66% of FANR’s workforce constituted Emirati professionals in 2018

Media IN ABU DHABI, 26th July, 2019 (WAM)

In 2018, Emirati professionals constituted 66 percent of the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation’s total workforce of 241 employees, according to FANR’s 2018 Annual Report.

FANR continues to attract talented individuals to meet its business requirements with 32 new Emiratis being recruited in 2018, the report indicated.

FANR’s capacity-building efforts includes the steadfast support of the government’s Emiratisation initiative.

In order to accomplish its vision of being global leaders in nuclear regulation, FANR implements and conducts extensive programmes to support its resources, skills and processes.

Abdulla Nasser Al Suwaidi, Chairman of the Board of Management, FANR said, ”Regulating the nuclear sector comes with its challenges, which require a high level of knowledge and expertise to meet. And this is why we are proud to have qualified Emirati nuclear professionals working side by side with our foreign expert staff in nuclear safety, nuclear security and nuclear non-proliferation,”

The past year, he added, FANR made excellent progress towards realising its vision of becoming a globally recognised nuclear regulator.

Christer Viktorsson, FANR Director General, said ”FANR remains dedicated to developing Emiratis in the nuclear regulatory sector, the third round of Emiratis joined the Developee Engineers Programme in 2018.”

He added ” Long-term career opportunities for Emiratis at FANR are achieved through focused recruitment, training and development programmes. In 2018, Emiratis accounted for 66% of FANR employees,”