Omnicom Media Group MENA, the holding of communications planning networks OMD and PHD, has named its new Regional Executive Director-Investments. Chadi Farhat, currently the General Manager of OMD’s office in Beirut, is taking over from Karim Koraytem.

The first Government Communication Forum to be held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, will seek to benchmark the emirate's government communication standards against global best practices and examine ways for infusing fresh methodologies into the communication mechanism among government departments in Sharjah.

The Information and Communications Technology Association of Jordan (Intaj) is working with USAID Jordan Economic Development Program and The Red Sea Institute for Cinematic Arts (RISCA) to launch 'Creative Industry: Innovation Cluster' in Aqaba on Thursday 9th of February 2012.