Senior officials at the annual business planning forum of Kahramaa.
Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) recently held the annual business planning forum under the theme “Transformation towards Business Excellence”.
The forum chaired by Kahramaa president Essa bin Hilal al-Kuwari was held to review department plans for the next five years, 2015-2019.
The two-day meeting was attended by directors, managers and heads of different sections. It reviewed and discussed department plans and projects for 2015-2019 and compared it to the period ending this year.
The strategic meeting sets a road map to meet electricity and water challenges within the development the State witnesses and achieve business excellence through the strategic transformation.
While hailing the corporation’s achievements in the last five years, al-Kuwari highlighted the financial and technical performance in 2014 where it managed to meet the electricity and water demand based on the highest international quality standards.
Al-Kuwari said “the forum comes within the various challenges the electricity and water sector faces. Kahramaa has to be ready to transform these challenges into opportunities through long-term strategic planning to achieve the objectives of Qatar National Vision 2030”.
Kahramaa started the strategic development at the beginning of 2014 by approving the new update of its corporate mission, vision and values.
The corporation’s plan for 2015-2019 includes giant water reservoirs for increasing strategic storage and Phase VII of the electricity network expansion.
As for customers, Kahramaa plans to transform into a smart corporation by 2015-2016. Besides, 2015 will witness the construction of the first solar plant for electricity generation on the Kahramaa premises, to be followed by other plants.