ACTA and Doha Institute sign co-operation pact
The Administrative Control and Transparency Authority (ACTA) and Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI) signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday with the aim of co-ordinating between the two parties to identify opportunities for cooperation in the agreed research fields, and other scientific, training and advisory activities.
The MoU was signed on behalf of the Authority by HE the President of the ACTA Hamad bin Nasser al-Missned, and on behalf of the Doha Institute by Acting President and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr Abdulwahab al-Afandi.
The memorandum stipulates the co-operation of the two parties in a number of fields, the most important of which is the exchange of experiences and experts, the provision of vocational training in the Institute’s specialised centres, the provision of opportunities to accept candidates from the staff of the Authority for study in the various master’s programmes offered by the Institute, in addition to developing the executive and professional skills and capabilities of the Authority’s employees, and holding joint seminars, conferences, workshops, and others.
In this context, HE al-Missned pointed out that the Authority was keen to co-operate with DI to enhance partnership between them in the areas of research, training, capacity building, and other areas related to developing executive, professional skills and capabilities, explaining that the signing of the memorandum with DI aims to benefit from the intellectual and academic elite of the Institute in preparing research and for organising trainings related to transparency, integrity and administrative control system. He added that the Authority is ready to provide the Institute’s students with practical training in everything related to transparency, integrity, administrative control and other areas in which the Authority has great practical experience, noting that the Authority aims, through its co-operation with the Doha Institute wants to make Qatar a regional and global centre for experts in the field of promoting transparency, integrity and anti-corruption.
Dr Abdulwahab al-Afandi welcomed the signing of the memorandum with the ACTA, describing it as important, noting that the Authority is a pivotal institution in Qatar’s efforts to enhance transparency and good governance, and enhance its international standing in this field.
He added that the co-operation with the Authority is in line with the DI’s mission in serving the Qatari community and actively contributing to the implementation of the goals of Qatar Vision 2030, pointing out that this agreement contributes to upgrading the abilities and capabilities of the Authority and the
Institute, in implementing their goals.