‘Abu-Ghazaleh Global’ and Iraqi Federation of Industries Sign Cooperation Agreement

AMMAN - Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Iraqi Federation of Industries (IFI) to cooperate in serving the Federation and investments in the country.

The MoU was signed by HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, founder and chairman of TAG.Global, and Mr. Adil Okab, IFI president. 

The signed agreement provides for exchanging varied expertise activities  supporting the Federation’s investment efforts in Iraq. This can be achieved by establishing a joint training center to organize and conduct training courses for industrialists; cooperating in marketing and implementing of e-archiving systems, as well as in the provision of ISO services to industrial companies and barcode services.

The agreement also covers other areas of cooperation such as ERP systems, consulting services, the preparation of Iraq's standard specifications for quality management in the industry, and the management of smart industrial cities.

During the signing ceremony held at TAG.Global’s headquarters, Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh expressed the Organization’s pride in cooperating with the Iraqi institutions in general, but particularly with the Federation, under the  successful leadership of Mr. Okab. He further pointed out that Iraq is the country of creativity and civilization throughout history; noting that the establishment of accounting concept dates back to this great country, as videnced by the first accounting records that have been discovered in Mesopotamia.

For his part, Mr. Okab expressed his pride and appreciation for cooperating with Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh, describing him as the prominent influential Arab economist whose achievements and success became evident to all. He, hence, affirmed the Federation’s confidence in the success of this cooperation attributed to the level of creativity and success TAG.Global has been always keen to maintain. 

Finally, and to serve industrial companies based in Iraq, the two parties agreed on establishing a new Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) office at the Federation premises. The core mission of this office is to become a focal link between companies and the registrar of inventions at Iraq’s Ministry of Industry and Minerals, for the purpose of registering and protecting the intellectual property rights of industrial companies in Iraq (protecting the company’s trade name, product and industrial model).