How to increase employability in MENA: Addressing the job-skills mismatch

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How to increase employability in MENA: Addressing the job-skills mismatch

START Thursday, December 16, 2021 @ 2:30 PM

END Thursday, December 16, 2021 @ 6:00 PM

LOCATION https://aub.webex.com/meet/fa16

CATEGORY Academic

CONTACT PERSON Fida Afiouni, fa16@aub.edu.lb

The American University of Beirut in partnership with Emerging is pleased to invite you to

an online conference on employability in the MENA region.

Hear the crossed perspectives of regional employers, higher education professionals, and young professionals in a roundtable discussion on employability and how to best address the skills mismatch in the MENA region.

Get to know your university ranking in an exclusive presentation of the results of the Global Employability University Ranking and Survey (GEURS), published in exclusivity by Times Higher Education.

Learn what higher education institutions are doing to boost the employability of their graduates and listen to the perspective of leading employers in the region through exclusive presentations by AUB and Deloitte ME.

2:30 - 2:40	Welcome Note	Fadlo R. Khuri, President American University of Beirut
2:40 - 3:00	The Role of Higher Education in Boosting Employability in the Region	Alan Louis Shihadeh, Dean Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, AUB
3:00 - 3:40	The Perspective from a Leading Employer of Young Graduates in the Region	Rana Ghandour Salhab, Partner Deloitte ME People & Purpose
3:40 - 4:00	GEURS Main Findings: Exclusive Presentation on the MENA Region Results on Employability	Laurent Dupasquier, Co-Founder and Associate Director, Emerging Sandrine Belloc, Co-Founder and Associate Director, Emerging
4:00 - 4:15	Break
4:15 - 5:45	Roundtable Discussion: How to best address the job-skills mismatch in the MENA region	*Moderator:* Lina Daouk-Öyry, Associate Professor, Olayan School of Business, AUB *Participants:* Ghada Barsoum, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Policy and Administration, American University in Cairo Cesar Wazen, Director of International Affairs Office, Qatar University Lino Cattaruzzi, Managing Director, Google MENA Region Khodor Badran, CHRO, Azadea Hamza Debbarh, Founder, 3W Academy, IFIAG Kouloud Fawaz, Gender Associate, United Nations Population Fund
5:45 - 6:00	Wrap up	Caroline Depierre, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Emerging Data Laurent Dupasquier, Co-Founder and Associate Director, Emerging

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