RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Finance recently signed an agreement with the National Project Management, Operation, and Maintenance Organization in Public Entities (Mashroat) to help improve its asset and facility management.  Under the agreement, Mashroat will provide consultancy services and technical support to the ministry. Assistant Minister of Finance Hindi bin Abdullah Al-Suhaimi said the deal will help the ministry improve its facility management, and raise service standards provided by operating and maintenance contractors. Mashroat will also evaluate the ministry’s assets and train employees in international best practice, including a computerized system of facility management, he said.