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Emirates News Agency , Thursday, Nov 26, 2020 | Rabi Al Thani 11, 1442

The Ministry of Commerce is Awarded the Arab Government Excellence Award as the Best Arab Ministry


The Ministry of Commerce has been awarded the Arab Government Excellence Award, as the best Arab Ministry among more than 5,000 Arab Government Candidates. This achievement comes as a result of the institutional excellence based on the best international standards, and based as well on the adoption of innovation and development concepts, as well as for adopting the governance of performance to achieve the goals and strategies related to the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.

The Minister of Commerce, Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi, affirmed that granting the Ministry of Commerce the Arab Government Excellence Award, which is sponsored by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, as the best Arab Ministry, is a new achievement for our dear country, and it is one of the fruits of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, praising the creative efforts and hard work of the Ministry of Commerce team.

Over the past years, the Ministry of Commerce has worked on restructuring and adopting a new organization chart to go in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, including: A special Deputy Ministry for Customer Services, a General Administration for Work Governance and a Transformation Management Office in the Ministry, also the Ministry’s work strategy has been updated to improve and promote the commercial environment and to go in line with the objectives of the Kingdom’s Vision, so that to be a model of Regional Institutional Excellence.

The Ministry of Commerce also attracted qualified competencies in various fields, and worked to strengthen the job link, as it reached (80%) in 2019 AD, as it is higher than the global average, and the highest among government agencies during 3 consecutive years, also the percentage of employees who were trained increased to more than 90%, as well as the Ministry promoted the community participation of employees and expanded the training and qualification of youth and students, more over the Ministry implemented all the terms and specifications relevant to ISO2600 Social Responsibility.

The Arab Government Excellence Award is considered the first award of its kind in the Arab world, and the largest in the field of development, improvement and administrative excellence. It was launched by the UAE government in cooperation with Arab States League to contribute to administrative development, government institutional excellence, stimulate leadership thought, and for honoring the best successful administrative and governmental experiences in the Arab world.

The individual awards include: The best Arab Minister, the best Arab governor, the best general manager of a governmental body or institution, the best municipality manager in the Arab cities, the best Arab government employee, and the best Arab female government employee.

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