**Partnership to Benefit Youth Segment**

Batelco, Bahrain’s leading Communications Solutions provider has signed a one year partnership with the Bahrain e-Government Qudara’at Programme to benefit youths by the provision of training opportunities.

Batelco Youth Marketing Team  is the Diamond Sponsor of the nation-wide Qudara’at Programme, which is an empowerment programme developed to train participants on the know-how of technology, internet and ecommerce via the e-government portal.

The agreement was signed by Batelco Bahrain General Manager HR & Corporate Services Suhaila Alnowakhda and eGovernment Vice CEO Dr. Zakariya Al Khaja on the side-lines of the IT Expo following the opening ceremony at the (BIC) Bahrain International Circuit on Tuesday 17^th March.

As part of the sponsorship deal, Batelco will be providing special packages for all trainees with exclusive offers that include free on-net calls and unlimited Data and in addition home broadband services. The trainees will also avail of training opportunities at Batelco’s Training Centre in Hamala.