"Sharjah Award in Public Finance" It launches preparations for its fourth session in Cairo and discusses developing standards

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Sharjah, 19 January / WAM / The “Sharjah Award in Public Finance” began its official preparations to launch its fourth session through an expanded meeting held at the headquarters of the Arab Organization for Administrative Development in Cairo, in the presence of His Excellency Walid Al Sayegh, Director General of the Sharjah Central Finance Department and a member of the Award’s Board of Trustees, and Dr. Nasser Al Hatlan Al Qahtani, Director General of the Arab Organization for Administrative Development of the League of Arab States and Vice Chairman of the Award’s Board of Trustees, where discussions focused on the mechanisms for developing the award and enhancing its competitiveness in keeping with international best practices. In preparation for a more comprehensive and influential launch.

During the meeting, His Excellency Walid Al Sayegh stressed that these preparations represent a pivotal step for building on previous successes, pointing out the ambition of the award in its new session to expand its horizons towards broader levels of regional and international influence by updating evaluation standards, developing categories, and strengthening strategic partnerships, in line with the vision of the Emirate of Sharjah for financial leadership and contributing to consolidating a culture of sustainability and good governance.

The attendees, including a group of experts and specialists, discussed the evaluation of previous sessions and measuring their impact, in addition to reviewing the proposed time plan for the fourth session, and the distribution of roles between the award, the Central Finance Department, and the Arab Organization to ensure integration of efforts and raise the efficiency of implementation.

These development steps come based on an escalating growth process achieved by the award, which was established by Emiri decree in 2016, as it witnessed qualitative leaps in the volume of participation and the diversity of categories, as the number of institutional categories increased from 4 in the first cycle to 11 in the third cycle, as well as individual categories from two to 11 categories. The number of entries also doubled to reach 54 institutional bodies and 290 individual participants in the third cycle, which reflects the success of the award in consolidating its position as a platform. A pioneering organization for honoring financial excellence and exchanging experiences to achieve the well-being of future generations.