Dubai School of Government helps launch ACSS.Byline: Dubai The Dubai School of Government (DSG DSG Direct Shift Gearbox (Audi) DSG Dosage DSG Deputy Secretary General DSG Dressing DSG Designate DSG Desmoglein DSG Duke Student Government (Duke University) ) helped launch Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS ACSS Africa Center for Strategic Studies ACSS Aluminum Conductor Steel Supported (cable) ACSS African Crop Science Society ACSS Association of Computer Support Specialists ACSS Aviation Communication and Surveillance Systems ) in Cairo. The official launch will take place on December 17 and 18. The DSG played a vital role in the development of the ACSS, offering organisational leadership and support, with the Council becoming fully independent upon its launch in Cairo. "The launch of the Council will pave PAVE Cardiology A clinical trial–Post AV Node Ablation Evaluation the way for a larger role for social science research in the Arab region, and empower leaders to make policy decisions based on sound research," said Dr Tarik Yousef, dean of the Dubai School of Government and member of the Council's steering committee steer·ing committee n. A committee that sets agendas and schedules of business, as for a legislative body or other assemblage. steering committee Noun . "The Council will strengthen social science research in the Arab region and promote links between Arab scholars and their regional and international counterparts, fulfilling one of the primary tenets of our mission at the Dubai School of Government," he added. The ACSS is an effort by leading Arab scholars and experts to address the region's deficiency in self-produced research. A number of UN reports on human development have emphasised the need for the Arab world “Arab States” redirects here. For the political alliance, see Arab League. The Arab World (Arabic: العالم العربي; Transliteration: al-`alam al-`arabi) stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the to address the "knowledge gap" in order to meet the challenges of development, good governance The terms governance and good governance are increasingly being used in development literature. Governance describes the process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are implemented (or not implemented). and security. Likewise, many reports have focused on the weakness of research in the Arab world, highlighting the need to establish indigenous institutions to explore social, economic, political and environmental issues at the regional level. Developed initially with the support of the Dubai School of Government, the ACSS is the fruit of collaboration between experts from a number of regional and international organisations Noun 1. international organisation - an international alliance involving many different countries global organization, international organization, world organisation, world organization , including the Regional Office of Arab States at the United Nations Development Program, the International Development Research Centre, the Social Science Research Council and the Regional Office for West Asia and North Africa of The Population Council.- TradeArabia News Service Copyright 2008 www.tradearabia.com Copyright 2008 Al Hilal Publishing & Marketing Group Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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