Wednesday 15 / January / 2025
Muscat: Blessed by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, His Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers, patronised over a ceremony to honour the competencies in the GCC civil service and administrative development sectors at Al Bustan Palace Hotel Muscat yesterday.
The honouring ceremony was attended by their highnesses, their excellencies, Heads of GCC Civil Service and Administrative Development Institutions, Dr. Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani, GCC Secretary General and Heads of Diplomatic Missions accredited to the Sultanate.
Sayyid Fahd said, “We are delighted to attend this event and wish to extend the greetings of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said to the GCC leaders”.
He stressed the importance of this initiative in supporting young people for what they have proved worthy both in the Sultanate and in the GCC countries. Sayyid Fahd added, “They are undoubtedly able to give more and we feel proud of them and the GCC management leaders”.
The Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Minister pointed out that the civil service is part of the government system and everyone seeks to develop as it is effectively contributing in creating and polishing the administrative competencies of any country.
Sayyid Fahd concluded, “The achievements of young people in the Sultanate and in the GCC countries are a source of pride”
He hoped that the youth support initiatives in the GCC countries would continue in all fields.
At the beginning of the ceremony, Sheikh Khalid bin Omar Al Marhoon, Minister of Civil Service, delivered a speech during which he said, “The assertion of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said since the beginning of the Blessed Renaissance in 1970 that the man is the basis of real development and millstone in its solid construction” is the starting point in presenting a proposal on behalf of the Sultanate to honour annually 30 administrative personalities from the GCC countries (five from each country) who have put a fingerprint in the process of administrative work with the GCC Medal for Civil Service and Administrative Development
He added that “This proposal received the approval and support of the ministers and heads of civil service and administrative development in the GCC states that was approved by the GCC Ministerial Council in its session in March 2017”.
Dr. Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani, GCC Secretary General delivered a speech during which he said that the idea behind this honouring came at the 15th meeting of the Committee of Ministers and Heads of Civil Service in the GCC countries in recognition of the efforts of administrative competencies in the civil service sectors in the GCC countries.
At the end of the ceremony, 30 senior management figures were honored with the GCC Medal in Civil Service and Administrative Development, five figures from each country, in recognition of the efforts of the GCC civil service employees to achieve the aspirations of the GCC leaders, to promote the Gulf overall development fields and maintain the achievements made.
