‘Malyoon' Financial Training Sessions for 2013 Conclude Successfully in Dubai

• 333 Dubai Government Employees Benefit from high-status Training Sessions
• Program Receives 93% Satisfaction Rating from Participants

Dubai-UAE: 7 January, 2014 – The Dubai Government's Department of Finance (DoF), in collaboration with the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG), a premier institution for research and education in public policy in the Arab world, today announced the conclusion of the ‘Malyoon' financial training sessions that aimed at scaling up the financial performance of government employees.

333 government employees from public sector organizations across Dubai attended the training sessions, which received a 93 per cent satisfaction rating from the participants for course content that introduced them to the basic pillars of finance. The sessions provided insights into government accounting practices, managing and executing a public budget, statistical projections, government financial systems, Dubai's financial policies, finance management skills, and risk-based auditing.

Abdulrahman Saleh Al Saleh, Director General, DoF, said: “The training program certainly achieved its goals for 2013 by increasing the financial awareness of government employees. At DoF, we look forward to stepping up our collaboration with Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government to develop new programs for 2014. Through these sessions we are targeting not just employees working in finance departments, but also those interested in this important field that concerns us all and keen to expand their knowledge. The initiative was intended for incumbent government employees along with select batches of newcomers.”

Ali Sebaa Al Marri, Executive President of the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, said: “At MBRSG, we aim to enhance the skills of public sector departments in our country, as these are the key drivers of the economy. The financial training courses are structured to help different departments and organizations regardless of their size and nature of business. Such programs ensure dynamism and growth and lead to sustainability in the organization as a whole. In designing the Malyoon program we worked on gathering a team of experts from the financial sector with years of regional experience to ascertain that the program participants benefited from the most up-to-date financial practices and know-how.”

The sessions raised awareness through training courses provided by experts from different government departments who linked theoretical and practical concepts in order to ensure that the course content was relevant and informative.

The participants of the training sessions were divided into three groups – the first group included new finance-sector employees, while the second comprised senior employees and a third group enrolled employees based on their specific training requirements. Each session offered courses customised to the group to ensure maximum benefit. The sessions were presented by eight speakers including Dr. Shukry Al Ashmawi, Arif Ahly, Jamal Al Marri, Ibrahim Abou Seif, Ahmad Al Sawy and Hany Esehity, from DoF, as well as Dr. Ihab Zaki and Magdi Zaid from the Dubai Government's Financial Audit Department.