Kabul, October 05, 2010: Etisalat Afghanistan, a 100% owned subsidiary of Etisalat UAE has today launched the Employee Succession Program in collaboration with Etisalat Academy UAE.
The launching ceremony was attended by Mr. Yousef Al Sayed, Chairman Etisalat Afghanistan, Mr. Saeed Hamad Al Hamli, CEO Etisalat Afghanistan, Mr. Saadat, Deputy Minister Administration, Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of Afghanistan, Mr. Baryalai Hasam, Deputy Minister Technical, Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of Afghanistan, David Brennan, General Manager Etisalat Academy, UAE along with other officials and dignitaries from Government of Afghanistan, UAE Embassy, Etisalat Afghanistan and members of media fraternity.
The agreement was signed by Mr. Saeed Hamad Al Hamli, Chief Executive Officer, Etisalat Afghanistan and Mr. David Brennan, General Manager Etisalat Academy, UAE.
This initiative by EA is in line with Etisalat Afghanistan’s long standing resolve of partnering in the development and enhancement of human capital and skill levels of local Afghan employees. It is pertinent to mention here that 90 percent of EA staff comprises of local Afghans.
Mr. Saeed Al Hamli, CEO Etisalat Afghanistan while speaking on the occasion stated, “As we continue to invest and expand, we are committed to supporting the enhancement of human work capital and skill levels of our work force here in Afghanistan; as we truly believe that the future belongs to them. We trust that this comprehensive employee succession programme by Etisalat shall usher in a new era of highly skilled local work force for steering the company to new heights by stimulating the economic growth and development of Afghanistan in future.”
Today Afghanistan is faced with enormous challenges of developed human work capital and skill set. Etisalat Afghanistan has undertaken numerous steps to fill the gap through aggressive in-house “Employee Succession Program” with key focus on succession program and development of broad skill set enhancement program. This succession program is line with Etisalat Group initiatives of High Potentials and Succession Plan, entailing identification and marking of high potential and high performance individuals against the future high level roles and work functions within Etisalat Afghanistan.
Speaking on the occasion, David Brennan, General Manager Etisalat Academy said, “Etisalat is deeply committed to enabling the lives of people across Afghanistan through access to the highest quality, modern communications.
The role of the Etisalat Academy is two-fold. First, we bring the latest knowledge from the world to Afghanistan. Second, we help Afghanistan be great by building the skills, knowledge and abilities of the people who are erecting mobile towers, talking to customers and selling great services across the country. When we build skills, we build the capacity and capability of the Afghan people and therefore the country.”
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Baryalai Hasam, Deputy Minister Technical, Ministry of Communications & IT stated, The relationship between Afghanistan and United Arab Emirates are deep rooted and long lasting. I would like to appreciate Etisalat Afghanistan role in terms of investment and provision of telecommunication services throughout the country. Etisalat Afghanistan endeavors to provide sustainable employment opportunities and develop the skill sets of local Afghan employees in their current jobs and elevation to senior positions within Etisalat in future is highly commendable.”
EA employee succession plan is a result of comprehensive analysis that unfolds the competence gap on human, technical and generic levels of each individual. A deep in-house analysis and subsequent sessions with the line management and individuals has filtered out the real competence requisites required for each individual. Based on this work, a broad array of development program was designed while figuring out the real time training requirements. The successors have been oriented on their charted roles and development plans in order to brace them up for the future positions. The schedule has been devised and finalized with the help of Etisalat Academy, UAE for conduction of these training courses. Besides the successor’s development program, the plan also spells out a broad array of training programs companywide catering the requirements at all levels.
The Agreement spells out a total of 47 Trainings, with 143 training days aiming at training 416 employees. The first training session shall commence from September 26th and subsequently a series of programs for successors and broad trainings shall continue through the current year.
