Central Agency and Applied Sciences University Discuss Enhancing Educational Cooperation

The head of the Central Agency for Addressing the Status of Illegal Residents, Saleh Al-Fadala, held talks with a delegation from the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) on ways to enhance coordination and joint cooperation, particularly in the educational and training sectors.

In a press statement issued on Thursday, the agency said that Al-Fadala received the delegation, led by its Director General, Dr. Hassan Al-Fajam, and attended by several senior officials and executives of PAAET, as part of efforts to strengthen institutional cooperation between the two sides.

It added that the meeting was followed by a coordination session chaired by the Acting Secretary-General of the Central Agency, Brigadier General and legal expert Dr. Sharif Al-Kandari, with the participation of Assistant Secretaries-General and several agency officials alongside the PAAET delegation.

The statement clarified that the meeting began with a visual presentation outlining the Central Agency’s efforts and the facilitations and services it provides, before discussing issues related to illegal residents, particularly those concerning education, training, and shared academic and vocational pathways.

The statement noted that the meeting underscored the importance of continuing coordination and cooperation and complementing each other’s roles between the two sides, in the interest of the public good and to facilitate procedures and develop mechanisms for joint work.