HRH Prince Hassan Inaugurates TAG-Knowledge

There is an urgent necessity to enhance the Arab contribution in the field of patents registrations on the international level - Prince El Hassan
We present TAG-Knowledge to our students in all universities in the Kingdom to avail themselves from the free-of-charge services ? Abu-Ghazaleh

AMMAN --- May 6, 2009 --- Under the patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, with the attendance of HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan and Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh along with ministers, ambassadors, academics in addition to high ranking officials, the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Knowledge Society (TAG-Knowledge) headquarters was officially inaugurated in Amman on May 5, 2009.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, HRH Prince El Hassan stated that the civil society needs knowledge communication channels mainly in the field of education, stressing the significance of establishing cooperation scientific ties that would guarantee effective and credible transfer of information among the different categories of the society.

?There is an urgent necessity to enhance the Arab contribution in the field of patents registrations on the international level, instead of being limited to the regional one,? Prince El Hassan said.

?We should encourage and improve the concept of constructive critical thinking in our schools, Arab universities to reach out to productive Arab citizens in a mechanism to develop the Arab societies through the ?Knowledge for All? notion,? HRH Prince El Hassan pointed out.

At the end of his remarks, Prince El Hassan maintained that the future solution for the region is in the gathering of the human capital resources along with the economic financial capitals to empower the poor a d safeguard the human capabilities to survive.

From his part, Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh expressed his admiration for the generous patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan in opening TAG-Knowledge.

?We present TAG-Knowledge to our students in all universities in the Kingdom to avail themselves from the free-of-charge services. I proudly announce that the number of the registered members of the Society reached up to 10,000 till the moment,? he said.

TAG-Knowledge provides the following services; free Internet access, training courses, career and recruitment consultancy, design and stationary services.

At the end of the opening ceremony, Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh handed HRH Prince El Hassan a honorary shield for his patronage and continuous support.

TAG-Knowledge is the latest initiative taken by Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh, chairman and CEO of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org), to be the intellectual and knowledge-enhancement body of TAG-Org. It targets the Arab youth and aims at achieving human resources development.

Its mission being the delivery of a larger number of local professionals, with the competitive edge resulting from international exposure, all provided by a one-stop-hub under the support of TAG-Org experts.

The website, www.tagks.com, will provide a comprehensive look at events and activities as they are planned and scheduled, as well as resources and exhibits organized by TAG-Knowledge team of professionals.

In addition, TAG-Knowledge members are welcome to benefit from TAG-Org publications that consist of a wide range of important high quality information in different scientific fields.