During his participation in a panel discussion within the "Economic Davos" activities
Shtayyeh: Our goal is to create job opportunities that contribute to enhancing youth's adherence to and retention of the land
Prime Minister Dr. Muhammad Shtayyeh: “One of the government's priorities is to empower the youth economically, through several programs: Including the promotion of vocational education and training, through several levels starting from school and ending with the establishment of an applied university college, in addition to establishing a bank for development and investment, with the aim of encouraging the implementation of pioneering ideas and projects, As well as granting youth endowment lands and the state to invest in industrial and agricultural production projects.”
The Prime Minister added: Our strategy is resisting resilience, that is, creating job opportunities that contribute to strengthening the youth’s adherence to the land to stay on it, and earn their livelihood from it, in the face of the occupation’s endeavors to steal land and displace people.
This came during his intervention today, Tuesday, in a panel discussion entitled "The Economics of the Region: Sailing in the Unknown", within the activities of the 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in which he participated alongside a number of prominent ministers and businessmen in Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Shtayyeh added: "The region, including Palestine, is experiencing major political and economic challenges, which have made sustainable development and employment opportunities more problematic than before."
The Prime Minister added: "Palestine is experiencing complex challenges as a result of the occupation, which has left structural distortions on our economy over the past years."
On labor market transformations, Shtayyeh said: "We have canceled 120 old university majors and created 60 new majors to prepare our graduates for the new reality. In a parallel context we are working to reformulate the skills of unemployed graduates and create an army of programmers who are able to compete in the labor market."
The Prime Minister added: "Our interest in promoting technology stems from being linked to all sectors, such as agriculture, industry, infrastructure and tourism; and it has the potential to raise productivity in all aspects."