Governor of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia Honors TAG-Org

Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd highly recognizes Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh?s support to Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Fund for Supporting Small Business Projects for Women in its first year
KHOBAR --- April 26, 2009 --- Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz, the governor of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, the first annual celebration of the Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Fund for Supporting Small Business Projects for Women has recently taken place at the Conferences Hall in the Eastern Province.
Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd honored Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, chairman and CEO of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org), among others, for his support to the Fund?s projects in its first year.
Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh received a trophy in recognition of the role exerted by TAG-Org through its Khobar office in the preparation and review of economic feasibility studies, providing consultations, drafting contracts, conducting financial control, organizing women qualifying training courses and preparing them to manage their own enterprises and setting up marketing plans for the products of these projects.
?I feel proud that my Organization always succeeds in undertaking activities that serve developmental projects and all business sectors in the Kingdom through its offices in Riyadh, Abha, Jeddah and Khobar,? Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh stated.
He also thanked His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Fund for Supporting Small Business Projects, for this opportunity.
In his opening speech, Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd said: ?We are pleased to celebrate the achievements realized in the first year of the Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Fund for Supporting Small Business Projects.?
The fund was launched a year ago based on an initiative by His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz and was established as a non-profit financially independent unit.
The Fund works in the area of technical and financial support for initiatives by Saudi women in addition to small and new ventures in the Eastern Province. It provides its services for every Saudi woman who desires to acquire income and improve her living conditions through the establishment of a new small or medium-sized enterprise and developing its ongoing project.