Saudi reform drive confronts jobs challenge Reducing the Saudi Arabia's high unemployment rate is a foundation -- and major challenge -- of the government's wide-ranging Vision 2030 reform plan unveiled in April, which aims not only to bring more Saudis into the workforce but also to give them vocational skills needed for a diversified private sector. Institutes like the Higher Institute for Plastics Fabrication are a focus of the effort to transform Saudi Arabia's labour force. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES