ICDL GCC Foundation, the governing body and certification authority of the International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) program in the Gulf region, presented public relations and marketing communications partner Orient Planet with an award recognizing its contribution in consistently providing high quality strategic PR consultancy services that have helped the Foundation achieve key objectives in the region. This award to Orient Planet comes on the heels of the ‘Award for PR’ presented to ICDL GCC Foundation by European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) Foundation, global governing body for ICDL programs. ECDL’s award recognized ICDL’s effective use of PR and marketing tools to improve digital awareness region-wide.
Jamil Ezzo, Director General, ICDL GCC Foundation presented the award to Nidal Abou Zaki, Managing Director of Orient Planet, at a special function recently held at the offices of ICDL GCC Foundation in Dubai.
“We have been working with Orient Planet for several years now and they have been successful in fully understanding the PR and communication required to spread the awareness we need for the society to pursue digital literacy. Orient Planet’s effective strategising has helped us achieve this goal in the region. The nature of our operations require the creation of awareness at various levels, be it governmental, public sector, private sector or individuals, and Orient Planet has continuously supported all our initiatives in the region in communicating our message to the public” said Jamil Ezzo.
Commenting on the recognition, Nidal Abou Zaki said, “It is undoubtedly an honour for us to receive this award from ICDL GCC Foundation recognizing our efforts and we believe this is a result of our commitment towards offering high quality value-adding services to our clients. Working with ICDL GCC Foundation over the years has been an extremely rewarding experience for us and I commend the Foundation for its instrumental role in improving digital literacy in the Gulf States. Such positive feedback will motivate us to strive harder to deliver strategic PR consultancy services of the highest level in support of ICDL’s vision and business goals.”
Headquartered in Dubai, Orient Planet is one of the Middle East’s fastest growing public relations, marketing and communications consultancies, with a network of offices across the Gulf, Levant and North Africa.
About ICDL
International Computer Driving License (ICDL), is an internationally recognized computer proficiency standard that is owned by the European Computer Driving License Foundation (ECDL) and introduced by the UNESCO's Cairo Office (UCO) for Arab states in 2001, is gaining increasing acceptance in the Middle East, with several governments adopting and prescribing it to their employees. The ICDL program exists in over 143 countries, and is offered in 42 languages, including Arabic. The programs offered are all based on one standard syllabus and question set. There are more than 27,000 centres worldwide, above 7 million candidates (500 thousands candidates in the GCC region alone), more than 2 million issued certificates and over 25 million exams have been taken globally since the launch of the program year 1997.
About ICDL GCC Foundation
ICDL GCC Foundation was created by the ECDL Foundation, the not-for-profit global governing body of the ECDL and ICDL member countries dedicated to helping raise the general level of computer skills in societies and providing access for all to the information society, to serve the to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States with their implementation of ICDL and for providing them with localized support to ensure quality of ICDL programs. The ICDL GCC Foundation is the sole accreditation body that is responsible to support ICDL accredited training and testing centres in the GCC. It also acts as the reviewing and approving body for the local adaptation of ICDL programs.
