The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs and Qatar Foundation for Social Work (QFSW) signed yesterday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strengthening co-operation in the fields of family welfare and social development.
The two-year, renewable MoU was signed by HE the Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs, Dr Issa Saad al-Jafali al-Nuaimi, and chairperson of QFSW Munira bint Nasser al-Misnad.
The MoU aims to develop and enable co-operation between both sides in the field of family welfare and social development, including the exchange of experiences, information, studies and legislations.
The MoU also aims to implement plans and joint programmes and effectively contribute to achieving Qatar National Vision 2030, as well as supporting the civil organisations to set strategies, policies and programmes that contribute to the society’s ascension.
The MoU focuses on care, social development, elderly and disabled people’s affairs, family and child affairs, voluntary and civic activities, microenterprises and care of released prisoners and their families.
The minister said that people and nation’s advancements and achieving their comprehensive and sustainable development is only reached through actual and real partnerships between the community’s elements including government, semi government, private, civil society institutions and individuals.
Dr al-Nuaimi reiterated the importance of these sectors to perform their tasks and to co-operate together to achieve the set goals of the State for its well-being and prosperity.
The minister also valued the efforts exerted by QFSW and those responsible for achieving the desired objectives of the state.
The state spares no effort to enable and strengthen the partnership and co-operation between the government and all the other sectors of the country to achieve Qatar National Vision 2030 and implement the work strategy of the ministry, the minister added.
The minister said he looks forward to achieving the desired goals in promoting the implementation of the state’s policy on family welfare and social development as well as enabling the roles of the civil society organisations as a main partner to the country in this regard.
This partnership between the government sector and civil society institutions aims to strengthen integration and co-operation and to benefit all the community’s elements and sectors, in addition to unifying the visions, plans and work programs, the minister added.
For her part, al-Misnad praised the co-operation between the ministry and the foundation by signing the memorandum.
She said that signing the agreement underlines the comprehensive understanding of the importance of true partnership between civil society groups and government organisations in monitoring and executing development programmes.