Doha: The Minister of Municipality and Environment, H E Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie has directed departments of the Ministry to attract Qatari citizens for specialised and technical jobs to enhance their competitiveness in local job market.
Addressing the concluding ceremony of the First Annual Planning Forum of the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) yesterday, H E the Minister emphasised on making room for new generations of officials and employees in the administrative units of the Ministry enabling them to take the responsibilities.
He pointed out that it was needed to focus on professional development through specialised training programs to fill any shortage in this type of job.
At the six-day forum organised by the Planning and Quality Department at MME, the plans and projects of support activities and resources for the Shared Services Affairs sector were reviewed and discussed.
The Minister stressed the importance of the role that the Shared Services Affairs Department plays as it is the main engine of the Ministry.
The department has also a role and great effects on enabling factors and achieving the goals of all sectors of the ministry in the field of human and financial resources, information systems technology and administrative services, and which contribute strongly to building the training and development capabilities of the human cadres working in the ministry.
The Minister said that MME is considered one of the largest ministries in the country in terms of tasks, specialisations and human cadres, and therefore the ministry have an opportunity to reshape the ministry’s approach in the field of human resources and formulate and define priorities in general.
The Minister stressed the importance of setting up a strict financial and supervisory system in order to strengthen oversight, control and collection of revenues and the provision of electronic services and applications to assist employees in performing their work and to facilitate and accelerate services provided to the public.
Regarding the organisation of the forum, H E the Minister praised the level of the visual presentations made by the ministry’s assistant undersecretaries and directors of departments, which are considered an integrated plan to guide them during the next work process in the ministry.
The first annual planning forum concluded that there are great opportunities to develop the building permit service, simplify its procedures and set a clear indication for all categories of projects, whether large or small, and educate owners.
It was also noted that the use of geographic information systems for waste management operations, especially hazardous and environmental matters, and setting up a methodology to work on enhancing community communication, especially on social media platforms, to reduce the circulation of misinformation and work to correct it quickly.
In the municipal affairs sector, the forum recommended the need to focus on customer satisfaction and facilitate and simplify the procedures of the services provided, and the need to benefit from the unified call center and customer service, and to ensure that laws are practiced in a correct and proper manner, especially those related to priority services.
In the public services affairs sector, the forum concluded that it is necessary to encourage recycling and treatment of waste so that the State of Qatar will be a model at the regional level in the field of recycling, and the increase of green spaces.
With regard to the agricultural and fisheries sector, the forum pointed out to the importance of setting up a mechanism and coordination between the sectors of agriculture, environment and municipalities and integrating them in the work and providing an internal database in cooperation with information systems (IT) and geographic information systems (GIS) for agricultural research and animal production topics.