Wednesday, September 26, 2007

جمعية مدققي الحسابات القانونيين الفلسطينية

This is part of the training course we conducted in Jenin for the PACPA for the period from July 31 to August 2, 2007. I think we can do more and more to improve the environment of auditing profession in Palestine.
جمعية مدققي الحسابات القانونيين الفلسطينية

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Do Universities Provide the Market With What Market Needs ?

Last August, I visited Palestine and spent an unprecedented time away from the chaos of daily routine business affairs. In fact, I was surprised from the improvement in the real estate industry in most of the cities I visited such as Jenin and Ramallah. However, I was wandering whether there was a real improvement in the educational process in our universities.

The product of any university is those students equipped with the appropriate knowledge and skills they got during the 4-5 years they spent in the school. I hope that one day we will have a collaborative effort among all who are concerned to provide the market place with what it needs and stop the push approach where the status quo says it sarcastically " these are the students I graduate, take them or leave them"

My immediate and urgent problem is where to leave them?

Monday, September 24, 2007

The Real Investment in Palestine

I visited Palestine late July early August of this year (2007) and spent 22 days in Jenin and Ramallah among my family and my friends. This is the first time I spend more than 5 consecutive days in Jenin since 1981. To my surprise, I discovered and realized that I do not know Jenin. Additionally, Ramallah shocked me with its expansion in every and each direction. The last time I was in Ramallah was in October 1998.

This vacation I spent in Palestine changed my perception towards my country; where I always belong. The question I face since I left Palestine in August is: Was there enough investment in people as it was in land ( real estate) ? If the answer is no, then why?