PEIE’s holds programme on project management
MUSCAT: The number of new vehicles registered by the Royal Oman Police (ROP) in 2015 stood at 167,068, down from 193,156 vehicles registered during the previous year.
In 2014, new vehicle registration count rose by 10 per cent as compared to the previous year’s figure, according to the ROP Statistical Yearbook, 2015.
According to the statistics, the number of vehicles that underwent technical inspection in 2015 rose by 88,833 as compared to the year before.
The total number of driving licenses issued in 2015 rose by 90,356, an increase of 7 per cent, compared to the previous year.
The number of car accidents causing death dropped by 15 per cent in 2015. Muscat Governorate registered the most number of road accidents (2,107), followed by Al Dakhiliyah Governorate with 1,001 road accidents. MUSCAT: The Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (PEIE), represented by its Human Resources Development Centre, organised a training programme on professional project management at the Knowledge Oasis Muscat.
The programme was moderated by Laith al-Harthi of entropedia, who noted that having skills in project management in the current era is essential and necessary for every organisation, taking into account that the majority of organisations include a number of projects in their strategic goals.
Therefore, he said, Project Management Institute (PMI) was founded to be the leading international not-for-profit professional membership association for the project management profession. Al Harthi added that the Sultanate is witnessing a quantum leap at all levels and in various fields, which makes implementation of projects significant. “The field of project management is developing in the country and more professionals are entering the field.
Besides, there is a growing demand to learn and apply a scientific and proper approach in project management by a large segment of public and private sector bodies,” he pointed out.
It is worth mentioning that this programme comes within PEIE’s plan for 2016 to train and develop its human resources who are based in the various industrial estates pertaining to PEIE.