Marking 40th anniversary

UNITAG Group celebrated its 40th anniversary during a luncheon event held at the Capital Club.

The event was attended by the group’s chairman and chief executive Jamil Wafa along with the group’s top executives as well as heads of its associated companies. A number of officials also attended the celebration.

“Today UNITAG has developed a far-reaching presence and solid foundations, illustrated by focusing on a vision of establishing a commercial entity encourages local and international investments in the kingdom,” said Mr Wafa.
“We are very proud of our achievements. Since our inception back in 1974, we aimed to play a major role in supporting the kingdom’s growth especially the tourism industry.”

The UNITAG Group’s activities range from trading and travel, tours, airlines representation to supply of medical equipment. Other ventures include consultancy, financial services and industrial caterers. The group also has a joint venture with Siemens in Bahrain.

Youth workshop to boost social involvement
AN innovative youth workshop will today be hosted in Manama with the aim of ‘building community and youth initiatives’.

The workshop, organised by the Secretariat General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, continues tomorrow and is being held in the presence and with the participation of Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, chairman of Bahrain Supreme Council for Youth and Sport (SCYS) and Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, the council’s Secretary-General.

The workshop will be the third in a series following a decision made by the GCC Supreme Council during its 34th summit in Kuwait last December, which affirmed the necessity of nurturing and developing young people by organising development workshops on a regular basis.

The workshop will discuss three main topics: means to activate youth involvement in community development, how to develop their related skills, and how to encourage positive youth initiatives. Participants in the two-day workshop will study youth-related social issues – including healthcare, cultural, environmental, social and educational issues – which are likely to be among the main fields of youth involvement.
 
Participants will be introduced to the best methods to build and develop the necessary skills that help young men boost their social involvement. They will learn about best models, practices and initiatives, including the national and international initiatives related to improving youth community involvement. The workshop is part of a series of six sessions held by the GCC-SG in the member states, aiming to encourage youth engagement in community development and inspire self-development to achieve this goal. They also aim to encourage constructive initiatives that support young people’s positive role in and contribution to community development.

The latest workshop seeks to help nurture students to acquire the skills, abilities and knowledge required to encourage regular and effective youth involvement. It will introduce various initiatives and proposals for community development programmes and projects.