TRA launches integrated strategy for training and developing employees

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, TRA, has launched its integrated strategic plan to develop employees’ competencies and improve their capacities in various fields of TRA’s work, in light of the rapid developments of the ICT sector.

The new strategy comprises enabling employees to use modern and innovative tools and mechanisms, improve their functionality based on periodic evaluation results in order to keep pace with the rapid developments in the ICT field, best practices, and various administrative and technical skills which fall within the scope of TRA work and responsibility.

The strategy is also based on a sophisticated scientific method that supports the leadership and happiness approach adopted by the UAE, and ensures its continuity through qualified national cadres capable of innovation and accomplishment.

Saeed Al Suwaidi, TRA Deputy Director-General for Support Services, said that continuous and enhanced global leadership in various fields requires an integrated strategy that supports constant development and pursues the latest updates in the sector, to identify all the developments, and utilise them in the innovation and creativity approach of the country.

Ahmad Al Falasi, Senior Manager of the Human Capital Department in TRA, said, "Training courses are developed and selected after careful considerations of the employees’ needs through regular surveys. Based on the results, we develop training and development courses in cooperation with leading experts in the field. Since the launch of the strategy in the first quarter of 2017, we have held 104 training courses, in which more than 68 percent of the employees have participated."