Abu-Ghazaleh Meets ictQATAR Secretary General

DOHA----July 13, 2010------Chairman of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID), Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, has recently met ictQATAR Secretary General - Dr. Hessa Al-Jaber, along with Abdulaziz Al-Mahmoud, Executive Director - Planning and Technology, and Salwa Fakhro, Manager Institutional Relations.

Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh has been entrusted by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon to develop a plan to accelerate the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) before 2015. He has proposed to establish an eCenter to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The eCenter will also be development in many languages including Arabic.

Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh serves as Chairman of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development. He is also Chairman and founder of the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org).

 
ictQATAR has a diverse and talented international team of nearly 200 people dedicated to connecting individuals to the technologies that can enrich their lives. ictQATAR Secretary General Dr. Al-Jaber is a board member of UNGAID.


UNGAID: The Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (GAID), an initiative approved by the United Nations Secretary-General in 2006, was launched after comprehensive worldwide consultations with governments, the private sector, civil society, the technical and Internet communities and academia.

While the 2005 United Nations Summits emphasized the importance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there was a need for a truly global forum that would comprehensively address cross-cutting issues related to ICT in development.

TAG-ORG: Founded in 1972, TAG-ORG is an international professional services group, employing over 2000 professionals and operates out of its 73 offices in the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan, India, Cyprus, Russia and China. It has representative offices in Europe and North America and non-exclusive strategic alliance agreements with various networks and individual firms thus enabling it to choose a firm best suited to its clients needs in virtually every country in the world.

It currently offers a composite range of professional services including but not limited to Accounting; External Audit; Internal Audit; Corporate Governance; Taxation; Educational Consultancy; Economic and Strategic studies; Management Advisory Services; Professional and Technical Training; Technology Transfer Project Management; E-Government; E-Commerce; E-Education; IT and Security Audit; Webmastering and Web Design; Website Arabization: Domain Names Registration; ICT Strategic Planning; ERP Consulting Services; IT and Internet Skills Training and Examinations; Intellectual Property News Agency; etc.

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