Leading figures in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and delegates attending the global organisation’s 140th Assembly, which is currently taking place in Doha, have visited Qatar Foundation (QF).

Members of the IPU’s Executive Committee were given an overview of QF’s mission during their visit to Education City today. They learnt about the organisation’s education, science and research, and community development initiatives and entities, from the open-air viewing platform at the 2015 building (QF Headquarters).

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They were accompanied by Dr Richard O’Kennedy, Qatar Foundation Vice President for Research, Development, and Innovation, and Aysha Al Mudahka, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships Development at QF.

During the 140th Assembly of the IPU, which concludes on 10 April, numerous delegates have visited QF, including Marta Grande, President of the Foreign and European Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament; Pier Ferdinando Casini, Honorary President of the IPU; and members of the Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments, a consultative body of the IPU.

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