Under the auspices of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, the Ministry of Social Affairs will hold the First Forum on Corporate social responsibility CSR and public- and private partnership PPP in Riyadh during the period from 1 to 3 February at Prince Sultan Hall of Al-Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh. Dr. Yousef Ahmed Al-Otheimeen, the Minister of Social Affairs expressed his overwhelming delightedness of the royal patronage of this forum, which underlines the importance of partnership between public and private sectors and their essential roles to the community service, adding that the forum of partnership and social responsibility is the first of its kind in terms of the level of representation with More than a hundred international and local experts and specialists and those interested in the culture of social responsibility. Al-Otheimeen stressed that his ministry is seeking, through the organization of this event in collaboration with a number of ministries and bodies concerned with social responsibility to create and promote a culture of social responsibility, taking advantage of the experience and expertise of international and regional institutions and companies in this field.