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Outreach to Qatar’s schools and universities
Promoting Careers in Financial Regulation Internships University partnerships

The Al Masar strategy calls for the Regulatory Authority The internship model has successfully embedded itself The Regulatory Authority has a longstanding relationship
to reach out to secondary school and university students in the culture of the Regulatory Authority. In 2019, 21 with the Qatar University School of Law, with many of
in Qatar to acquaint them with career possibilities in interns participated in learning and development, work their students serving as interns over the past years. A
Qatar’s financial sector. experience and information sharing opportunities. new initiative for the Regulatory Authority in 2019 was
outreach to Carnegie Mellon University Qatar (CMUQ)
Secondary school outreach The core business departments continued to build on their and Georgetown University Qatar. Computer Science
longstanding relationship with Qatar University’s Faculty students at CMUQ are working on the real life assignment
The Qatar Banking Studies and Business Administration of Law through delivery of an internship programme for of refurbishing the Regulatory Authority’s website
Independent Secondary School for Boys (QBSBAS) and Qatari undergraduates. public registers with weekly guidance provided by the
the companion School for Girls are a joint initiative of Information Technology staff. The project launched at
the Qatar Central Bank and the Ministry of Education Thirteen Qataris benefitted from internships at the the start of the second semester in January 2020.
and Higher Education. The schools provide a specialised Regulatory Authority, learning about core business activities
education to prepare 124 students in grades 10-12 for careers ranging from bank supervision to macroprudential
in financial institutions including banks, financial services analysis to drafting legislation and the basics of finance.
companies, the stock exchange and financial regulation.
These internships were supported by the Al Masar
In 2019, the relationship with the two schools included programme, designed to provide opportunities to
visits to both campuses by highly qualified Qatari high-performing university and post-graduate students
employees working in the core business areas of the to work in a professional environment while they are still
Regulatory Authority. The purpose of these visits is to build working on their degrees.
a foundation of knowledge on financial regulation in Qatar.

Employees also visited Qatar Academy Msheireb, as well
as Compass International School, Doha English Speaking
School, and the Mowath Ibn Jabal Boys Primary School as
part of the Regulatory Authority CSR effort aligned with
the Second Strategic Plan for Financial Sector Regulation.
University outreach

The Regulatory Authority made great strides in creating
a legacy of financial regulation for Qatar, and promoting
the financial sector as a career choice in 2019.