Board of Trustees of the Islamic Council - Election
12-May-2016
Abu-Ghazaleh Elected to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Humanitarian Fund Board of Trustees
DOHA – May12, 2016 -
HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org)
has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Islamic Council of the
Organization of Islamic Cooperation Humanitarian Fund (OICHF).
His Excellency Dr. Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al Thani, Chairman of the Board of Trustees/Chairman of the founding committee of the Council sent a letter to Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh,
in which he stressed that his selection came after acknowledging his
recognizable efforts in the field of the donor institutional work, as
well as other charitable, humanitarian and community works.
He
added that his selection came in parallel with that of high-level
leaders from the countries of the Islamic world and under the
supervision of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, in partnership
with the Islamic Bank and the Islamic Solidarity Fund.
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh welcomed
the decision, noting that TAG-Org is the largest global group
specialized in the field of professional and educational services;
expressing his hope that his participation in this Council will be
centered in providing capacity-building services through what the
Organization can provide to the donor institutions and their projects
pertaining to training, qualifying, education programs, and in the field
of quality sustainability and development − which the Organization
already works in and outside refugee camps.
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh
expressed the group’s pride in providing the necessary professional,
accounting, auditing, training, educational and managerial services
through the Organization’s specialized partnerships, which include Talal
Abu-Ghazaleh Consulting, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Training services, Talal
Abu-Ghazaleh Educational Services, and Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Quality and
Development Consulting services. He also affirmed the group's readiness
to provide services through its offices in Qatar and across the GCC, as
well as to the rest of its 85 offices in all countries of the world.
The
Council has multiple objectives to pursue, including the issuance of
reports related to the achievements of donor institutions who are
members in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the launch of the
capabilities program in the donor institutions, and the launch and
implementation of the ‘Professional Standards to Measure Performance
Quality of the Donor Institutions in the Member States of the
Organization of Islamic Cooperation’ in addition to the partnership with
governmental and private donor institutions in the member countries of
the organization and abroad − with the objective to support community
and charitable initiatives and projects.
The main activities of
the Council include: organizing “Maneh” [Donor] Annual Award, which is
offered to distinguished donor enterprises in the Member States of the
Organization of Islamic Cooperation, organizing an annual conference on
best practices in the field of outstanding donor institutions,
supervising the OIC humanitarian funds Award "Insan",
overseeing the community’s ‘Smart’ Islamic Center initiatives, in
addition to overseeing the Islamic program for capacity building and the
standard of quality performance evaluation in the donor institutions.
The
humanitarian funds for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation is one
of the governmental institutions in the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation in Jeddah - Saudi Arabia, and has an independent corporate
entity. It contributes to finding sustainable solutions for humanitarian
problems for the Member States of the Organization through feasible
developmental projects. The headquarter of the Organization is in Qatar,
with representative offices and partnerships in members states of the
Organization of Islamic Cooperation and abroad.