Al Benaa and Asas venture aims to hone public sector staff skills

Abu Dhabi: Al Benaa Real Estate and Asas Investment yesterday announced the launch of a joint venture company - National Enhancement - in Abu Dhabi aimed at skill enhancement, development and training of public sector employees in the UAE.

"We will hire some of the most prestigious international human resources, sales, marketing, accounting, customer services and procurement companies to train the employees of the public sector to upgrade their skills to international standards," Eisam Barake, chief executive officer of Asas Investment, told Gulf News after the company was launched.

Al Benaa's chief executive officer Noura Jassem Al Nowais said: "National enhancement is a social and community service through which our people can fulfil their potential."

Barake said it's a 50:50 partnership and both companies will invest "Dh1 million each to meet the set up expenses of national enhancement and its initial working capital requirements".

Barake said the partners will pay for the international firms they bring in to train and charge their fee to the public sector.

Al Benaa has real estate projects in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Fujairah. Asas Investment has a diversified business portfolio.