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Thales
http://www.thalesgroup.com/
Thales is a global technology leader for the Aerospace and Space, Defence, Security and Transportation markets. With 68,000 employees in 50 countries including 25,000 engineers and researchers, Thales has a unique capability to design, develop and deploy equipment, systems and services that meet the most complex security requirements. Thales has an exceptional international footprint, with operations around the world working with customers as local partners.
In 1999, HCT/CERT and THALES have set up a joint venture in Abu Dhabi: CERT Thales Institute (CTI), a technical training institute also located at CERT Technology Park. Since its creation, CTI has trained several hundreds of UAE and GCC professionals originating mainly from customer organizations such as Armed Forces, Police. |
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British Business Group
http://www.britishbusiness.org
The British Business Group plays an important role in assisting British business both in Abu Dhabi and wherever it can in the UK. Its Chairman and Committee are delighted to provide information to Members and others on all aspects of business here. Importantly, too, the Group provides a networking environment which can help new arrivals and longer-standing residents alike to make new contacts and to further assimilate in the exciting and vibrant community of Abu Dhabi. |
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Canadian Business Council
www.cbcabudhabi.com
The Canadian Business Council of Abu Dhabi is made up of a diverse group of business people representing Canadian and United Arab Emirates companies and organizations. They are proprietors, presidents, chief executive officers, directors, general managers, partners, department heads and the self-employed who share a common interest in building better business relationships in the region. |
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CERT Corporate Training Centre
www.certtrainingcenter.com
CERT Corporate Training & Assessment Centre
The corporate training and assessment center provides numerous services for the government and private sector to assist in developing their employee skills for a more productive and skilled work force. Formally established in 2007 CERT has been providing many different types of trainings and assessments for the past 8 years.
The center is divided into 3 main departments: Assessment Centre, IT Certifications Centre, and Training Centre
Assessment Centre Services
- Prometric Center – providing both High Stake and regular computer based exams mainly TOEFL, CBP, SII, and many IT qualifications like CIW, Microsoft bouquet, Medical licensing exams and others
- Psychometric Center – provides several psychometric exams and reporting on them
- Pre-Hire Employee Assessments – provides a range of assessments and reporting to government institutions for new employees on basic competencies needed for the respective institutions. Among these are Basic IT, English Language, Arabic Language, Psychoemtrics, Accounting, Marketing, Management, HR, and some other customized assessments. All reports provided are customized to fit the institutions competency needs
IT Certifications Centre
- ICDL Certification – provides training and assessment for ICDL and Advanced ICDL. CERT ICDL center was the first established in UAE and has trained more than 10,000 candidates in the past 8 years. www.icdlcert.com
- IC3 Certification – provides training and assessment for IC3. Started in 2007
- MCAS Certification – provides training and certification for Advanced Office Certifications and MS-Project
- CIW – We are an approved CIW training and assessment center
Training Centre (www.certtrainingcenter.com)
The training center offers trainings in different disciplines. Some are international professional benchmarked and others are HCT benchmarked.
- Securities and Investment Institute (SII) ATP – provides international benchmarked services for the financial sector
- Certified Business Professional (CBP) ATP – provides international benchmarked services in several business related qualifications
- London Chamber of Commerce Institute Qualifications (LCCI) ATP – provides international benchmarked services in secretarial, accounting, book keeping and business management qualifications
- English for Special Purposes (ESP) center – provides several trainings in ESP
- Health Training
- Jointly with CERT Health Services the center can provide training in:
- Disaster Management
- First Aid & CPR
- Infection Control
- GCC approved licensing exams
- Nursing
- AHA BLS
- HCT Benchmarked Short Training Center provides a whole range of topics in thecategories.
- Personal Soft Skills مهارات شخصية متنوعة
- Leadership - القيادة
- Administration and Management - الإدارة
- Strategy - الأستراتيجية
- Organizations and business specific skills - مهارات تخص المؤسسة
- Quality, Technical and Statistical - مواضيع الجودة و فنية و إحصائية
- Financial - مواضيع مالية
- Human Resources - الموارد البشرية
- Security and Police related topics - مواضيع ذو طابع أمني
- Protocol & Etiquette
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CERT Point
www.certpointsystems.com
CERTPOINT is a privately held global corporatation with worldwide offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. CERTPOINT was founded over 12 years ago by Constantin and Ara Ohanian, father and son, to help large corporations transform business critical knowledge into measurable results.
CERTPOINT’s philosophy is rooted in managed growth, proactive responsiveness, quality, and innovation. Above all, we serve our customers though passionate partnerships. |
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CERT SuperComputing
http://www.certonline.com/SuperComputing
The Centre for Supercomputing based in Abu Dhabi at the CERT (Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training)Technology Park features the first IBM Blue Gene/ L Supercomputer in South Asia, Middle East and North Africa. |
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Consolidated Contract Company
www.ccc.gr
CCC's origins go back to 1952 when three talented young entrepreneurs, joined forces to create one of the first Arab construction companies. Two of the founding members are presently leading the Group.
Today CCC continues the same style of management based on mutual trust with clients, smooth communication between locations and departments of the Group which augment its regional and international status. CCC has always been at the forefront of the adoption of new construction technology to improve efficiency, provide more rapid execution while ensuring high quality performance.
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Education Without Borders
http://ewb.ae
Education Without Borders is a biennial international student conference that creates networks across cultures in order to understand, and generate solutions for, some of the world's greatest challenges. The conference achieves this end by engaging the world's most innovative students and leaders in the business, technology, education and humanitarian sector in a collaborative forum that culminates in a commitment to action.
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Festival of Thinkers
http://festivalofthinkers.hct.ac.ae
The Festival of Thinkers is a biennial event organised by the Higher Colleges of Technology. The first Festival of Thinkers took place in the UAE in 2005. It provides a platform to foster and celebrate thinking, inspiring the youth of the region and allowing thinkers from around the world to come together and share their ideas and thoughts.
The purpose is to discuss means and ways of fostering creativity at the scientific as well as social level beyond social and cultural boundaries. We believe such an undertaking is timely and will succeed to benefit and guide the young in search of their future; leaders in their quest for the best of those entrusted to them; researchers in following their goal; and all in the ability to adapt to challenges.
The Festival of Thinkers brings together the world's leading minds and intellects versed in the fields of natural sciences and research, medicine and public health, philosophy, law and ethics, and theoretical and practical economy, and information technology and counsel. The Festival of Thinkers aims to inspire the youth to be proactive about their future and the Earth’s future. |
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General Electric
http://www.ge.com
GE provides grants and invest in initiatives that work to solve some of the world’s most difficult problems. In coordination with our partners, we support U.S. and international education, the environment, public policy, human rights, disaster relief and community success around the globe.
GE also supports employee and retiree giving and involvement in GE communities through employee programs such as the GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program. |
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IBM
www.ibm.com
IBM and HCT/CERT have agreed to cooperate in establishing the ThinkPad University, a comprehensive IBM program to deploy the latest in mobile computing technology, the e-business Academy, an IBM software initiative under which IBM makes course materials, e-business software and training available for the development e-business courses and the Linux University, an IBM program to develop courses in the Linux operating system alternative. |
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ICDL Centre
http://icdlcert.com
CERT, in collaboration with ADWEA, the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority, pioneered and launched ICDL programs in the UAE. ICDL, which stands for International Computer Driving License is an internationally accepted competency based certification that verifies computer knowledge and practical computing skills through one theoretical test and 6 practical tests in the field of Information Technology and PC applications.
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Microsoft
www.microsoft.com
Microsoft is committed to being a responsible industry partner, working with businesses, communities, and governments to help advance social and economic well-being and to enable people around the world to realize their full potential. Over the past three decades, they have expanded their business from the United States into more than 90 other countries, and now employ nearly 60,000 people globally. Microsoft and CERT envision that their Potential Collaboration would help them cooperate in the following areas:
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To support the development and adoption of eLearning modules (content and components) specifically targeting K-12 students interested in pursuing higher education in UAE |
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To develop and offer train-the-trainer programs for use in the K-12 education sector |
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To develop and deliver a three level (IC1, IC2, IC3) Essential Computer Skills professional development program for public and private sector adult learners |
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To work together to develop a CERT/Microsoft Academy of IT Excellence with a mandate to provide the most current IT development programs to HCT faculty, students and the community at large |
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To collaboratively develop a CERT/Microsoft Telematics strategy for the UAE |
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To explore with the public entities under the Ministry of Education (HCT, Zayed University and UAE University) the effective utilization or deployment of the Exchange Server as the main mailing system for the faculty members and the students |
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To work together on piloting the latest Microsoft technologies |
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National Bank of Abu Dhabi
http://www.nbad.com
National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), the number one bank in the UAE, and leading mobile payment provider Luup International Ltd, TODAY announced they plan to provide a mobile money transfer service across the bank’s international network. |
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NCUK
http://www.ncuk.ac.uk
NCUK provides programmes to prepare international students for study outside their home country.
Successful completion of one of our programme guarantees students a place on a degree course in their chosen subject of study at an NCUK partner university. |
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Prometric Services
www.prometric.com
Prometric is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ETS and a recognized global leader in technology-enabled testing and assessment services. Its comprehensive suite of services, including test development, test delivery and data management capabilities, allows clients to develop and launch global testing programs as well as accurately measure program results and data. Prometric reliably delivers and administers tests on behalf of 450 clients in the academic, professional, healthcare, government, corporate and information technology markets. It delivers tests flexibly via the Web or by utilizing a robust test center network in 135 countries. |
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University of Waterloo
http://uwaterloo.ca
In just half a century, the University of Waterloo, located at the heart of Canada's Technology Triangle, has become one of Canada’s leading comprehensive universities with 28,000 full- and part-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs.
For 17 years in a row, UW has been named Canada’s most innovative university in the Maclean’s annual university rankings, and has topped the reputational categories of Best Overall, Most Innovative, and most likely to produce the Leaders of Tomorrow. |
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The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
www.wharton.upenn.edu
Founded in 1881 as the world's first collegiate school of business, Wharton continues to pioneer innovations in education across its pre-eminent undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, doctoral, and executive education programs. Our wide range of programs and faculty expertise provides in-depth knowledge on virtually every major challenge facing global business today. |
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Solving Efeso
www.solvingefeso.com
Solving Efeso is a top management consultancy firm with a leading reputation for connecting strategy with action. We provide
a unique blend of multi-specialist skills and expertise very different from those found in other management consultancies.
Solving Efeso provides the client with a blend combining three original core capabilities (Strategy, WCOM – World Class Operations Management and Change management) focused on achieving measurable results. These are delivered by a dedicated and professional team that is fully integrated composed of true specialists.
Solving Efeso has a worldwide presence and more than 30 years of satisfied clientele.
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