Bahrain: BIBF to launch virtual platform
Source: Middle East Insurance Review | Jul 2020
With self-development in business continuity amid COVID-19 gaining importance, the Bahrain Institute for Banking and Finance (BIBF) has announced the launch of its ‘BIBF+’ online platform in July, an initiative that aims to upskill local cadres during these uncertain times, by developing their skillsets and career paths through an interactive virtual environment.
BIBF+ is an advanced smart platform that provides innovative and online training programmes (public and specialised) at preferential prices and aims to enhance participants’ knowledge and capabilities by providing access to high-quality training anytime, anywhere.
Through this platform, the BIBF offers more than 50 generic and specialised training programmes in various fields such as: insurance, Islamic banking, leadership, management, accounting, finance, digital transformation, project management and others.
This initiative is in line with Bahrain’s direction towards investing in AI to ensure continuous education and a skilled workforce by investing in modern technology in all fields, said the institute. The platform will deliver multiple learning methodologies to the institute’s existing infrastructure such as in-class training, distance learning, virtual live classes and a digital e-learning library.
BIBF director Dr Ahmed Al Shaikh stressed that, with companies enforcing remote working amid the coronavirus outbreak and continuously searching for effective ways to ensure business continuity, the BIBF+ platform is considered a practical alternative to the traditional classroom-based training for achieving the desired results at the lowest possible costs. M