# Dr Tony Degazon > Skills • Qualifications • Workforce Transformation ## Posts - [Building Skills for the Future: How Workforce Transformation Drives Economic Growth in Turkmenistan](https://degazon.net/turkmenistan-skills-development-workforce-transformation/): Turkmenistan Skills Development is central to the country's long-term economic transformation agenda. - [What Bahrain’s Employability Initiative Can Teach the Region](https://degazon.net/what-bahrains-employability-initiative-can-teach-the-region/): Across the Middle East, governments are facing a shared challenge: how to prepare citizens for a labour market being reshaped by automation, artificial intelligence, economic diversification and rapidly changing employer expectations. - [Arab Youth Unemployment: The Middle East Workforce Crisis Explained](https://degazon.net/arab-youth-unemployment-middle-east/): Arab youth unemployment in the Middle East and MENA region reached 28% in 2023. Explore the key causes, workforce challenges, and policy solutions — including TVET reform, Saudi Vision 2030, and GCC skills development strategies. - [Unlocking Nationalisation in the Middle East: The Critical Role of Leadership and Soft Skills Development](https://degazon.net/nationalisation-middle-east-leadership-soft-skills/): Across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), nationalisation policies are no longer a side-lined corporate social responsibility initiative; they are the core engine driving economic transformation. - [Why Localized QA and Customer Service are the Real Currency for Awarding Bodies in the Middle East](https://degazon.net/awarding-bodies-middle-east-qa-customer-service/): Explore why awarding bodies in the Middle East must invest in localised quality assurance and customer service to maintain regulatory compliance, employer trust, and sustainable qualification delivery across the GCC. - [Awarding Organisation Readiness in the MENA Region: Key Considerations for 2026](https://degazon.net/awarding-organisation-mena-readiness-2026/): Discover the essential awarding organisation MENA readiness steps for 2026. Expert diagnostic guidance on governance, QA systems, qualification design, and regulatory compliance across the MENA region. ## Pages - [Publications](https://degazon.net/publications/): Practical frameworks, leadership guides and diagnostic tools developed from more than 30 years of international experience across TVET, workforce development, employability, qualifications and skills reform. - [Selected Engagements](https://degazon.net/engagements/): Presenting Skills for the Future: Workforce Transformation and Human Capital Development in Turkmenistan. - [Contact](https://degazon.net/contact/): Dr Tony Degazon is available for senior advisory engagements, technical consultancy, project leadership, and speaking. - [Speaking](https://degazon.net/speaking/): Dr Tony Degazon is an experienced senior practitioner with deep expertise in TVET, skills reform, awarding bodies, and qualifications. - [Projects](https://degazon.net/projects/): Dr Tony Degazon has advised governments, regulators, awarding organisations, employers, and education providers across the Middle East, supporting large-scale workforce transformation, qualifications reform, quality assurance, employability, and education system development. - [Insights](https://degazon.net/insights/) - [Expertise](https://degazon.net/expertise/): Dr Tony Degazon provides senior advisory and technical support across TVET reform, workforce development, qualifications systems, occupational standards, assessment, employability, quality assurance, and skills transformation. - [About](https://degazon.net/about/): Dr Tony Degazon is an international TVET and workforce development advisor specialising in skills reform, qualifications systems, occupational standards, assessment, employability, and quality assurance across the MENA region. - [Home](https://degazon.net/): Helping governments, regulators and industry translate skills policy into credible qualifications, assessment systems and measurable workforce capability. ## Optional - [Agent (MCP protocol)](websites-agents.hostinger.com/degazon.net/mcp) [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)