The Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Governmental Excellence Award, Muhammad Abdullah Al-Gergawi, stressed that the accelerating changes that the world is going through require Arab governments to intensify their efforts to develop methodologies that adopt excellence in their work systems, and to benefit from technological developments, thereby contributing to enhancing their readiness to keep pace Stage requirements and aspirations of its societies.
This came during a meeting "on the distance" for the Board of Trustees of the Arab Governmental Excellence Award, which was launched under the umbrella of the League of Arab States, in partnership between the Government of the Emirates and the Arab Administrative Development Organization, reviewed the developments of the final stages of evaluation for the categories of the first prize of its kind and the largest in the world Al-Arabi, in the field of administrative development and governmental institutional excellence, after receiving 5,000 entries and more than 1500 applications for candidacy, in preparation for announcing the award winners at its first session.
The Arab Government Excellence Award, which is a catalyst for exceptional experiences and inspiring stories in Arab government work, aims to enhance the culture of government excellence, and create positive leadership thought in the Arab world, adopts the principles of excellence a work method and an institutional culture, to create a qualitative shift in government work, and improve the services provided For Arab citizens.
Al-Gergawi said that the Arab Government Excellence Award, which was launched by the Arab League in partnership with the government of the United Arab Emirates, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, succeeded in exploring success stories and inspiring Arab governmental models worthy of honor and encouragement, It stimulated governments to strengthen their practices of institutional excellence.
He added that the distinguished experiences received by the award at its first session confirmed the strong presence of excellence practices in many Arab government agencies, expressing his thanks to the League of Arab States and the Arab Administrative Development Organization for their active partnership in leading this award, the success of its first session, and stressing keenness The government of the United Arab Emirates to share its expertise and experiences in achieving distinction with Arab governments.
The award provides an opportunity to compete in its various categories for government agencies in the Arab countries, with the exception of the UAE, to ensure transparency and impartiality in the evaluation of nominations. The award also adopts an arbitration committee that includes a selection of the best experiences that have achieved qualitative achievements in institutional excellence, the administrative field and the development thought of institutional work.
The Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, Secretary General of the Arab Government Excellence Award, Mariam Al Hammadi, reviewed the results of the evaluation of the award categories in its first session, noting that the award received 5,000 Arab participation, and more than 1500 requests from candidates in the Arab countries for the different categories of the award.
She touched on the categories and criteria of the award, the results achieved by the work team from the Office of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers at the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs, and the Arab Organization for Administrative Development team work, which included holding 50 introductory seminars in a number of Arab capitals, in which 1,000 employees and officials from 100 sides participated.
She provided a full explanation of the nomination mechanism for the award categories, through an intelligent electronic system, and the evaluation methodology that was implemented through the evaluation teams, and a neutral jury, which includes the best specialized cadres in the field of excellence and according to international standards while ensuring transparency and impartiality, explaining that the award was adopted in a better category Arab Minister The methodology and criteria for the award for the best minister in the world organized by the World Summit of Governments, which excludes the UAE from participation, in order to preserve the principle of neutrality and transparency. The Secretariat of the award will continue to implement remote workshops, to transfer knowledge and lessons learned from the award at its first session, while Launching an electronic platform to display government experiences, practices and initiatives, and publish Arab success stories in various areas of government excellence.
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The Arab Government Excellence Award includes 15 categories, which celebrate pioneering Arab models, divided into two main categories: individuals and institutions, and individual awards include categories: the best Arab minister, the best Arab governor, the best general manager of a government agency or institution, and the best municipal director in Arab cities , And the best Arab government employee, and the best Arab government employee.
As for the institutional awards, it includes: the best Arab ministry, the best Arab government agency or institution, the best Arab government development initiative or experiment, the best Arab government project to empower young people, the best Arab government project to develop education, the best Arab government project to develop the health sector, and the best government project Arabi for infrastructure development, the best government project for community development, and the best smart Arab government application.
The "award" stimulates exceptional experiences and inspiring stories in Arab government work.