Khartoum (SUNA) – The Arab Forum for Strengthening Human Resources Capacity in Sudan will open on Tuesday morning at Al Salam Rotana Hotel in Khartoum. Organised by the Arab Administrative Development Organization, an affiliate of the League of Arab States, the forum will run until October 16. The forum is being held under the theme: “Civil Service, Health, Transport, Trade and Industry, and Education as Accelerators of Recovery and Reconstruction.” It will bring together a wide range of national and international officials, experts and specialists in administrative and human development. The opening session is scheduled to be addressed by ministers from the Hope Government, including the Minister of Human Resources and Social Welfare, the Minister of National Education, the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, the Minister of Health, and the Minister of Industry and Trade. The Director-General of the Arab Administrative Development Organization will also address the session. The programme includes five workshops. The first, organised by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Welfare, will focus on the role of senior leadership in strengthening the recovery and reconstruction system. The second, organised by the Ministry of Health, will address capacity development for leaders managing healthcare institutions during the recovery and reconstruction period. The third workshop, organised by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, will focus on developing leadership skills in the transport sector to support reconstruction. The fourth, organised by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, will examine policies and an action programme for advancing Sudan’s industrial sector and foreign trade during the recovery and reconstruction phase. The forum will conclude with a fifth workshop organised by the Ministry of Education. It will focus on technical education as a driver of economic recovery, with particular emphasis on linking technical and vocational education and training to labour-market needs and supporting Sudan’s reconstruction.BH/BH