Abdulrahman Al-Fihaid, BRJ director in Saudi Arabia, said the organization has since its inception in 2004 been seeking to develop its procedures and programs.
BRJ will concentrate next year on supporting creative and untraditional projects that may add to the national economy and contribute in creating more job opportunities.
Al-Fihaid said increasing numbers of young Saudis are applying to BRJ with ideas such as selling mobile phones, vegetables, fruit, sheep and providing laundry services.
For women, common projects include beauty salons, tailor shops, and textile shops — areas that non-Saudi workers dominate.
However, Al-Fihaid said BRJ will not stop supporting the so-called traditional projects. Instead, priority will be given to projects that depend either on technology and IT software, advanced services, art, story writing, art production, photography, painting, or other new projects that could improve overall quality of the economy and create more job opportunities for young Saudi males and females.
Al-Fihaid added that such projects are more serious and controlled, as they are based on firm feasibility studies.
In addition, the project owners have a firm grasp on their initiatives and do not depend on foreign workers, which is the situation with some traditional projects.
BRJ has produced commercials dedicated to cutting edge projects that are based on creative ideas in technology, art or culture.
?Since 2004, BRJ has extended support to more than 17,700 small projects through its 25 branches throughout the Kingdom. Projects are mainly commercial, industrial or service-based. For more information, visit www.babrizqjameel.com
