HE Dr. Abdulrahman Al Awar, Director General of the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR), stressed the importance of "Reading Hour" national initiative launched recently by the Authority at the Federal Government level, in coordination with the Prime Minister’s Office.
The idea is to allocate one hour to enrichment reading for all Federal Government employees in the workplace, which was scheduled for Tuesday at 11:00 am.
He announced that the Authority will observe the initiative monthly, to reflect its keenness to encourage employees to practise reading as a habit and lifestyle. “The Authority will allocate an hour monthly during which a number of employees will provide readings and precise summaries of books and scientific and cultural material, with a view to transferring knowledge among staff”, he said.
The event was organized by the Authority at its headquarters in Dubai on Tuesday to mark the "Reading Hour" initiative, in the form of a reading session opened by HE the Director General and attended by a number of FAHR’s sector and department directors and employees.
During the session, HE Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Awar gave a quick reading and presentation of a book on Workplace Happiness, focusing on the most important messages contained in the book, before introducing some employees to present their own summaries of books, researches and specialized studies they read.