His Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for Cabinet Affairs in the Sultanate of Oman, honored senior officials in the civil service and administrative development sectors in the GCC countries.
The honoring ceremony featured honoring of heads and directors of human resources departments at the United Arab Emirates local governments level, in recognition of their great role and remarkable efforts to promote and develop human capital in the UAE.
The recondition took place on the sidelines of the 16th meeting of Their Excellencies the ministers and heads of civil service and administrative development in the Gulf Cooperation Council, which concluded recently, in the Omani capital Muscat.
In this regard, Dr. Abdulrahman Abdul Manan Al Awar, Director General of the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR), lauded the initiative launched by the Sultanate of Oman to honor officials in the civil service sectors across the GCC States, in coordination with the General Secretariat of the Council. The move is believed to be an important step in human capital development civil service and human resources functions in the region.
The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources nominated the heads and directors of the human resources departments in the UAE local governments to be honored for their great contributions in the field of human resources, and in recognition of their strategic cooperation with the Authority.
HE Dr Abdulrahman Al Awar noted that the heads and directors of human resources in the local governments of the UAE deserved the honor bestowed in recognition of their great efforts and significant contribution in promoting and developing human capital in the country.
He said: “The GCC leaders are paying great attention to human capital, which is considered the backbone of sustainable development and the most important investment for many countries in the world. Honoring the outstanding administrative cadres in the civil service and human resources sector in the GCC countries, is a good gesture that could boost the roles played by the civil service functions in realizing their noble mission.”
The officials honored included HE Amer Hussein Al Hammadi, Director General of Abu Dhabi Human Resources Authority, HE Abdullah Ali Bin Zayed Al Falasi, Director General of Dubai Government Human Resources Department, HE Dr. Tarek Sultan Bin Khadem, Head of Human Resources Department in Sharjah, HE Dr. Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Shehhi, Director General of Human Resources Department in Ras Al Khaimah, and HE Mohammed Khalifa Al Zaidi, Director of Human Resources Department in Fujairah.