TECOM Investments, a member of Dubai Holding, today officially launched its first purpose built staff training centre at the Dubai Knowledge Village.

The centre demonstrates TECOM Investments' commitment towards the professional development of its own staff, as well as employees of its entities.

The fully equipped multi purpose training hall is fitted with state-of-the-art audio visual systems, internet connection and in built cameras to take photographs while training is in progress. The facility will be managed by the Learning and Development division, a component of the Human Capital department at TECOM Investments.

It will offer young recruits a six month training programme that focuses on professional development through a mixture of off-the-job training, induction courses and communication skills training. Additionally, it will offer programmes in association with prominent international institutions such as the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), Europe's largest professional body.

Abdullatif AlMulla, CEO of TECOM Investments, said: 'Core values form the basis of every operational aspect in an organization. The consistent application of these principles, on a daily basis, is crucial to its success and growth. These values also represent the corporate culture of any progressive organisation.

'At TECOM Investments, we consider people as our prime assets. Our success depends on how effectively these professionals comprehend and adopt our core values. We have established this facility for their continuous development as we believe learning is vital to achieving the organizations' objectives.'

The TECOM Investments' training facility is designed to enhance the delivery of its top tier services by helping business leaders cope with dynamic change and challenges and by providing Master's scholarships to promising TECOM Investments' employees. It will also assist in the recruitment and training of graduate UAE nationals.

Nasser Al Awadhi, Executive Director of Human Capital, TECOM Investments, said: 'Like many quality organisations, we have offered numerous ongoing workshops and trainings, which have proved to be popular, successful, and well supervised. These initiatives have helped our people develop market specific skill sets and raise their competency levels.

'TECOM Investments believes frequent and proactive involvement in staff development is vital to the progress of any organization. The new training facility reflects our profound focus on employee self development.'

Early this year, TECOM Investments received the Dubai Human Development Award, in the Service category, for its outstanding commitment towards the holistic development of its people. TECOM Investments is also the recipient of the Dubai Holding Excellence Award for Best Employee Satisfaction.

So far this year, TECOM Investments has organized 153 separate training courses, 97 run by external training providers and 56 by TECOM Investments' in-house trainers.