Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure, Shaikh Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, stressed continuous efforts to achieve comprehensive growth thanks to the directives of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa which are considered as a roadmap for the government work.
The Deputy Prime Minister asserted the government’s ongoing efforts, under the leadership of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, to carry out strategies to promote the public sector’s contribution to comprehensive development.
This came while presiding over “the Future Aspirations” workshop, which is the final workshop in a series of future aspirations workshops that were directed to be held by His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister.
Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Hamad bin Faisal Al Maliki reviewed the outputs of the workshops which were crystallized in 27 policies and 113 initiatives covering aspirations in five chapters: infrastructure and environment, legislative work, social services, financial and economic work, in addition to government performance and digital transformation, which will be submitted to the coordination committee chaired by HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister for approval.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure said, “the premises of government work are based on serving the citizen, who is the centerpiece of development and its main goal.” He added, “in order to explore the best ways to support and empower the citizen, the government will work to follow up on everything new, adapt to every emergency, and determine the priorities of the next stage in a strategic and integrated manner, based on the principles of justice, sustainability and competitiveness set by Bahrain’s Economic Vision 2030 in shaping the features of a bright future.”
He explained that the directive of HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister to start workshops to determine the mechanisms and priorities that will shape the future aspirations of government work, stem from a belief in the importance of strengthening the principle of participation in decision-making, and direct contribution to determining the optimal orientation.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure praised the efforts of the ministries and government bodies during “the Future Aspirations” workshops which will contribute to developing the government work. He thanked the heads of the workshops for their contribution to reaching advanced outputs. He also thanked the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs for its efforts to coordinate for the workshops and ensure their good management to attain the desired goal.
It is noteworthy that during the last period, five workshops were held with the participation of 57 ministries and government agencies. They were preceded by five coordination meetings. The workshops reflected the future aspirations and highlighted creative initiatives which showed the capabilities and competencies in the government apparatus.
Source: Bahrain News Agency