TAG-CONSULTANTS Regional Conducts ?Financial Analysis and Feasibility Study? Course

AMMAN -November 26, 2008, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh & Co. Consulting (TAG-CONSULTANTS Regional) is conducting a training course entitled Financial Analysis and Feasibility Study for consultants from its offices in different Arab countries at the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Academies in Amman, November 24-27, 2008.

The main objectives of this course are: enhancing the participants? knowledge in the different aspects of the feasibility studies, improving their forecasts skills, developing their analytical skills in terms of the technical and financial components of the feasibility study.

In his opening remarks, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Business Regional Executive Director/ Jordan Office Executive Director Mr. Mustafa Nasereddin urged the participants to benefit as much as possible from this course and to manifest what they are going to learn in their practical experience.

?It is a great pleasure to see the attending consultants from all offices and countries participating in this first of its kind event,? he stressed.

TAG-CONSULTANTS Regional Executive Director, Mr. Munir Herzallah, highlighted the fact that this is the first internal training course conducted by TAG-CONSULTANTS Regional.

?The Feasibility Study course will serve as a guidance and assistance tool for most of the consultants in project closing and it will pave the way for them towards a huge improvement and growth in the field of consultancy,? he added.

The choice of this topic comes as a result of a Training Needs Analysis (TNA) survey?s output, where most consultants expressed their utmost need for such a course.

Ms. Shatha Attari, TAG-CONSULTANTS training officer explained the reason behind the choice of the topic: ?Feasibility studies contain comprehensive, detailed information about business structure, products and services, the market, logistics of how to actually deliver a product or service, the resources needed to make the business run efficiently, as well as other information about the business.?

The course is instructed by Mr. Emad Sabe El Eish; a feasibility study expert and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, USA.

Mr. Sabe El Eish, Finance & Accounting MBA holder from the University of Birmingham, UK, currently works as a senior consultant and trainer for many consulting firms, development projects and academic centers and universities.

He received training in project appraisal, financial analysis, feasibility studies and business plans from international development centers in Japan, India, UK, Germany and Jordan.

The course will cover the following topics; Aspects and Categories of Pre-investment Studies, Feasibility Study and its parts: Market Study, Technical Study and the Financial Study.

The participating consultants are from TAG-CONSULTANTS offices in Amman, Damascus, Muscat, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh Sana?a and Ras Alkheimeh