Tamkeen injects $2.2bn into private sector MANAMA, December 20, 2020 Bahrain’s Labour Fund, Tamkeen, has injected nearly BD830 million ($2.2 billion) since 2006 into the development of the private sector to achieve the Kingdom’s goals of making the private sector as the main engine of the national economy, while also ensuring that Bahraini citizens are the first choice in the labour market.
To date, Tamkeen has provided support to more than 200,000 individuals and more than 53,000 institutions
The main initiatives of Tamkeen is to support the private sector and it is done through several packages designed to meet the needs of enterprises and individuals: The Individual Support Program and the Enterprise Support Program, under which the Business Development, and the Training and Wage Support program fall under.