(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
Doha: The Cultural Village, Katara presented a lecture on economic diplomacy delivered by Ashraf Abu Issa, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Abu Issa Holding, within the framework of the training plan launched by the Katara Public Diplomacy Center during this month.
The lecture was attended by Eng Darwish Ahmed Al Shaibani, Secretary-General of the International Public Diplomacy Network, and Head of the Katara Public Diplomacy Center; Ali bin Hassan Al Hammadi, Secretary-General of the Qatar Red Crescent; ambassadors, members of the diplomatic corps, businessmen, academics, and media professionals.
Ashraf Abu Issa stressed during the lecture the importance of the practice of economic diplomacy by local companies and institutions by adopting a set of criteria, the most important of which is workers, providing full care, a safe and secure environment that motivates them towards productivity, progress and development, taking into account the acceptance of differences and non-discrimination.
He also pointed out that the success of Qatari companies in economic diplomacy is achieved by embodying all nationalities regardless their cultures, noting that Abu Issa Holding Company has more than 60 different nationalities and has employed 93 different nationalities from all over the world during the previous years.
Some of the participants in the lecture.
Abu Issa explained that the success of Qatari companies abroad enhances bilateral international economic relations, and that local companies abroad are required to reflect the political, economic, and social stability enjoyed by Qatar, a high degree of safety and transparency, and an economy open to the world.
He stressed the importance of Qatari companies placing economic diplomacy at the top of their priorities by strengthening bilateral economic relations and attracting foreign investments.
In his lecture, he defined the concept of economic diplomacy as the mutual dependence between several international players, which positively affects their political cooperation and reduces differences within the group, as well as reducing the possibility of any of its members joining a third party from outside, reviewing economic diplomacy and the means of achieving economic dependence and economic integration.
Katara Public Diplomacy Center launched since the beginning of January its training plan for Qatari public diplomacy, in conjunction with its organisation, a series of educational lectures and training courses in cooperation with ministries, official bodies and institutions.
Also it launched an awareness media campaign in cooperation with local satellite channels and social media, including television interviews with a group of ministers, ambassadors, diplomats and academics.