Al 'Adasani and Maani Lay Foundation Stone for Arab Forum for Information Systems Headquarters.Summary: The Secretary-General of the Arab Towns Organization (ATO ATO Australian Taxation Office ATO Ambito Territoriale Ottimale (Italy) ATO Alpha Tau Omega ATO Air Traffic Organization (FAA) ATO Arab Towns Organization ATO Air Tasking Order ATO Assemble To Order ), Abdul 'Aziz Al Adsani, and Mayor of Amman, Engineer Omar Maani, laid the foundation stone for the new headquarters of the Arab Forum for Information Systems (AFIS AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System AFIS Aerodrome Flight Information Service AFIS Armed Forces Radio and Television Service AFIS Airborne Flight Information System AFIS Automated Fingerprinting Identification System (Pakistan) ) in Tla' Al Ali district. The Secretary-General of the Arab Towns Organization (ATO), Abdul 'Aziz Al Adsani, and Mayor of Amman, Engineer Omar Maani, laid the foundation stone for the new headquarters of the Arab Forum for Information Systems (AFIS) in Tla' Al Ali district. Al 'Adsani explained that AFIS collaborates with the Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI AUDI [not an acronym] Latin form of a German auto manufacturer's founder's name, meaning 'listen' AUDI Amiga Audio in AUDI Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt ), the Arab Towns Organization Award (ATO Award), and the Arab Towns Development Fund, with the aim of modernizing Arab towns, and enabling them to face the challenges and requirements of sustainable development Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. The linkage between environment and development was globally recognized in 1980, when the International Union . The Secretary-General said, "Information technology plays an increasingly important role in urban development, and serves as a contact with the civilized civ·i·lized adj. 1. Having a highly developed society and culture. 2. Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, ethical, and reasonable: world for the advancement of Arab cities." Al 'Adsani praised the efforts of the Greater Amman Municipality MUNICIPALITY. The body of officers, taken collectively, belonging to a city, who are appointed to manage its affairs and defend its interests. (GAM) in receiving the ATO and paying it the utmost care and attention. He also commended GAM's effective participation in the Organization's activities. From his end, Eng. Maani stated that, since being assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. as AFIS coordinator, GAM has provided the resources and support necessary for AFIS to achieve its goals. These include helping the technological advancement of municipalities, and rehabilitating their human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. through training courses and exchanges of know-how. Director of AFIS, Eng. Jamil Al 'Omlah, said that the pioneering part that ATO plays falls in line with its constant efforts to develop the capabilities of member Arab towns and municipalities in all fields and specializations. "The Arab Towns Organization is interested in keeping pace with the information and technological revolution that has taken the world by storm and infiltrated all spheres of life, becoming a measure of the progress and success of various institutions," he added. The foundation stone was laid during a celebration, attended by Chairman of the Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. of AUDI and a number of mayors of Arab towns participating in the second US-Arab Cities Forum that was recently held in Amman. Also attending were the Deputy Mayor of Amman and a number of high-ranking GAM officials. During the event, Al 'Omlah gave a speech commending GAM's efforts to provide AFIS with care and support, stemming from its deep-rooted belief in the importance of cooperative Arab work. He also clarified that AFIS was about to hold its first conference this October in Amman, under the banner "Towards an Electronic Arab Municipality." The AFIS premise which covers an area of 3890 square meters Noun 1. square meter - a centare is 1/100th of an are centare, square metre area unit, square measure - a system of units used to measure areas encompasses two domains of activity; the first is an investment activity, the returns of which will fund AFIS. Furthermore, the first, second, and ground floors of the building, covering a total area of 1585 square meters, will be slated for this first part. The second part of the project includes administrative activities pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to AFIS department and computer labs, and will be situated on the third, fourth, and ground floors, covering an area of 1223 square meters, in addition to the basement (services) floor. The new headquarters of AFIS are to be located on a piece of land belonging to GAM, with an area of 1660 square meters in Tla' Al Ali, behind the International Academy for Aviation Technology / Mahmoud Kamel Street. Laying this project's foundation stone comes as part of GAM's centennial celebrations. Within this context, the Arab Forum for Information Systems / ATO was inaugurated in Amman in Al Mahata district, in March, 2007, coinciding with Arab City Day. AFIS aims at developing and improving the capabilities of the member Arab municipalities in the fields of technology and IT by training and qualifying the human resources working therein, and exchanging know-how, technical support, and advice. AFIS also aims at building a technical and scientific reference for Arab towns and linking their websites through an Arab towns' network, providing the means of exchanging information and data between these towns, and publishing integrated information about each town on the internet. It is worth noting that the Kuwait-based Arab Towns Organization is a non-governmental organization “NGO” redirects here. For other uses, see NGO (disambiguation). A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a legally constituted organization created by private persons or organizations with no participation or representation of any government. , established on March 15, 1967, taking in 400 Arab town members. 2009 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com) 2009 Al Bawaba (Albawaba.com) Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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