MoL creates AI model for labour sector nationalisation

Qatar Ministry of Labour (MoL) has announced that its Technical Office has created an innovative AI algorithm/model that will serve the nationalisation programme and at the same time support the private sector. This is done in partnership with United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Microsoft, and PwC Middle East in Qatar.

The objective of the Transformation Management Office which is led by Salim Al Barami, Strategic planning and digital transformation advisor at the minister’s office, who has innovated the algorithm. This is not only to digitize and transform user services offered by the Ministry but also innovate solutions through the use of Agile software development, digital cloud and other emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning.

The first of its kind model will transform the nationalisation in the private sector. Its interactive nature helps calculate the nationalisation percentages in a tailored way for each company in Qatar. Its goal is to balance the economic impact on businesses as well as to reduce any potential negative impact on both the industry and the government.

Salem Musallam Al Barami, confirmed that the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) has supported MOL on tasks related to creating labour market analytics, detecting the fourth industrial revolution skills in Qatar, and developing the foundation of a state-of-the-art matching platform for nationals based on ESCWA’s Skills Monitor. Now, ESCWA and the Ministry of Labour are creating a model that can optimise the number of national employees per firm. The model is built on a scientific model using state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence.