The State of Qatar has achieved important leaps in infrastructure quality in projects including ports, roads, or storage and supply, Executive Vice President of Operations at Mwani Qatar, Captain Abdulaziz Nasser Al Yafei said on Monday, reports Qatar News Agency.
Challenges of Continuity and Progress
Addressing the Qatar Indicators Conference themed ‘Challenges of Continuity and Progress’ and organized by Dar Al Sharq Group, Al Yafei hailed Qatar’s huge leaps at all levels over the past years. He noted that Qatar was ranked 19th globally in the World Banks Logistics Performance Index 2023 in infrastructure quality in the fields of trade and transportation, 14th in the quality of logistics services, 46th in the timeliness of shipments, and 43rd in the customs clearance operations efficiency.
He added that Qatar came 15th in the WBs Competitiveness Report on the port services quality, 7th in the international shipments index, and 42nd in the Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, which reflects the important role played by Hamad Port as Qatar’s main gateway for trade with the world, in securing stable and sustainable supply chains that provide customers from various parts of the region with integrated and competitive services that play an effective role in stimulating the maritime transport and logistics sector, and enhance global trade.
He pointed out that Mwani Qatar is proud to participate as a platinum sponsor in the first Qatar Indicators Conference, pointing out that its sponsorship of this conference confirms its commitment to social responsibility and its constant keenness to support activities that contribute to improving the economic sectors in the country, especially the maritime transport sector and logistics in line with the strategic plan of the Ministry of Transport, which aims to transform the State of Qatar into a vibrant regional commercial center in the region, to achieve the goals of the Qatar National Vision 2030.
Al Yafei explained that the generous investments that were pumped into the infrastructure in the country contributed to achieving a qualitative leap in the operations of Mwani Qatar, with strong and major support from the operations of Hamad Port, whose opening represented an important beginning to raise the capabilities of the logistics sector in the country and enhance its added value thanks to the supply chains built in cooperation with local and international partners.
Economic progress
Hamad Port today is a pivotal port for more than 30 navigation services that contribute to providing direct and indirect shipping services to more than 100 maritime destinations around the world at competitive prices and high efficiency, he added.
The matter goes beyond the economic progress achieved to reveal the vision of the insightful leadership into the development of society in all aspects, he said, adding that no country in the world can advance in its economic indicators without being advanced in the political, social and educational aspects and providing public freedoms.
For his part, the Director of the Legal Affairs Department, responsible for the duties of Director General of the Regulatory Authority for the Charitable Activities (RACA), Saud Mohammed Al Athba emphasized that the State of Qatar achieved advanced ranks in the most prominent global indicators, especially in the humanitarian and charitable work, noting that RACA is considered an independent government entity concerned with developing, encouraging, monitoring, protecting and coordinating the efforts of charitable, humanitarian and non-profit organizations in Qatar, and discharges its functions in coordination and collaboration with various national and international bodies, through a package of means to boost regulation and self-compliance of charitable organizations.
The State of Qatar has succeeded in making charitable work a lifestyle and a vibrant culture in the community through harnessing its efforts for the service of humanity until the country became a model to be emulated in charitable and humanitarian work worldwide, Al Athba added. He pointed out that Qatar has consolidated its active role and ranked first in the Arab region and sixth globally with a list of major contributors to UN multi-partner international funds and programs in the classification of government foreign assistance, as Qatar is among the largest contributors to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and is determined to have an active presence in the UN in recognition of its awareness of the significance of strengthening collective action to address the great challenges facing the world.
The sprawling Qatari trailblazing and charitable model worldwide with its relief and development aspects proved that humanitarian values are the core pillar in international relations and reproached among nations to bolster security, development, and peace worldwide, he outlined, pointing out that RACA since its establishment in 2014 has been operating to achieve its mission through advancing and supporting the charitable sector, in addition to promoting the confidence among communities.
Currently and until the end of 2023, he said that Qatar has been able to achieve its interim vision which stipulated the creation of effective institutional capacity and the transition to modern, risk-based post-monitoring, emphasizing that RACA is moving full-steam ahead towards achieving its strategic vision 2030 by developing a charitable, non-profit, pioneering sector representing an international model to be emulated globally.
He pointed out that the milestones achieved by RACA at the national and global levels have been productive thanks to the tireless work of work teams in RACA and the sector, in collaboration with local and international partners. Nationally, he said, the RACA’s work teams finalized the formulation of a first strategy of charitable work in the country, while globally RACA and the non-profit sector participated with the national entities to achieve an advanced level in the joint evaluation of the financial work group.
In the context of solidarity with the international community, foreign non-governmental charitable aid has continued its upward growth with direct funding from donation funds, as private charitable associations and institutions have kept providing foreign aid at an average of over QR1.200 billion in the last three years, the equivalent of ($350 million) annually, benefiting 52 countries.
Al Athba asserted that RACA will work through the Charitable and humanitarian sector strategy 2030 to issue a special national report in the charitable sector of Qatar, based on the World Giving Index (WGI), in collaboration with the international alliance of professional charitable sector organizations to reach an advanced classification for the State of Qatar within WGI, to be among the top ten countries that donate most by 2030, indicating that this trend is a testament and an epitome to the pioneering role and steadfast efforts made by the State of Qatar to help achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, to confirm its commitment to continuing humanitarian support and to contribute to international efforts aimed at alleviating human suffering and other challenges facing humanity.
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Source: Qatar News Agency
