AMMAN – The Jordan Chamber of Commerce has
launched the ‘Secretariat for Institutional Dialogue between Public and Private
Sectors for the Consulting Sector’, in a special ceremony, under the patronage
of H.E. the Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply, Mr. Yousef Al Shamali, in
the presence of  HE Dr. Talal
Abu-Ghazaleh, founder and chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global) as
guest of honour.

During the ceremony, Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh
stated that the launch of the Secretariat for Institutional Dialogue, the first
of its kind event; comes  in line with
the directives of His Majesty King Abdullah II for strengthening the
partnership between the public and the private sectors, emphasizing the
important timing of the event in view of the difficult economic conditions the
world is currently experiencing.

Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh stressed the need for a
real public-private partnership, calling for creating a consulting  control system with a clear goal
administratively and financially. He also emphasized the importance of
licensing the consulting activity under the umbrella of a professional
association that is subject to regulations and policies that govern and
regulate the profession and the practitioners' affairs.

For his part, Minister Al Shamali said
that the government is keen on empowering the management consulting services
sector to play a significant role in improving the industrial manufacturing
processes and their outputs to be able to enter and compete in the global
market.

He, further, pointed out that the
contribution of the services sector – which includes the consulting sector – to
the national economy has reached up to 66%, at about JD21 billion in 2021,
while the financial services, including insurance, real estate, business
services and consulting contributed around JD6 billion.

“Although there is no accurate data on the
contribution of the consulting sector to the national economy, the importance
of consulting services has increased as the local economy opens up to global
markets,” Al Shamali said, adding thet “Such contribution has enabled the
development of new products, mainly in small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs)."

It is worth mentioning that the Secretariat aims
at achieving the pivotal role of Jordan’s Chamber of Commerce, as well as,
influencing the formulation of economic policies affecting the services sector
by introducing a new model in consultation with the public sector; based on
principles and standards consistent with international practices and by
facilitating institutional dialogue.