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His Excellency Dr. Raed Mohammed bin Shams, Director General of the Institute of Public Administration (BIPA) and Chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Network for Public Administration Research (MENAPAR), praised the Royal Court’s generous sponsorship of the activities of the Euro-Arab Dialogue Conference “EuroMENA”, which will be hosted by the Omani Institute of Public Administration during the month of next October, adding that the public administration sector in the Sultanate of Oman enjoys great support and interest from His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman, and the Royal Court’s sponsorship of the conference is evidence of The region's belief in the importance of Arab research in the field of public administration, and evidence of the major role played by the MENAPAR network in the region. This came during a meeting between Dr. Raed Mohammed bin Shams and Mr. Hamoud bin Saeed Al Asmi, Advisor and Director of the Consulting Department at the Omani Institute of Public Administration. The doctor praised the role and efforts made by His Excellency Mr. Zaki bin Hilal Al Busaidi, Director General of the Omani Institute. He discussed with him the preparations of the Sultanate of Oman to host the seventh session of the Arab-European Dialogue Conference on Public Administration “EuroMENA”, which will be held in the Omani capital, Muscat, during the period 24-27 next October, with a joint organization between the Institute of Public Administration (BIPA). in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Institute of Public Administration in the Sultanate of Oman, and the French University of Aix-Marseille (AMU), under the supervision of the Middle East and North Africa Network for Management Research. General - Minabar. Dr. Raed Mohammed bin Shams stressed his great confidence in the great success that the conference will achieve, thanks to the interest given by the Omani Institute of Public Administration, adding that the conference’s themes are consistent with the general trends of the Sultanate of Oman in the public administration sector, which works to improve the performance of public institutions and develop their human resources, especially since the conference represents an ideal opportunity to exchange experiences and knowledge and learn about international experiences in successful administrative practices. In the same context, the Institute of Public Administration announced earlier that it will begin receiving applications for participation in working papers in the “EuroMENA Dialogue” in Arabic via email at menapar@bipa.gov.bh, in addition to receiving submissions in English and French via the website http://www.med-eu.org/euromena2016, no later than the first of next June, provided that the abstract does not exceed two pages, equivalent to 1,000 words. Accepted abstracts will be announced starting next June 30, and the final copies of the working papers will be submitted on the third of next October.