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RAKCSS Signed an MOU with Sheikh Saqr Program for Government Excellence (SSPGE) aimed at promoting cooperation between the two institutions in the areas of statistical efforts, training, opinion polls, and technical assistance. The MOU was signed by Dr. Mohammed Abdul Latif Khalifa, Director General of SSPGE and Dr. Ibrahim Akoum, Executive Director of RAKCSS. Dr. Khalifa commended the MOU for promoting cooperation between the two SSPGE and RAKCSS through the exchange of expertise and achieving the best performance to meet strategic goals and the public interest. He asserted that this cooperation rests on the areas of mutual interest and contributes to making available the needed data and information to help both entities. On his part, Dr. Akoum commended the role SSPGE plays in enhancing the work of government entities in the emirate and the importance of the MOU in advancing statistical efforts.The MOU which was signed at RAKCSS offices included a number of areas of cooperation between the parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2456,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-2457","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRAKCSS Signs MOU with Sheikh Saqr Program for Government Excellence - RAK CSS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/css.rak.ae\/en\/news\/rakcss-signs-mou-with-sheikh-saqr-program-for-government-excellence\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RAKCSS Signs MOU with Sheikh Saqr Program for Government Excellence - RAK CSS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"RAKCSS Signed an MOU with Sheikh Saqr Program for Government Excellence (SSPGE) aimed at promoting cooperation between the two institutions in the areas of statistical efforts, training, opinion polls, and technical assistance. 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