RIYADH: The King Abdulaziz Public Library signed an agreement with the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization on the sidelines of the recently concluded ALECSO Forum for Business and Partnerships in Tunis, aiming to disseminate knowledge and culture across the Arab world through the library’s projects and programs.

This comes as part of the Kingdom’s initiative to develop joint and sustainable work.

The agreement, which was signed by the library’s general supervisor, Faisal bin Muammar, and ALECSO Director General Mohamed Ould Amar, focused on boosting collaboration to offer programs and projects.

These include a podcast titled “Translation and Artificial Intelligence: A Journey into the World of Machine Translation” featuring experts in the fields of translation, AI and emerging technologies.

Additionally, it involves presenting a program on the unified Arab glossary, by organizing training courses focused on information management and offering paper books to the most needy libraries in the Arab world.

Additionally, the agreement includes cooperation to provide programs on virtual exhibitions by showcasing numerous exhibitions, including the Arab calligraphy, Islamic coins and rare currencies and rare Qur’an manuscripts exhibitions, among others.

It also stipulates the organization of the remote “Their Experiences with Reading” Forum, which aims to hold open discussions to present successful Arab experiences that were influenced by reading.

ALECSO Forum for Business and Partnerships is a Saudi initiative launched by the organization’s executive council in its 119th session. It is the first forum in the organization’s history since its inception 53 years ago and the first of its kind in the framework of similar regional and international organizations.