ghazaleh organization tagorg type holding company industry financial services . auditing & accounting . intellectual property . education & training . project management . technical translation . information technology . founded 1972 headquarters hq in amman ; operating in more than 80 offices worldwide key people mr. talal abu ghazaleh chairman ms. samar al labbad deputy chair revenue undeclared website www.tagorg.com the talal abu ghazaleh organization tagorg is an international holding company operating out of 80 offices in the middle east and north africa with 180 representative offices in europe asia and north america . the organisation is a leading provider of professional services having established a total of 14 member firms and societies since its inception in addition to being an affiliate of the world bank the register of accountants and auditors washington and the un center for transnational corporations unctc . tagorg is mostly noted for its role in supporting arab innovators through promoting the concept and relevance of intellectual property rights iprs in arab countries during the seventies particularly with the formation of abu ghazaleh intellectual property agip in 1972 and later the arab society for intellectual property asip in 1987 . 1 timeline edit 1972 tagorg founded as talal abu ghazaleh & co. tagco in kuwait by talal abu ghazaleh . 1974 tagco enters joint venture with price waterhouse with the joint firm known as price waterhouse abu ghazaleh . 1975 tagco publishes first english arabic dictionary for accounting . 1979 joint venture with price waterhouse is terminated . 1983 the arab society for certified accountants asca is formed in london england . 1985 talal abu ghazaleh is awarded the prestigious french chevalier de la l gion d honneur award at the elysee palace in paris france and the first arab international accountancy conference is convened in tunisia . 1987 the arab society for the protection of industrial property aspip is formed later to be known as the arab society for intellectual property asip . 1989 the arab management society is formed later to be known as the arab knowledge and management society akms . 1997 the arab licensing and technology transfer society altts is formed . 2001 tagorg agrees with wto to launch arabic wto website and agreement signed between tagorg and cie university of cambridge . 2004 agip releases intellectual property dictionary and agip news agency launched and acpa certificate accredited by the university of cambridge . 2005 apco worldwide forms strategic partnership with tag org . 2006 talal abu ghazaleh college of business tagcb is launched as part of the german jordanian university 2013 tagorg enters into cooperation agreement with russell bedford international 2 affiliations edit over the course of its existence tagorg has managed to develop numerous ties and affiliations with major international organizations and in some cases act as a promoter of their cause to arab countries . the most notable of these affiliations include united nations conference on trade and development unctad world trade organization wto united nations development program undp international auditing practice committee iapc international accounting standards committee iasc international federation of accountants ifac international standards of accounting and reporting isar international chamber of commerce icc licensing executives society international lesi references edit scape abu dhabi abu ghazaleh international and russell bedford international form new cooperation agreement . middle east economic digest . 18 february 2013 . tago talal abu ghazaleh org tago international chamber of commerce mr talal abu ghazaleh speech on behalf of the international chamber of commerce united nations information and communication technology task force membership mr. talal in the global compact leaders summit talal abu ghazaleh international jordan first world summit . talal abu ghazaleh organization tagorg retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title talal abu ghazaleh organization & oldid 712403762 categories companies established in 1972companies of jordanintellectual property organizationsaccounting firmshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa olfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 28 march 2016 at 22 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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