Ashghal President Dr Saad bin Ahmed Al Mohannadi speaking at the event.
DOHA: The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ has officially launched the New Corporate Strategy 2018- 2022, as part of Ashghal’s new vision “Excellence in delivering and managing efficient sustainable infrastructure”.
Ashghal has set 10 corporate objectives in the New Corporate Strategy 2018- 2022 to move in the direction set through the strategic themes in the coming years, including enhancement of Ashghal’s health and safety performance, ensuring on time delivery, integrating new assets effectively, optimising and managing cost and improving quality management performance.
The corporate objectives also include improved sustainability and recycling, increased Qatarisation and development of Ashghal’s staff, increased Qatari involvement in the authority’s supply chain, embedding leading practices across Ashghal and enhancing customer and stakeholder satisfaction.
Ashghal’s Strategy was kicked off in line with Qatar’s Second National Development Strategy 2018-2022, regarded as a step forward to transforming the goals of Qatar National Vision 2030 into tangible reality.
On the occasion, the Public Works Authority held a town hall after great efforts exerted under Ashghal President’s command to set the new vision, mission and values, which will be applied to get the new strategy accomplished over the next five years.
The meeting was attended by Ashghal President Dr Saad bin Ahmed Al Mohannadi, Assistant President Eng. Abdullah Hamad Al Atiyyah along with affairs directors, managers and a host of senior officials, who were briefed on Ashghal’s achievements in 2017 and the new corporate strategy.
With the new “Strategy 2018-2022”, Ashghal will be more self-reliant, since it has the required potentials to manage, operate and maintain its assets efficiently and effectively. In the upcoming five years, Ashghal will try to achieve its new vision through accomplishing its mission of “Continuously enhancing customer satisfaction through leading project and asset management services and solutions”.
In an aim to provide a clear framework for defining the corporate objectives for 2018 – 2022, four themes were developed, representing the broad direction that Ashghal will follow in the coming years. The themes include compliance with health and safety standards, delivering excellence, developing capabilities and focusing on customers and stakeholders.
During his meeting with the employees, President of Ashghal said that what distinguishes Ashghal’s strategy 2018-2022 is that its employees are the key element in the development of its themes and objectives. Further to this, the “Strategy champions”, a group of young competent Qataris who constitute the core of Ashghal’s future leadership, contributed to this new strategy launch.
