The General Directorate of Civil Defence (GDCD) and the Qatar Fertiliser Company (Qafco) have jointly announced the sponsorship support of QR250,000 for the third edition of the Civil Defence Exhibition and Conference that will be held in Doha next month. The cheque for the amount was handed over in a ceremony held at the Qafco headquarters in the presence of chief executive officer and International Fertilizers Federation Technical Committee head Khalifa Abdullah al-Suwaidi and GDCD Fire Prevention department director Brigadier Aman Saad al-Sulaiti, GDCD media and awareness head Captain Hussein Aman al-Ali and Qafco administrative affairs executive officer Hamid al-Marwani. “The amount is expected to support the workshops for engineers and employees working in the safety and security fields that will be held on the sidelines of the expo and conference in Doha. I would like to stress on the importance of co-operation and co-ordination between Qafco and GDCD, especially in the field of training and all fields related to safety,” al-Suwaidi noted. He said that prevention is very important in the work sites, especially for the big companies and factories in which the risks will be major. “For this reason, we have supported this event as it is considered one of the most important conferences and exhibitions in the safety field,” al-Suwaidi added.Brigadier al-Sulaiti appreciated the efforts of the DGCD director general and all Qafco employees for their contributions and co-operation with the Civil Defence department and their support for the expo.