TAG-Business Executive Director in Qatar Appointed CWTAR Technology Committee Chair

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization has always been contributing to the capacity-building in the Arab countries as part of its social responsibility towards the region ? Jamous

DOHA --- April 19, 2009 --- The Advancing Arab Women in Technology Leadership Workshop II: Strategy Made Reality concluded on April 16, 2009 with a primary focus to move forward with plans to create the Center for Women and Technology for the Arab Region (CWTAR), a major resource to support womens involvement in the knowledge-based society.

To serve this purpose, a number of committees has been established; among which is the Technology Committee chaired by Mr. Samer Jamous, executive director of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Professional Services (TAG-Business) in Qatar.

The Committee will review, suggest and assess tools and technologies used at CWTAR, and also develop goals and principles related to the Committee?s work, while developing partnerships in the field of technology.

?Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization has always been contributing to the capacity-building in the Arab countries as part of its social responsibility towards the region, and my election as chair serves this purpose,? Mr. Jamous said.

The April 15-16 workshop, held by the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) and inaugurated by HE Hessa Al-Jaber, ictQATAR secretary general in Doha, hosted Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, vice-chair of the Global Alliance on ICT and Development (GAID) who underlined the need to establish women Information Communication Technology (ICT) peer groups.
Participants in the workshop included representatives from the business, government, education, and non-government sectors. Key organizations participating in the event were the Multinational Development of Women in Technology (MDWIT), Dubai Womens College (DWC), UNESCO, The World Bank, ESCWA, Arab Women Organization, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org), CISCO, and Hewlett Packard.