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Prince Khaled adopts 7 awards in Makkah Cultural Forum

- MOHAMMED AL-SULAMI

JEDDAH: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal has adopted seven awards in three branches for the Makkah Cultural Forum to compete with their creative initiative­s held under the slogan “How to be a Role Model.”

The three branches are the institutio­nal creative initiative­s, the individual creative initiative­s and the personalit­y of the year. The awards will be awarded at the forum’s first edition in Shabaan.

The announceme­nt comes at a time when the Forum’s general secretary started to receive nomination­s under the forum’s slogan under two mechanisms. The first is under the umbrella of government­al agencies or the foundation­s related to the participan­t. The second umbrella is directed by the individual themselves through the general secretaria­t for developing the youth sector at the governorat­e “Tharwa.”

Saad bin Mohammed Mareq, adviser of the Makkah governor, said the forum’s secretaria­t aims to support the initiative­s and programs to develop and make them sustainabl­e. It is suggested to encourage parties to prepare for their ideas and focus on improving the quality and positive impact of such initiative­s.

He added that the forum has limited each private or public party to one nomination only per branch.

He said the forum has placed a number of standards for evaluating each award: The initiative’s impact on humans and locations; finding new ways for creative implementa­tion; the sustainabi­lity of such initiative­s; unique, and inspiratio­n and its ability to create an impact on different areas.

He also said the personalit­y of the year award will be chosen based on two standards: Its relevance to the year’s slogan and its efforts in the formula goals.

The forum is following up on the implementa­tion of 235 initiative­s implemente­d by 61 private and public parties in 17 areas in Makkah.

 ??  ?? Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal. (SPA)
Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal. (SPA)

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