TAG-Consultants Participates in ACPA 2009 Workshop in Gaza

The workshop was attended by Palestinian accountants and auditors working at public and private institutions, including those who obtained full scholarships from Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, ASCA chairman, offered to the people of Gaza

GAZA --- June 2, 2009 --- The Deanship of Continuous Education at the Islamic University in Gaza held today a workshop on the new Arab Certified Professional Accountant (ACPA 2009) training program.

The program shall be held this year according to the new curriculum of the Arab Society of Certified Accountants, ASCA/Jordan.

The workshop was attended by Palestinian accountants and auditors working at public and private institutions, including those who obtained full scholarships from Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, ASCA chairman, offered to the people of Gaza.

The workshop was attended by Professor Akram Joudeh, Projects and Training Manager at the Deanship of the Community Service and Continuous Education and Mr. Arafat Al-Aff, ACPA program coordinator at the Deanship in addition to Mr. Zuhair El-Nazer, executive director of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Consultants (TAG-Consultants) ? Gaza Office.

Mr. Joudeh said that the Deanship of Community Service and Continuous Education seeks to enhance the skills of the national professionals holding accredited certificates in accounting and auditing fields. He also announced that a series of training courses to qualify students to sit for the ASCA examinations shall be held in November 2009.

On his part, Mr. El Nazir stated that the number of students who will benefit from the scholarship of Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh for the session of November 2009 has reached 400 students who shall sit for the exams at the Islamic University.

On this occasion, Mr. El Nazir urged the students who obtained the scholarship to prepare for exams adding that those who do not sit for the exams this year will lose their rights to benefit from the scholarship.