancy report

presented to the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, UAE, 2012.

• UAE Economy: Challenges of Diversification, Regional Development, Emiratisation and

Knowledge Economy, a consultancy research report presented to the Ministry of

Economy, UAE (main author), 370 pages, 2013 (in Arabic).

• Socioeconomic and Employment Situation and Views of Industrial Employers and

Students on Relevance of Formal TVET- consultancy research report presented to

UNESCO, 2015.

• Relevance of AOU Programmes and Graduates to Labour Market Needs, a report based

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on a survey in seven Arab countries, presented to the Arab Open University Senior

Management, University Council and Board of Trustees, 2016.

• Entrepreneurial Intentions among AOU students, a report prepared for the Arab Open

University, 2017.

• Establishing Entrepreneurship Education and Training in AOU, a report prepared for the

Arab Open University, 2017.

• Youth Unemployment, Violent Extremism and Job Creation for Peace and Prosperity, a

report prepared for Silatech, 2017.

• Algerian Economy and Youth: situation and Challenges, a brief report prepared for

Silatech (in Arabic), 2017.

• Socioeconomic Situation and Challenges- Sudan, a report prepared for Silatech, 2018.

• Socioeconomic Situation and Challenges-Morocco, a report prepared for Silatech, 2018.

• Socioeconomic Situation and Challenges-Somalia, a report prepared for Silatech, 2018.

• Socioeconomic Situation and Challenges- Ethiopia, a report prepared for Silatech, 2019.

• Report on Analysis of Macroeconomic Situation Relevant to Puntland, a report prepared

for the Government of Puntland State of Somalia and the World Bank, 2020.

• Puntland- Report on Analysis of Survey of Urban Private Sector Employees, a report

prepared for the Government of Puntland State of Somalia and the World Bank, 2020.

• Puntland- Determinants, Structure, Size and Funding of the Civil Service New Pay

System, a report prepared for the Government of Puntland State of Somalia and the

World Bank, 2020.

Institutional Policies and Manuals

The below are policies and manuals prepared for the Arab Open University.

• Development, Assessment and Approval of New Educational Programmes and Projects, 2014.

• Research Policy, 2015.

• Code of Research Ethics, 2015.

• Research Grant Policy, 2015.

• Framework of Community Engagement and Outreach, 2016.

• Proposal Writing for External Research Grants, 2016.

• Manual for Internal Grant Application, Processing and Management, 2017.

• Consultancy Policy, 2017.

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A Note on ‘WorldCAT’ (Referred to in Published Books above)

WorldCAT is the World’s largest network of library content and service. Its members are libraries dedicated to providing access to their resources on the Web. WorldCAT itemised collection includes 2 billion resources in over 70,000 libraries in 170 countries. (If any of the member libraries is holding a copy of a publication, users will be able to find out). https://www.worldcat.org

WorldCAT is now used as a source of measuring ‘value’ of publications (whether and how many libraries are holding the publication).

Persons in UAE to refer to:

- H.E. Matar Humaid Al Tayer

President- Al Tayer Motors; formerly UAE Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.

- Dr Abdulrahman Abdul Mannan Al Awar

DG -Federal Authority of Government Human Resources; formerly DG of Tanmia.

https://www.worldcat.org/

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