QNA
Doha
Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani chaired the Cabinet’s regular meeting at its seat at the Amiri Diwan on Wednesday.
After the meeting, Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi said the Cabinet considered the topics on its agenda and took note of the Shura Council’s approval of a draft law on extending the port management concession granted to the Qatar Ports Management Company pursuant to Decree Law No 17 of 2009.
The Cabinet also took note of the implementation of the strategic planning programme for the workforce in government agencies, which was prepared by the Civil Service and Government Development Bureau.
This programme is based on three basic objectives, which are: establishing a unified approach to workforce planning in all government agencies, identifying opportunities to raise the efficiency of workforce utilization through data-based analysis, and applying an evidence-based approach to identifying and forecasting workforce needs over a five-year period.
The preparation and implementation of this programme comes within the framework of working to achieve the goals of the Third National Development Strategy 2024-2030.
They also approved a draft memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation in the field of cybersecurity between the National Cybersecurity Agency of Qatar and the National Cybersecurity Center of Kuwait, a draft memorandum of understanding for twinning between the Doha Municipality in Qatar and the Muscat Municipality in Oman, and a draft memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the field of justice and law between the Ministry of Justice of Qatar and the Ministry of Justice of Egypt.
Other approved draft memoranda of understanding included a draft memorandum of understanding in the field of technical, vocational and technical training and education between the governments of Qatar and Algeria, a draft memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the field of labour between the Ministry of Labour of Qatar and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam, a draft memorandum of understanding for cooperation in legal fields between the governments of Qatar and Rwanda, and a draft supplementary agreement to a basic agreement between the government of Qatar and the United Nations Children’s Fund. The Cabinet concluded its meeting by reviewing three reports and taking the appropriate decisions regarding them. Reports 60 included the work of the National Committee for the Prohibition of Weapons for January 9 to December 31, 2024, a report on the results of the participation of Minister of Environment and Climate Change in the ministerial meeting of the Green Middle East Initiative, and a report on the results of the participation of the Minister of Justice in the 34th meeting of Ministers of Justice of GCC countries.
