Saudi-Oxford Program on "Advanced Management and Leadership"

Riyadh, April 04, SPA -- The Second Phase of "Saudi-Oxford Program
for Advanced Management and Leadership" launched by The National
Competitiveness Center, an affiliate of the Saudi Arabian General
Investment Authority (SAGIA) and the University of Oxford will start
in Riyadh later today.

The Authority's Governor Amr bin Abdullah Al-Dabbagh said, " The
program comes as a culmination of a strategic partnership which
brings together the private sector and the National Competitiveness
Center aiming at combining the concerted efforts of the public and
private sectors to develop a complementary strategy and a common
agenda for competitiveness in the field of human resources
development".


As many as 43 Saudi officials from the public and private sectors
will take part in the program aiming to bring about a qualitative and
systematic leap forward in the strategic thought of the officials and
executive officers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.