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Job Fair in Afghanistan
KABUL , Afghanistan The Afghanistan Engineering District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held an open house for contractors Nov. 8 designed to mentor local Afghan companies on doing business with the district office. The conference attracted more than 80 companies more than half Afghan and more than 200 contractors."The AED staff went through significant effort to put on a world-class show for our contractors," said Col. William E. Bulen, commander of engineering district. "I've had multiple contractors express their appreciation for the opportunity to learn more on how to conduct business with AED." AED is estimating that $1.8 billion will be allocated for Afghan engineering projects in fiscal year 2007. The event also served as a method of exchanging information and ideas from the Afghan company representatives, which will help AED tailor acquisition packages to specifically target Afghan companies. The open house covered such topics as quality control, technical requirements, scope of work and details on the Afghan First Program, which seeks to preference local Afghan talent as a means of reviving the Afghan economy. Posted by: Bobby 2006-11-14 |
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