The Green Career Fair will be held in partnership with the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology and Reed Exhibitions during the Seventh World Future Energy Summit from January 20-22.
The summit will be co-located with the second edition of the International Water Summit and the inaugural EcoWaste exhibition, also hosted by Masdar, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
As businesses around the world realise that sustainable practices are vital to remaining competitive, it is expected that the fair will be a valuable opportunity for recruiters to highlight job opportunities at their companies and provide career guidance in the advanced energy and sustainability industry.
The Green Career Fair aims to provide cost-effective and convenient ways to create social and professional networking opportunities.
Besides meeting up with potential employers, professionals will be able to attend workshops on renewable energy career topics and make use of a Career Advice Desk to get tips from HR professionals on site.
The Fair will also include features such as career opportunity booths and interview areas.
Masdar Institute Dean of students Dr Behjat al-Yousuf said: "Platforms such as the Green Career Fair offer emerging clean energy professionals the right channel for their professional development through engaging with industries in the field to discuss future trends in clean energy capacity building."
He said mandated to focus on human capital building and knowledge development, Masdar Institute contributes to nurturing a talent base that generates IPs and patents, most suitable to the industry.
"We hope WFES 2014 will serve as the right forum for leading clean energy corporate brands to identify and select the right professional skills to ensure industry growth," he said.
Investments in renewable energy are one of the key potential catalysts for job growth in the sector. There is an expected growth in demand for architects, engineers, urban planners and environmental experts specialised in building sustainable cities and communities, smart power grids, wind farms, solar power plants, hydroelectric plants, and energy efficient transportation systems, as governments adopt sustainability in their economic development plans.
Building sustainable communities across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region is of vital economic and strategic importance for future sustainability. here is an increasing need for youth to develop careers in renewable energy sectors.
The U S Green Building Council stated recently that "green construction" employed more than 1mn people from 2000 to 2008. That number is expected to rise to 3.3mn by 2013 and job growth will multiply globally.
The China Council of International Co-operation on Environment and Development estimates that by 2016 the green job sector could employ 9.5mn people in the country.
The UN report "Green Jobs: Towards Decent work in a Sustainable, Low-CarbonWorld" predicts that the deployment of new energy technologies and investments could see the green job sector employ 20mn additional people by 2030.
According to findings of the World Future Energy Summit Insight Report 2013, "Realising the Promise of Solar Industry Development in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena)", if the region is going to build a solid industrial base in renewables, it is going to have to nurture entrepreneurs that will innovate and create jobs for the growing population of young people.
Eden Energy Group chief commercial officer Basim Saleh; Microsol director J Vishwanathan; and Acwa Power president and chief executive officer Paddy Padmanathan – three entrepreneurs who have worked in Middle East North Africa – were asked how clean energy would help in creating new jobs and opportunities for fresh graduates.
"It is a proven fact that renewables, with particular reference to distributed generation, create the maximum local jobs per megawatt. This was proven even in high-cost countries such as Germany and Japan. The same is relevant to Mena," Vishwanathan said.
Padmanathan said: "Different technologies will create different types of jobs in different numbers, in manufacturing, construction and operation and maintenance."
WFES Show director Naji el-Haddad said: "The Green Career Fair will be filled with people who work directly or indirectly in renewable energy industries and who acknowledge the benefits of energy efficiency and renewable energy as central elements of any green economy strategy. This is the perfect setting for companies and candidates to come together and explore ways of working together."
Soon, law to expose stores for violation
The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning will soon start revealing, through its website, the names of stores and restaurants violating the food law once it is approved by the Cabinet and referred to the Advisory Council, local daily Al-Arab has
reported.
Last month, the Advisory Council reviewed a draft law to amend certain provisions of the law No. 1990 concerning the organisation of monitoring food and referred it to the Public Services and Utilities Committee for further study.
According to the report, the law for monitoring food items for human consumption will be issued soon and include a special clause for disclosure of the name of any offending establishment once the violation is proved.
This is in addition to other punishments under the fifth section of the existing law.
History group meeting on Jan 8
Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) will hold its monthly meeting at the Doha English Speaking School on January 8 , at 7pm.
Dr Hubert Bari, director, Qatar Pearl and Jewellery Museum, QMA, will give a talk entitled "Pearls III".
New members are welcome to join. QNHG membership facilitates participation in archaeological and geological field trips. Further details of the talk and a map of the venue can be found in the Monthly Talks section on www.qnhg.org
Falcon yard opens in Al Ghashimiya
Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani, the chairman of Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry, opened on Friday the Al Ghashimiya falcon yard which is the largest in the country.
The opening was attended by the owner and director of the yard, Nassir Khalifa al-Kuwari, and a group of falcon enthusiasts from Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim has said in a release to daily Arrayah that he was pleased with the opening of the yard which will serve persons who are fond of falcons and hunting in Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
He added that this is the third falcon yard in Qatar which reflected "our concern for preserving the Qatar and Gulf heritage of sports of our fathers and grandfathers."
Nassir Khalifa al-Kuwari stated that the falcon yard would serve the need for bringing falcons from abroad during the hunting season and that the yard is able to keep 600 falcons. It has a height of 9m, a length of 45m and a width of 30m. The yard cost QR1.2mn.
According to al-Kuwari, owners of falcons keep the birds in the yards from January and to the end of September. The hunting season starts in October.
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