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UNESCO & TAG-Org Launch ICT in Education Indicators for Arab States Project .
The Amman meeting identified a series of top national issues with regards to ICT in Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org) have recently launched a new ICT in Education Indicators for Arab States pilot project.
The project aims to build capacity in Arab states by strengthening national capabilities to define ICT in education indicators for measuring the use and impact of applying ICTs in education, as well as to manage the ICT in education policy development and implementation cycle.
The project’s two-day Policy Developers meeting held in Amman included government representatives from seven Arab states in the Middle East and the Gulf as well as UNESCO experts and representatives from TAG-Org in the region. Participating in this first project’s activity were Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Oman, the Palestinian Authority, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. In addition a link was made to a similar UNESCO activity for the Maghreb, so that a broad selection of Arab states is represented in this effort.
Although the application of ICT in education across the region varies significantly there is a common aspiration of taking full advantage of new ICTs both in effective school and learning management as well as to provide students with 21st Century skills. The Amman meeting identified a series of top national issues with regards to ICT in Education, and a common primary concern was the ICT infrastructure of the educational systems. Additional reoccurring issues were: •
• The lack of quality contents in Arabic language and opportunities for sharing them between countries
• Teacher training and the incentives for change
• Leadership in applying ICT in education
• Research, monitoring and assessment of impacts, as to inform decision-making
• Learning Management Systems as a source of relevant data if aggregated from individual schools to system level.
The Amman meeting further recommended a timeframe for the ICT in Education Indicators for Arab States project, including the collection of national ICT in Education statistics and the peer evaluation of this data before publishing the final results.
http://menann.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16191&Itemid=80
11 Jul 2011
UNESCO and TAG-Org launch ICT in education indicators for Arab States project .
The Amman meeting further recommended a timeframe for the ICT in Education Indicators for Arab States project
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org) have recently launched a new ICT in Education Indicators for Arab States pilot project.
The project aims to build capacity in Arab states by strengthening national capabilities to define ICT in education indicators for measuring the use and impact of applying ICTs in education, as well as to manage the ICT in education policy development and implementation cycle.
The project's two-day Policy Developers meeting held in Amman included government representatives from seven Arab states in the Middle East and the Gulf as well as UNESCO experts and representatives from TAG-Org in the region. Participating in this first project's activity were Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Oman, the Palestinian Authority, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. In addition a link was made to a similar UNESCO activity for the Maghreb, so that a broad selection of Arab states is represented in this effort.
Although the application of ICT in education across the region varies significantly there is a common aspiration of taking full advantage of new ICTs both in effective school and learning management as well as to provide students with 21st Century skills. The Amman meeting identified a series of top national issues with regards to ICT in Education, and a common primary concern was the ICT infrastructure of the educational systems. Additional reoccurring issues were:
• The lack of quality contents in Arabic language and opportunities for sharing them between countries
• Teacher training and the incentives for change
• Leadership in applying ICT in education
• Research, monitoring and assessment of impacts, as to inform decision-making
• Learning Management Systems as a source of relevant data if aggregated from individual schools to system level.
The Amman meeting further recommended a timeframe for the ICT in Education Indicators for Arab States project, including the collection of national ICT in Education statistics and the peer evaluation of this data before publishing the final results.
http://www.ameinfo.com/270423.html
11 Jul 2011
UNESCO & TAG-Org Launch ICT in Education Indicators for Arab States Project.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org) have recently launched a new ICT in Education Indicators for Arab States pilot project.
The project aims to build capacity in Arab states by strengthening national capabilities to define ICT in education indicators for measuring the use and impact of applying ICTs in education, as well as to manage the ICT in education policy development and implementation cycle.
The project's two-day Policy Developers meeting held in Amman included government representatives from seven Arab states in the Middle East and the Gulf as well as UNESCO experts and representatives from TAG-Org in the region. Participating in this first project's activity were Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Oman, the Palestinian Authority, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. In addition a link was made to a similar UNESCO activity for the Maghreb, so that a broad selection of Arab states is represented in this effort.
Although the application of ICT in education across the region varies significantly there is a common aspiration of taking full advantage of new ICTs both in effective school and learning management as well as to provide students with 21st Century skills. The Amman meeting identified a series of top national issues with regards to ICT in Education, and a common primary concern was the ICT infrastructure of the educational systems. Additional reoccurring issues were:
• The lack of quality contents in Arabic language and opportunities for sharing them between countries
• Teacher training and the incentives for change
• Leadership in applying ICT in education
• Research, monitoring and assessment of impacts, as to inform decision-making
• Learning Management Systems as a source of relevant data if aggregated from individual schools to system level.
The Amman meeting further recommended a timeframe for the ICT in Education Indicators for Arab States project, including the collection of national ICT in Education statistics and the peer evaluation of this data before publishing the final results.
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13 Jun 2011
TAG-Org volunteers to scientifically diagnose Jordan’s economic conditions.
By Omar Obeidat
AMMAN –– Talal Abu Ghazaleh Business Forum will host on the 25th of this month a founding meeting for experts and decision makers to study and review the economic conditions in Jordan.
According to Talal Abu Ghazaleh, chairman and chief executive officer of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organisation (TAG-Org), 200 decision makers, economists, academicians, researchers and representatives of civil society and international organisations were invited to take part in the meeting, which will become an independent committee to prepare scientific analysis on the state of the Kingdom’s economy.
After completing the study, the committee of experts, Abu Ghazaleh said a will come up with a report on the economic situation in Jordan and will also provide solutions to overcome the challenges facing the economy.
Describing the troubled economic performance in the country as “man-made and not an inevitable fate,” he stressed the urgency to know the real economic, financial and social status in the country and emphasised that Jordan should not wait for global economic recovery.
The aim of the initiative is to serve the Jordanian economy and to provide decision makers with the right information to enable them take the correct decisions, he said at a press conference Saturday to announce the project.
He added that the committee will gather official as well as unofficial information on the economy and that working teams will analyse the figures and information according to a scientific approach and international standards to diagnose the condition of the economy.
Sub-committees will be formed to study four main pillars.
The public finance committee will look into issues related to tax revenues, public expenditure, debt, budget deficit, assessing previous economic reform attempts and evaluating privatisation among others.
The second pillar will be the economic productivity, which will include tax system, productive economy, remittances, investments and external trade, while the third pillar on major challenges will focus on unemployment, poverty, education, expensive prices, economic corruption, energy and water.
Regarding the fourth pillar about joining the Gulf Cooperation Council, Abu Ghazaleh explained that the study will show the opportunities and challenges associated with such move.
He said that a website will be launched for citizens’ comments on various economic issues, indicating that the study will not compare the economic conditions in Jordan with other countries.
“It is like when you visit a doctor for medical tests and what the committee will do is to test the health of Jordan’s economy,” Abu Ghazaleh noted.
http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=38365
11 Jun 2011
TAG-Org volunteers to scientifically diagnose Jordan's economic conditions.
By Omar Obeidat
AMMAN -- Talal Abu Ghazaleh Business Forum will host on the 25th of this month a founding meeting for experts and decision makers to study and review the economic conditions in Jordan.
According to Talal Abu Ghazaleh, chairman and chief executive officer of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organisation (TAG-Org), 200 decision makers, economists, academicians, researchers and representatives of civil society and international organisations were invited to take part in the meeting, which will become an independent committee to prepare scientific analysis on the state of the Kingdom's economy.
After completing the study, the committee of experts, Abu Ghazaleh said a will come up with a report on the economic situation in Jordan and will also provide solutions to overcome the challenges facing the economy.
Describing the troubled economic performance in the country as "man-made and not an inevitable fate," he stressed the urgency to know the real economic, financial and social status in the country and emphasised that Jordan should not wait for global economic recovery.
The aim of the initiative is to serve the Jordanian economy and to provide decision makers with the right information to enable them take the correct decisions, he said at a press conference Saturday to announce the project.
He added that the committee will gather official as well as unofficial information on the economy and that working teams will analyse the figures and information according to a scientific approach and international standards to diagnose the condition of the economy.
Sub-committees will be formed to study four main pillars.
The public finance committee will look into issues related to tax revenues, public expenditure, debt, budget deficit, assessing previous economic reform attempts and evaluating privatisation among others.
The second pillar will be the economic productivity, which will include tax system, productive economy, remittances, investments and external trade, while the third pillar on major challenges will focus on unemployment, poverty, education, expensive prices, economic corruption, energy and water.
Regarding the fourth pillar about joining the Gulf Cooperation Council, Abu Ghazaleh explained that the study will show the opportunities and challenges associated with such move.
He said that a website will be launched for citizens' comments on various economic issues, indicating that the study will not compare the economic conditions in Jordan with other countries.
"It is like when you visit a doctor for medical tests and what the committee will do is to test the health of Jordan's economy," Abu Ghazaleh noted.
http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20110612043159/TAGOrg_volunteers_to_scientifically_diagnose_Jordans_economic_conditions
11 Jun 2011
TAG-Org volunteers to scientifically diagnose Jordan's economic conditions.
By Omar Obeidat
AMMAN -- Talal Abu Ghazaleh Business Forum will host on the 25th of this month a founding meeting for experts and decision makers to study and review the economic conditions in Jordan.
According to Talal Abu Ghazaleh, chairman and chief executive officer of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organisation (TAG-Org), 200 decision makers, economists, academicians, researchers and representatives of civil society and international organisations were invited to take part in the meeting, which will become an independent committee to prepare scientific analysis on the state of the Kingdom's economy.
After completing the study, the committee of experts, Abu Ghazaleh said a will come up with a report on the economic situation in Jordan and will also provide solutions to overcome the challenges facing the economy.
Describing the troubled economic performance in the country as "man-made and not an inevitable fate," he stressed the urgency to know the real economic, financial and social status in the country and emphasised that Jordan should not wait for global economic recovery.
The aim of the initiative is to serve the Jordanian economy and to provide decision makers with the right information to enable them take the correct decisions, he said at a press conference Saturday to announce the project.
He added that the committee will gather official as well as unofficial information on the economy and that working teams will analyse the figures and information according to a scientific approach and international standards to diagnose the condition of the economy.
Sub-committees will be formed to study four main pillars.
The public finance committee will look into issues related to tax revenues, public expenditure, debt, budget deficit, assessing previous economic reform attempts and evaluating privatisation among others.
The second pillar will be the economic productivity, which will include tax system, productive economy, remittances, investments and external trade, while the third pillar on major challenges will focus on unemployment, poverty, education, expensive prices, economic corruption, energy and water.
Regarding the fourth pillar about joining the Gulf Cooperation Council, Abu Ghazaleh explained that the study will show the opportunities and challenges associated with such move.
He said that a website will be launched for citizens' comments on various economic issues, indicating that the study will not compare the economic conditions in Jordan with other countries.
"It is like when you visit a doctor for medical tests and what the committee will do is to test the health of Jordan's economy," Abu Ghazaleh noted.
http://oneclick.indiatimes.com/article/05TP3kw0rd7VH?q=Unemployment
11 Jun 2011
TAG-Org volunteers to scientifically diagnose Jordan's economic conditions.
By Omar Obeidat
AMMAN -- Talal Abu Ghazaleh Business Forum will host on the 25th of this month a founding meeting for experts and decision makers to study and review the economic conditions in Jordan.
According to Talal Abu Ghazaleh, chairman and chief executive officer of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organisation (TAG-Org), 200 decision makers, economists, academicians, researchers and representatives of civil society and international organisations were invited to take part in the meeting, which will become an independent committee to prepare scientific analysis on the state of the Kingdom's economy.
After completing the study, the committee of experts, Abu Ghazaleh said a will come up with a report on the economic situation in Jordan and will also provide solutions to overcome the challenges facing the economy.
Describing the troubled economic performance in the country as "man-made and not an inevitable fate," he stressed the urgency to know the real economic, financial and social status in the country and emphasised that Jordan should not wait for global economic recovery.
The aim of the initiative is to serve the Jordanian economy and to provide decision makers with the right information to enable them take the correct decisions, he said at a press conference Saturday to announce the project.
He added that the committee will gather official as well as unofficial information on the economy and that working teams will analyse the figures and information according to a scientific approach and international standards to diagnose the condition of the economy.
Sub-committees will be formed to study four main pillars.
The public finance committee will look into issues related to tax revenues, public expenditure, debt, budget deficit, assessing previous economic reform attempts and evaluating privatisation among others.
The second pillar will be the economic productivity, which will include tax system, productive economy, remittances, investments and external trade, while the third pillar on major challenges will focus on unemployment, poverty, education, expensive prices, economic corruption, energy and water.
Regarding the fourth pillar about joining the Gulf Cooperation Council, Abu Ghazaleh explained that the study will show the opportunities and challenges associated with such move.
He said that a website will be launched for citizens' comments on various economic issues, indicating that the study will not compare the economic conditions in Jordan with other countries.
"It is like when you visit a doctor for medical tests and what the committee will do is to test the health of Jordan's economy," Abu Ghazaleh noted.
http://topics.dallasnews.com/article/084F6n70QtaDp?q=Associated+Press
05 Jun 2011
Yarmouk University and ASCA Sign Cooperation Agreement .
Such a fruitful partnership will reflect positively on the various production firms and will have good bearings on the march towards development in our country – HE Senator Abu-Ghazaleh
HE Senator Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, chairman and CEO of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org) visited recently the Yarmouk University (YU) accompanied by a delegation of executive directors from the Arab Society of Certified Accountants (ASCA). Senator Abu-Ghazaleh was received and escorted by YU's President Professor Sultan Abu-Orabi.
During the visit, attended also by Secretary General of the Association of Arab Universities (AARU) Professor Saleh Hashem, a cooperation agreement was signed between Queen Rania Center for Jordanian Studies and Community Service at the University and ASCA in training and professional fields.
The agreement provided for the establishment of a branch for ASCA on YU's campus to hold specialized training courses in accounting, and other courses leading to ACPA certification, and to serve as an outlet for selling professional publications, books and dictionaries issued by ASCA.
The agreement also provided for the equipment of a special training hall at the YU under the name "ASCA Hall", in addition to the provision of 15 TAGITOP netbooks to the University’s laboratory that will carry the name "Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Laboratory for Information Technology".
The agreement was signed by ASCA's Chairman HE Abu-Ghazaleh and YU's President Professor Abu-Orabi. Attending the signing ceremonies were YU's President's deputies and a number of officials from both sides. Professor Abu Orabi welcomed the guest delegation hailing partnership between the public and private sectors, as a main contributor in "upgrading our local institutions and development of the society as envisaged by His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein."
"We, the academicians, are pursuing more partnerships of this kind, particularly between world of academia and the private sectors to bridge the educational gap," he added pointing out to the significant role played by the private sector in supporting research projects.
"This sector [the private sector] in the advanced world is a significant contributor to more than 90% of the cost incurred by scientific research and research projects," he said noting that Jordan has just made its first steps on the right track in supporting scientific research, which earned the country the third rank region-wide in spending on scientific research.
HE Abu-Ghazaleh welcomed, on behalf of ASCA, such a partnership expressing hope that it will set the example for future joint work between the public and private sectors. "Such a fruitful partnership will reflect positively on the various production firms and will have good bearings on the march towards development in our country," he said.
HE Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh added "We are working on the establishment of a center for the refurbishment of second-hand personal computers at YU to distribute them again for free among schools and charitable organizations in Irbid."
On this occasion, Dr. Saleh Hashem expressed appreciation of HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh's efforts saying that "Abu-Ghazaleh has set the example for the Arab world in promoting the private sector, particularly through the cooperation between TAGSB and GJU."
http://menann.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14965&Itemid=80
05 Jun 2011
Yarmouk University and ASCA Sign Cooperation Agreement .
Such a fruitful partnership will reflect positively on the various production firms and will have good bearings on the march towards development in our country – HE Senator Abu-Ghazaleh.HE Senator Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, chairman and CEO of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org) visited recently the Yarmouk University (YU) accompanied by a delegation of executive directors from the Arab Society of Certified Accountants (ASCA). Senator Abu-Ghazaleh was received and escorted by YU's President Professor Sultan Abu-Orabi.
During the visit, attended also by Secretary General of the Association of Arab Universities (AARU) Professor Saleh Hashem, a cooperation agreement was signed between Queen Rania Center for Jordanian Studies and Community Service at the University and ASCA in training and professional fields.
The agreement provided for the establishment of a branch for ASCA on YU's campus to hold specialized training courses in accounting, and other courses leading to ACPA certification, and to serve as an outlet for selling professional publications, books and dictionaries issued by ASCA.
The agreement also provided for the equipment of a special training hall at the YU under the name "ASCA Hall", in addition to the provision of 15 TAGITOP netbooks to the University’s laboratory that will carry the name "Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Laboratory for Information Technology".The agreement was signed by ASCA's Chairman HE Abu-Ghazaleh and YU's President Professor Abu-Orabi. Attending the signing ceremonies were YU's President's deputies and a number of officials from both sides. Professor Abu Orabi welcomed the guest delegation hailing partnership between the public and private sectors, as a main contributor in "upgrading our local institutions and development of the society as envisaged by His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein."
"We, the academicians, are pursuing more partnerships of this kind, particularly between world of academia and the private sectors to bridge the educational gap," he added pointing out to the significant role played by the private sector in supporting research projects.
"This sector [the private sector] in the advanced world is a significant contributor to more than 90% of the cost incurred by scientific research and research projects," he said noting that Jordan has just made its first steps on the right track in supporting scientific research, which earned the country the third rank region-wide in spending on scientific research.
HE Abu-Ghazaleh welcomed, on behalf of ASCA, such a partnership expressing hope that it will set the example for future joint work between the public and private sectors. "Such a fruitful partnership will reflect positively on the various production firms and will have good bearings on the march towards development in our country," he said.HE Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh added "We are working on the establishment of a center for the refurbishment of second-hand personal computers at YU to distribute them again for free among schools and charitable organizations in Irbid."
On this occasion, Dr. Saleh Hashem expressed appreciation of HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh's efforts saying that "Abu-Ghazaleh has set the example for the Arab world in promoting the private sector, particularly through the cooperation between TAGSB and GJU."
http://www.ameinfo.com/267222.html
05 Jun 2011
Yarmouk University and ASCA Sign Cooperation Agreement.
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Sultan Abu-Orabi, President of Yarmouk University, Senator Talal Abu-Ghazaleh and Saleh Hashem, Secretary General of the Association of Arab Universities
Such a fruitful partnership will reflect positively on the various production firms and will have good bearings on the march towards development in our country – HE Senator Abu-Ghazaleh.HE Senator Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, chairman and CEO of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org) visited recently the Yarmouk University (YU) accompanied by a delegation of executive directors from the Arab Society of Certified Accountants (ASCA). Senator Abu-Ghazaleh was received and escorted by YU's President Professor Sultan Abu-Orabi.
During the visit, attended also by Secretary General of the Association of Arab Universities (AARU) Professor Saleh Hashem, a cooperation agreement was signed between Queen Rania Center for Jordanian Studies and Community Service at the University and ASCA in training and professional fields.
The agreement provided for the establishment of a branch for ASCA on YU's campus to hold specialized training courses in accounting, and other courses leading to ACPA certification, and to serve as an outlet for selling professional publications, books and dictionaries issued by ASCA.
The agreement also provided for the equipment of a special training hall at the YU under the name "ASCA Hall", in addition to the provision of 15 TAGITOP netbooks to the University’s laboratory that will carry the name "Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Laboratory for Information Technology".The agreement was signed by ASCA's Chairman HE Abu-Ghazaleh and YU's President Professor Abu-Orabi. Attending the signing ceremonies were YU's President's deputies and a number of officials from both sides. Professor Abu Orabi welcomed the guest delegation hailing partnership between the public and private sectors, as a main contributor in "upgrading our local institutions and development of the society as envisaged by His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein."
"We, the academicians, are pursuing more partnerships of this kind, particularly between world of academia and the private sectors to bridge the educational gap," he added pointing out to the significant role played by the private sector in supporting research projects.
"This sector [the private sector] in the advanced world is a significant contributor to more than 90% of the cost incurred by scientific research and research projects," he said noting that Jordan has just made its first steps on the right track in supporting scientific research, which earned the country the third rank region-wide in spending on scientific research.
HE Abu-Ghazaleh welcomed, on behalf of ASCA, such a partnership expressing hope that it will set the example for future joint work between the public and private sectors. "Such a fruitful partnership will reflect positively on the various production firms and will have good bearings on the march towards development in our country," he said.HE Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh added "We are working on the establishment of a center for the refurbishment of second-hand personal computers at YU to distribute them again for free among schools and charitable organizations in Irbid."
On this occasion, Dr. Saleh Hashem expressed appreciation of HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh's efforts saying that "Abu-Ghazaleh has set the example for the Arab world in promoting the private sector, particularly through the cooperation between TAGSB and GJU."
