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The Board of Directors of the Institute of Public Administration unanimously elected Adnan Al Mahmoud, Director of the Information Technology and Knowledge Department at the Gulf Petrochemical Manufacturing Company and a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Public Administration in its recent meeting at the Institute of Public Administration headquarters in Seef District, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. During the meeting, the Council discussed a number of important issues, most notably the Institute’s role in implementing the recommendations of the Administrative Oversight Report. Since the issuance of the report, a special committee was formed that includes members of the Board of Directors to follow up on the report’s recommendations and work to implement them. During the last period, the committee reviewed all the procedures adopted by the Institute and their implementation mechanism, and submitted a detailed report to help implement the recommendations. Accordingly, Dr. Raed bin Shams, Director General of the Institute, reviewed the procedures implemented by the Institute regarding the observations contained in the report, and confirmed the Institute’s commitment to implementing all the recommendations contained in the aforementioned report. Bin Shams explained that the institute is currently working with the Civil Service Bureau to prepare and formulate the institute’s organizational regulations, to suit the systems and requirements of the Civil Service Bureau, in addition to preparing the internal regulations of the institute’s board of directors, which in turn will work to organize the work mechanism within the institute. Bin Shams stated that the Council took a number of measures to implement the recommendations of administrative oversight, including appointing an audit company Internal affairs, and following up on the implementation of oversight recommendations, in addition to appointing a company to formulate the institute’s strategy, according to the observations referred to in the report. He stressed that work is now underway to prepare and formulate the strategy according to the vision and direction of the institute, taking into account the observations contained in the report. Bin Shams stated that the Institute has completed the implementation of approximately 60% of these recommendations, while the Institute has taken the necessary measures to implement the remainder of them, which is equivalent to 40% of the total of these recommendations, promising to complete them soon. The Council also reviewed the training plan for the Institute of Public Administration for the year 2013, which included the objectives, prices, and contents of a number of specialized and leadership training programs, such as the Diploma Program for Preparation for Government Leaders, the Professional Certificate in Human Resources, and the Diploma for Preparation for the Public Sector, in addition to short courses, all of which were approved by the Council. It is worth noting that the Board of Directors of the Institute of Public Administration meets monthly in order to discuss the plans and projects that the Institute is working on. It is headed by Ahmed Al-Zayed, President of the Civil Service Bureau, and Adnan Al Mahmoud, Director of the Information Technology and Knowledge Department at the Gulf Petrochemical Industry Company, represents him. Ahmed Al-Farraj, Assistant Undersecretary for Financial Affairs at the Ministry of Finance, and Widad Al-Moussawi, Assistant Undersecretary for Special and Continuing Education at the Ministry of Education, participate in the membership. Dr. Hala Ibrahim Al-Mehaza, Assistant Undersecretary for Training and Planning at the Ministry of Health, and Dr. Raed Mohammed bin Shams, Director General of the Institute of Public Administration.