Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, October 6th 2013 [ME NewsWire]
Dubai Knowledge Village (DKV), part of TECOM Investments, this week celebrates a decade of recruiting, training and developing the region’s workforce. Founded in October 2003 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the business park remains the world’s only free zone dedicated to human resource management.
The anniversary was commemorated with a grand ceremony hosted at DKV’s Auditorium on the 2nd October. Both Dr Abdulla Al Karam, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director General of the KHDA, and Dr Ayoub Kazim, Managing Director of Dubai Knowledge Village, delivered key note speeches to an audience of key industry players, representatives from the UAE Government and DKV’s 500 business partners.
DKV also used the opportunity to publicly thank and congratulate 40 business partners that have been with the business park since the beginning, actively supporting the Government’s goal to develop the region’s talent pool and transform the UAE into a knowledge economy. During the event, DKV also announced plans to launch an online portal that will act as a comprehensive database on the various services offered by DKV’s business partners.
Dr. Ayoub Kazim, Managing Director of Dubai Knowledge Village, said: "Changing workforce demographics and global talent trends require companies to be increasingly strategic and analytical about how they recruit, engage, deploy and retain their staff. Successful businesses now see effective human resource management as a business imperative and Dubai Knowledge Village has become a one-stop-shop for this.
"What has been achieved at DKV in the past 10 years has been remarkable, and we would like to thank our business partners who have helped us create what is now a thriving global hub for human resource development.”
Dubai Knowledge Village was originally conceived in 2003 to cater to the training and development needs of growing free zone industries in the Middle East. Over the past 10 years it has expanded its offering to cover all human resource management functions such as HR consultancy, executive search and training and development. Just last year, DKV witnessed a 24% growth as a further 80 HR institutes signed up to the business park, bringing the total to 500.
Amanda White, Managing Director of Innovative HR Solutions, an awarding-winning human capital consulting practice based at DKV since inception, said: "We have grown as an organisation during our time at Knowledge Villages so much that we had to double our office size in the business park. Having the Dubai Knowledge Village brand behind us can only have helped.”
Dr. Eli Abi Rached, Managing Director - Eton Institute, an international language training and professional development provider, said, "At a time when overseas companies are opening offices in the UAE, we remain one of the very few organisations who have branched out from Dubai to cities such as Vienna, New York, Washington D.C. and Abu Dhabi. Thanks to Dubai Knowledge Village’s unique infrastructure, facilities and comprehensive support system, managing growth is one of the key challenges we face regularly and we are quite happy to tackle it every time.”
Over the past 10 years, a number of government, semi-government and private sector firms have benefited from DKV’s business partner services, including: Emirates Airline; Sharjah Centre for Cultural Communications; Bosch Middle East; DP World; Majid Al Futtaim; InterContinental Hotel Group; and Prestigious Group.
DKV business partners enjoy such free zone benefits as 100% foreign ownership, 100% tax-free operations, 100% repatriation of profits and effortless visa and licensing issuance procedures. In addition, DKV provides a dedicated Partner Development Team to ensure the on-going visibility and growth of partners through a number of initiatives.
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About Dubai Knowledge Village
Dubai Knowledge Village (DKV) is the world’s only Free Zone area dedicated to Human Resource Management and learning excellence. Established in 2003 as part of TECOM Investments, DKV aims to develop the region’s talent pool and establish the UAE as a knowledge-based economy.
DKV is a unique hub that offers the best selection of Human Resource Management, Consultancy, Training and Personal Development programmes on a picturesque 1km long campus in the heart of Dubai.
With over 500 business partners, including Gallup, Towers Watson, Hays, Hewitt and Innovative HR Solutions, DKV aims to establish itself as both a trusted business partner and a centre of excellence for professional development.
Contacts
MEDIA –
Layla Haroon, Bell Pottinger Middle East
+971 55 636 0425
DIAC –
Brendan Vyner, Brand Manager, TECOM Investments Education Cluster
+971 4 360 2960
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