The Omani Authority for Partnership for Development (OAPFD) launched the third edition of the Global Internship Program (GIP).

Internship Opportunity

The program will provide an opportunity for 24 Omani graduates and undergraduate students to work in a global company that works with the Authority. The initiative aims to expand its global network and employability skills in addition, it will develop their perspectives and understanding and much more.

The third edition of the program will support and train 16 undergraduates’ students from the College of Engineering and Business & Political Studies from Sultan Qaboos University, Higher College ofTechnology, Oman University Scholars and PDO’s National Objectives program.

The student will be trained in the Turkish company FNSS, South African company Denel, Spanish company Rodman and American Company Lenco. The program will conclude with a project prepared by students to assess and measure the effectiveness of the program.

Training Programs

In order to develop and support national cadres for the labour market, the program will support 8 colleges and universities graduates with intensive training program for 2-10 month period with South Korean company CNO and American company Raytheon.

Salim Al-Khaldi, The Youth Skills Development Program Manager said: “After the success and the positive impact we have seen on the first & second editions of the GIP, we have launched the third edition of the program with more students, different specialized fields and with a longer period of training. During the program, we assess the internship training programs that provided by the organizations and the level of benefit, which will help us to study the sustainability of GIP and add more training fields that needed by the labor market in the Sultanate, we hope to expand this program every year and involving more partners locally and internationally.”

OAPFD’s Global Internship Program

During the session, OAPFD organized an orientation for the students to provide guidance to invest in the training opportunity to develop their capabilities and to increase their employability after graduation.

The Global Internship Program is one of the Youth Skills Development Program (YSDP) sponsored by OAPFD. The Authority launched the first edition of GIP in 2017. The program has benefited 27 trainees so far in cooperation with a number of educational institutions in the Sultanate. The total number of trainees will reach 51 by the end of this year.