11th session of Joint Gulf Municipal Work Conference kicks off
Al-Manfouhi honors winners of the GCC Prize in field of municipal work
KUWAIT CITY, May 10, (Agencies): Director General of Kuwait Municipality and Chairman Ahmad Al-Manfouhi opened, on Wednesday, the 11th session of the Joint Gulf Municipal Work Conference under the title (Smart Manucibility).
The conference is being held under the auspices of the Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology and the Minister of State for Municipal Affairs, Dr. Rana Al-Faris.
In his opening speech, Al-Manfouhi said that this year conference comes in light of great challenges due to the Coronavirus pandemic and its repercussions.
He praised the report issued by the GCC General Secretariat on the efforts of Gulf municipalities and their role in reducing and limiting the spread of that pandemic by exchanging of experiences and information between their countries.
The conference will discuss several important files and will issue its final recommendations at the concluding session, he noted.
He expressed his hope that the conference will achieve the desired results and recommendations according to the topics presented to serve the GCC’s municipalities better.
In conclusion of the first day of the conference, Al-Manfouhi honored the winners of the Gulf Cooperation Council Prize in the field of municipal work in its fourth session for the year 2021-2022.
In other news, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) has agreed to open the door for appointments to jobs in the legal department of the Kuwait Municipality after a period of hiatus that lasted for many years, reports Al-Qabas daily.
In a letter sent by the Head of CSC Maryam Al-Aqeel to the Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Dr. Rana Al-Fares, Al-Aqeel explained that CSC, during its meeting No. 1/2022 held on March 19, agreed to end the suspension of appointment to jobs in the legal department in the Kuwait Municipality. It agreed to open the door for appointment procedures for “attorney B grade” vacancies in accordance with the conditions contained in Dr. Al-Fares’ Decision No. 84/222 regarding the controls for appointment to these jobs.
CSC’s approval came after the municipality sent its responses to CSC’s inquiries concerning the appointment controls decision, as well as the inclusion of the request to provide the grades and financial credits necessary for appointment in these jobs within the draft budget of 2022/2023.
The municipality indicated that the inclusion of the request is suspended until the issuance of the approval of CSC, adding that coordination has been made with the Fatwa and Legislation Department to set the acceptance mechanism so that the best elements can be selected.
Dr. Al-Fares had issued a ministerial decision to specify the terms and conditions for appointment to the position of “attorney B grade”, and linked the appointments to the approval of the Civil Service Commission.