Ruwad honours “Ambassadors of Leadership" graduates

The honouring ceremony of the first batch of the programme graduates was held at the headquarters of the Sharjah Economic Department Development, in the presence of Sultan Abdullah bin Hadda Al Suwaidi, Chairman of the SEDD, Hamad Ali Abdullah Al Mahmoud, Director of Ruwad, and a number of Ruwad officials.

Sultan Abdullah bin Hadda Al Suwaidi expressed his pride in the first group of UAE graduates, who have acquired the necessary education and knowledge to provide entrepreneurial mentorship, allowing them to use expertise and skills to attract entrepreneurship to the Emirate of Sharjah and the UAE, encourage more citizens to enter the SME sector and launch innovative entrepreneurial projects.

Hamad Ali Abdullah Al Mahmoud congratulated Sharjah government employees, who participated in the programme, which is the first of its kind in the region, to train government competencies specialised in entrepreneurial mentorship.

Al Mahmoud pointed that the training workshops, held according to the curricula of the London School of Economics "LSE", contributed to graduating a group of creative mentors who will work to instill and promote a culture of entrepreneurship and self-employment in society.

The Director of Ruwad confirmed that the Foundation is keen to provide all possible means of support, through training to prepare a new generation of national human competencies that adopt the SME sector, work to transform ideas and plans into projects that contribute to the growth of the national economy, and achieve positive and integrated diversified sectors that will benefit the UAE.

Sultan Abdullah bin Hadda Al Suwaidi and Hamad Ali Abdullah Al Mahmoud honoured the graduates and distributed certificates. Each participant obtained an accredited certificate from the “LSE Generate Centre” for Entrepreneurship.

The programme workshops included many topics such as “mentoring readiness”, “the journey of effective mentoring”, “building a reliable mentoring relationship”, “realistic mindset and entrepreneurial experiences”, in addition to “forms of entrepreneurial projects and personalities of their founders”, “proper planning tools”, and “design thinking to understand the client”.