TAGI-Auditors and UNDP Sign an Audit Agreement

TAGI-Auditors and UNDP Sign an Audit Agreement 

NEW YORK-----July 29, 2015-------- On behalf of Talal Abu Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org), Talal Abu-Ghazaleh & Co. International (TAGI-Auditors) / Palestine signed an audit agreement with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Arab states.

According to the agreement signed at New York offices of the UN by Mr. Jamal Melhem, the Executive Director of TAG-Org in Palestine and Mr. Helg Austiften, Director of the UN Office of Audit and Investigations (OAI), TAG-Org will audit UNDP programs in 15 countries in the region.

Melhem said "Signing this agreement is to reinforce previous agreements on audit and consulting services concluded between TAG-Org and UNDP in the Arab region and the world. It also signals and emphasizes TAG-Org leading position in services it renders to international institutions as the Group is characterized by reliability, professionalism and profound experience over several decades of operation all over the world."

Moreover, Melhem visited the World Bank offices in Washington and met with officials and discussed cooperation in several areas. In another visit to the International Federation of Accountants, the current professional status of accounting in Palestine and prospects for its development were discussed.

UNDP works in more than 170 countries, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. UNDP helps countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnership abilities, institutional capacities and build resilience in order to sustain development results.

TAG-Org is a professional services group that was established in 1972 and currently has more than 83 offices around the world that offer a variety of services mainly in the area of audit and consulting, intellectual property, education and qualification.