Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA)’s CEO, Ausamah Abdullah Al-Absi, met a delegation headed by the Higher Education Council (HEC)’s secretary-general, Dr. Riyadh Hamza.

The two sides explored the mechanisms of exchange of informatics and research cooperation between the two institutions related to data, trends of Bahraini graduates of higher education institutions to track the development of graduates in the labour market.

The LMRA and HEC had signed a memorandum of understanding for this purpose in August.

Al-Absi said the two sides considered the co-publishing of specialised research and statistics publications on the reality of alumni in the Kingdom in correlation with labour market needs and available job opportunities. They also agreed on introduction of viable ongoing cooperation mechanisms.

He said the Authority unwaveringly cooperate with all community sectors, adding that the LMRA as an official executive body integrates with fellow governmental institutions to achieve public interest and balance among the various sectors of the community to accomplish labor market regulation goals of making the Bahraini worker the most preferable choice of private sector employers.