
Muscat: The State Council participated in the second annual high-level workshop for training officials in Arab parliaments and councils, organised by the Arab Parliament in Cairo.
Twelve general secretariats of Arab councils and parliaments took part in the workshop including the State Council represented by Khalid bin Juma Al Hashimi, Assistant Secretary-General for Administrative and Financial Affairs of the Council.
In addition to the State Council, representatives of the Majlis Al Shura, the Kuwaiti National Assembly, the Saudi Shura Council, the Bahraini parliament, the Bahrain Shura Council, the Jordanian Parliament, the Council of Representatives of Egypt, and Council of the Sudan and the Council of Representatives of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya participated in the workshop.
The workshop is part of the Arab Parliament’s efforts to develop high-level training programmes that establish an Arab methodology for parliamentary training in accordance with the actual needs of the public secretariats in Arab councils.
and parliaments, based on practical aspects and the exchange of experiences and practices, to improve the efficiency of the cadres working in those secretariats.
The workshop also reflects the keenness of the Arab Parliament to strengthen the partnership with parliaments and Arab councils in the field of developing the skills of the employees of the General Secretariat by laying the foundations, principles and frameworks for high-level training programs and courses that provide Arabic models for parliamentary work, and the crystallization an Arab strategy for parliamentary development.