The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Sharjah Excellence Award (SEA), have agreed to withhold the Sharjah Gulf Excellence Award for this yr due to travel restrictions.
This came at a meeting which was held via visual communication technology, and chaired by Abdullah Sultan Al Owais, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Sharjah Excellence Award (SEC)
The board reviewed the developments of the award’s work plan in its 2020-2021 edition in the light of the amendments made recently to maintain pace with the spread of Covid-19 and the promotional stages of the award, which included holding a number of introductory seminars and field visits, along with individual meetings. In addition to communicating with the companies and institutions recently organized by SCCI to market the award categories, as well as reviewing the training courses that will be offered by the award for this year and approved by the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM).
Al Owais praised the efforts made by the award’s team during the past period, stressing SCCI’s keenness to ensure the development and strengthening of the award’s place and reputation as one of the most prominent economic initiatives aimed at encouraging the adoption of quality standards and work ethics.
He called on the award’s team to proceed with work and intensify efforts during the coming period to promote its various categories, in order to obtain its mission of activating the role of the private sector within the process of economic integration locally and in the Gulf. Such endeavors come by focusing on developing its facilities and developing its performance and effectiveness.
It’s noteworthy that SEA’s BoT had recently made a set of recent changes, such as an amendment to the criteria for SEA, one of the award’s seven categories, where criteria were added related to the applicant’s personal characteristics, the company’s strategic direction, professionalism, innovation, and business outcomes. In addition to merging the 2020 version with the 2021 edition, and strengthening the targeted support for entrepreneurs from small business owners and entrepreneurs with disabilities.
