Qatar

The Qatar Skills Accelerator, announced by His Excellency Abdulaziz Al-Khalifa, President of the Civil Service and Government Development Bureau, is a national initiative designed to empower Qatar’s workforce with future-ready skills to drive economic growth, innovation, and sustainability. 

Operating under the Future Skills Office (FSO), the initiative aims to ensure Qatar’s workforce remains adaptable, competitive, and future-ready by leveraging skills forecasting, promoting lifelong learning, and multi-sector collaboration following a five-step approach:

1. Forecast future workforce skills needs 
2. Assess future skills supply and identify gaps 
3. Develop national skills frameworks & support innovative training approach 
4. Create action plans for targeted reskilling 
5. Monitor & continuously improve workforce strategies

Implementation & Leadership

The Future Skills Office (FSO), housed in the Institute of Public Administration, coordinates the accelerator by:

• Building multi-sector partnerships for workforce development. 
• Leveraging the World Economic Forum's Reskilling Revolution for global best practices. 
• Generating insights on future skills based on data-driven research and publications