The Institute is continuing to establish itself as the leading international risk management education organisation with the decision by the College of Business Administration of the University of Kuwait, to offer courses leading to the examinations for the Associateship qualification. The College had reviewed the various qualifications available and on a visit to the UK earlier this year, Professor Adel Rabeh and Professor Ali Al-Ashry of the Department of Insurance & Risk Management met the Institute’s Chief Executive, Steve Fowler and registered their wish to offer our qualifications in Kuwait.

Subsequently Barry Holt of the Institute met Professors Rabeh and Al-Ashry, together with the Dean of the College, on March 17th to discuss their detailed proposals for marketing and presenting the programmes and conducting the examinations. As a result of this meeting, the Board of Directors approved the College’s proposals and a formal launch of the programme was held on 26th May. This was attended by delegates of the major commercial and industrial organisations in Kuwait together with representatives of the Ministry of Education. The Dean also announced the programme at a dinner on 2nd June attended by 200 people.

The College, which is one of the leading business schools in the Middle East, already offers MBA programmes and qualifications in insurance and public finance and will be offering health, safety and environmental courses next year. The IRM programmes will start in autumn 2003 with the objective of entering students for the June 2004 exams and they anticipate around ten students in the first year. The Institute looks forward to a long and mutually beneficial collaboration with the College and offers its best wishes to the staff and students.

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