The Ministry was keen to launch the “Program for Job Incentives for the Non-Profit Sector” to contribute to achieving several strategic goals, the most important of which are:

Contribute to reducing unemployment and creating thousands of new job opportunities.

Deepening the impact of non-profit organizations, and raising the level of their contribution to the GDP from 0.6% to 5% in accordance with the objectives of the Kingdom's Vision 2030.

Increasing women's participation in the non-profit sector.

The Ministry carried out a comprehensive study to identify job incentives needed for the non-profit sector, and came up with a lengthy list of 39 incentives. Focus was placed on the top ten priority incentives. Accordingly, the "Program of Job Incentives for the Non-Profit Sector" was launched, with the aim of developing an applicable regulatory framework. These incentives can include some of these benefits:

• Flexible work incentive: Work flexibility arrangements in terms of place, time, days, and others.
• Competitive leave incentive: Competitive policies covering different types of work leave.
• Diversified Employment Contracts Catalyst: Providing several types of attractive employment contracts for different categories of employees, which take into account the nature of their relationship, which contributes to raising the level of job security and attracting distinguished talents.
• Motivator for performance appraisal and payment interview: Professional evaluation of employee performance, and its reflection with advantages and returns on the employee and the organization.
• Health insurance catalyst: Improving insurance and health care coverage, and providing competitive and attractive benefits.
• Pension Incentive: Provide multiple options for the pension system within the social insurance.
• Career Paths Catalyst and Professional Development: Designing career paths on professional bases to ensure professional development commensurate with job competencies, activating training programs for them, and organizing secondment and rotation of employees inside and outside the sector.
• Financing Facilities Incentive: Facilitating obtaining financing facilities from banks, including, for example, housing, car, personal financing, and others.
• Daycare Incentive: Providing appropriate support for daycare in the form of cash allowances, or directly within the organisations.
• Catalyst for improving the work environment and culture: Providing integrated solutions to improve the work environment and culture in non-profit organizations, taking into account the workplace, proper planning, policies and procedural guides, developing the level of transparency and accountability, measuring the social impact of the organization, and so on.

To download the program profile (click here)