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His Excellency Dr. Raed Mohammed bin Shams, Director General of the Institute of Public Administration (BIPA), confirmed that the Kingdom of Bahrain enjoys a long-standing cultural and humanitarian heritage that deserves the efforts of various parties to join forces to preserve it. He explained that handicrafts and traditional crafts constitute an important part of the cultural gains whose preservation, and including their sustainability, requires qualifying and building the capabilities of craftsmen to enable them to practice them to the fullest and then, of course, transfer them to the next generation of Bahrainis in innovative ways. And creative. This came on the occasion of the cooperation of the Institute of Public Administration (BIPA) and the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority to provide a training program for owners of Bahraini handicrafts and traditional industries. His Excellency praised the role played by the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority in preserving handicrafts and traditional crafts, pointing out that the cooperation of the Institute of Public Administration with the Authority reflects its keenness to achieve sustainability and continuous development of the craft sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain by encouraging interest in this sector and making it one of the important axes in the Institute’s strategy for developing and training national cadres. Dr. added. Bin Shams said that developing a training program for owners of handicrafts and traditional industries will contribute to encouraging Bahraini youth to engage more in this field, as the program will work to empower crafts owners and provide them with the necessary skills, knowledge and educational materials in order to Innovating everything that would advance craft and traditional work in Bahrain, in addition to giving qualified and experienced craftsmen the opportunity to transfer their expertise to young people and train them at the highest level of efficiency and quality.