Sharjah Award for Public Finance holds symposium on its categories in Egypt

The Sharjah Finance Department (SFD) concluded an introductory seminar in the Arab Republic of Egypt on the second cycle of the Sharjah Award for Public Finance (SAPF).

The seminar was part of a series of second-phase meetings scheduled to conclude at the end of January 2023.

The symposium was sponsored by Dr. Mohamed Maait, Minister of Finance of Egypt, and was attended by Dr. Ahmed Kajouk, Deputy Minister of Finance for Financial Policies and Institutional Development in Egypt; Dr. Nasser Al Hatlan Al Qahtani, Director-General of the Arab Organisation for Administrative Development affiliated to the League of Arab States, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Award; Waleed Al Sayegh, Director-General of SFD, member of the Board of Trustees of the Award; and Sheikh Rashid bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Secretary-General of the Award, and Hassan Pasha, Advisor to the Award.

The symposium was accompanied by training workshops for finance workers and representatives of institutions. It also outlined the participation mechanism and how to prepare files for the 17 categories, explaining each category's criteria, whether an institution or an individual.