SIDF promotes recruitment of national cadres, says Official

Jeddah, November 03, SPA -- The Saudi Industrial Development Fund
(SIDF) is one of the most important institutions in the development
of the industrial sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.


In a statement to Saudi Press Agency, Mohammed Al-Dubeib, the
Director General of the Fund, has highlighted its role and said it
has benefited from the foreign expertise and has been implementing a
well-studied plan for the recruitment of the national cadres to
occupy the Fund's key posts.


He lauded the Fund's effective role in the development of the Saudi
human resources in addition to its role in the development of the
industrial sector.


"In view of lack of enough cadres at the time of the establishment
of the Fund in 1374 AH, it started to recruit the national cadres and
send them on scholarships. In 1402 AH, the number of Saudis who were
on scholarships amounted to 23, while the number of the Saudi
employees in 1394 AH was only two."

In the past 30 years, Al-Dubeib said the Fund recruited qualified
national cadres, and that it has become one of the pioneering
institutions in the field of recruitment and training of the national
cadres.


The number of Saudis working at the Fund rose from only two in 1374
AH to 398 by the end of the fiscal year 1424-1425 AH, he said.