Qatari Newspapers Editorials
Doha, March 15 (QNA) - In their Wednesday editorials, Qatari newspapers covered several local issues, the first of which is HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani's honoring the 50 winners of SME Excellence Awards 2022 on Tuesday, which reflects the state's interest in this sector, and appreciation to its contribution to the growth of the Qatari economy through many industrial and service activities.
The newspapers also noted the Qatar Leadership Center's celebration of the graduating class of 2022, which included 117 Qatari professionals and administrators from the government, industry, and commerce sectors who completed one of the three National Leadership Programmes: Rising Leaders, Government Leaders, and Executive Leaders. Honoring the graduates represented a new professional starting point, aided with knowledge, academic knowledge, practical experience, and the necessary skills, to enable them to make a positive impact and elevate their work in state institutions.
Al-Arab newspaper considered in its editorial that HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani's honoring the 50 winners of SME Excellence Awards 2022 on Tuesday, which reflects the state's interest in this sector, and appreciation for its contribution to the growth of the Qatari economy through many industrial and service activities.
Launched by Qatar Development Bank (QDB) in 2016, the third edition of the SME Excellence Awards 2022, received applications from as many as 310 companies. These companies have undergone an independent, accredited evaluation to determine the best among them. This evaluation includes several criteria, including financial performance, sustainability, innovation, and other criteria, Al-Arab pointed out.
The award aims to provide a platform for small and medium-sized companies to showcase their successes, honor the highest performers, and create a stimulating atmosphere within the country's business community that encourages the national entrepreneurship system, pushing it to new horizons and enhancing the position of small and medium enterprises in the Qatari market, Al-Arab explained.
In conclusion, Al-Arab said that all companies that applied for the awards but did not reach the final list will receive detailed reports on their overall performance and field visits that help identify the most prominent areas of possible development for the future of their business. This will reflect positively on the overall business system, achieving QDB's aims to support companies and their growth.
In turn, Al-Raya newspaper affirmed that HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani's honoring the 50 winners of SME Excellence Awards 2022 reflects Qatar’s interest, investment, and appreciation for the distinguished national cadres that have worked hard during the past period and increased their production and quality. The State of Qatar has always rewarded the hardworking national cadres that provide the national economy and the local market with many industries, reaching self-sufficiency. The State of Qatar has set in mind these strategic objectives by focusing its attention on national industries, providing incentives and encouragement to factory owners to expand and diversify in products. The government supports and encourages the private sector and the entrepreneurial environment by providing a solid economic work environment based on innovation and sustainability and creating an encouraging competitive environment that helps growth and development, empowering citizens economically.
Al-Raya stressed that the private sector has become an active partner in Qatar's sustainable development process. It has become clear that private sector projects, especially infrastructure, serve the country's development process. The success of this is due to the country's strategy of stimulating the private sector and giving it a priority to implement major projects in the country as many national companies have succeeded in completing giant development projects and have proven their efficiency. At the forefront, SME companies contribute significantly to the growth of the Qatari economy.
The newspaper indicated that SME Excellence Awards' importance lies in stimulating the national entrepreneurship system and pushing it to new horizons by encouraging ambitious Qatari entrepreneurs to continue to excel, innovate and become leaders. Qatar has spared no effort in providing the legislative and institutional environment required to encourage investment and strengthen the economy. It has worked to develop cooperation between the public and private sectors by supporting the private sector to increase its role in various economic sectors, opening the way for local investments and increasing its participation in the implementation of major development projects. Supporting and encouraging the private sector contributes to the sustainable development of the country.
Al-Raya concluded its editorial by emphasizing that the state encourages its citizens to enter the entrepreneurial sector and economic activities, especially since the opportunities available to them are exemplary thanks to the increasing interest of the state to increase their economic empowerment.
In another matter, Al-Sharq newspaper said that Qatar Leadership Centre (QLC) celebrated the graduation of the 2022 batch, which included 117 Qatari professionals from the government, industry and commerce sectors, after completing one of the three National Leadership Programs: Rising Leaders, Government Leaders, and Executive Leaders.
The paper added that the QLC's honoring of those exceptional men and women, all highly skilled professionals, from the batch of 2022 came to represent a new starting point for which they were prepared with science, academic knowledge, practical experience and the necessary skills to enable them to make a positive impact and a qualitative leap in the fields of work in state institutions.
The newspaper noted that the Class of 2022 is especially significant as they have completed their studies during the year of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, an achievement that carries special weight in light of the challenges experienced by the State of Qatar during the preparation and execution of that momentous event.
QLC's customized programs are critical tools needed given the complexity of public and private sectors, and they open up new horizons for graduates of advanced knowledge, culture and skills that enable them to excel in professional performance, which enriches all work sectors in the country to the extent that benefits society and serves the comprehensive development and renaissance process, which is directed towards achieving Qatar National Vision 2030, the paper added.
The paper also praised QLC's keenness to prepare Qatari leaders in various state institutions with modern approaches in management and how to benefit from time, organization and professional quality, which confirms the wise leadership's keenness to invest in people, develop human resources and arm them with knowledge and renewable sciences to become promising leaders capable of contributing effectively to the present and the future of the country.
Al-Sharq concluded by saying that the honoring of the 2022 class graduates is a honoring of a new generation of Qatari decision-makers whose turn has come to upgrade their professional capabilities and prepare to take responsibility for transforming their practical experience and academic knowledge into continuous professional achievements that contribute to building a better and promising future.
In turn, Al-Watan daily emphasized that the financial sector as one of the main pillars of the Qatari economy, given its quality and the size of its local assets, as well as its ability to overcome many regional and global crises, noting that Qatar became the world's fifth-largest market for Islamic finance,
The paper pointed out that the Islamic financial technology sector is one of the most important sectors that has achieved significant expansion in the State of Qatar over the years, adding that Doha is ranked among the top 10 capitals for this sector in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries.
The 9th Doha Islamic Finance Conference, which was inaugurated by HE Minister of Commerce and Industry Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Qassim Al Abdullah Al-Thani on Tuesday, comes at a time when banks have positive results that have enhanced their presence and expansion and improved the quality of their services, the paper said, pointing out that the conference discusses four main axes - Islamic finance in the world of the metaverse, regulatory and supervisory technology in Islamic finance, cross-border finance and its impact on Islamic finance and sustainability in digital finance.
It also underlined that financial technology today constitutes the most prominent direction for the transformation of the financial landscape in the world, due to the huge and rapidly developing capabilities that this technology contains that enable it to bring about a transformation in the financial markets and the financing environment.
In conclusion, Al-Watan said that the conference is an important opportunity to explore the best ways to overcome challenges, and open new horizons by taking advantage of artificial intelligence solutions and advanced technologies in the field of financial technology and Islamic finance.
For its part, English-language newspaper The Peninsula affirmed that the fifth edition of the Global Security Forum is currently being held in Qatar and it provides an opportunity for stakeholders to discuss and share the security challenges the world faces currently, as in recent times, the world has witnessed many challenges from war to spreading fake narratives through social media.
Under the headline "Addressing security challenges", the paper said that the forum offers a stage for academics, domain experts, government officials and other relevant parties to expand on their findings and exchange ideas and learnings.
Held under the theme of 'Reshaping the Global Order: Conflict, Crises, and Cooperation', the Global Security Forum include discussions on topics such as the global energy crisis and approaches to strengthening sustainable economies; great power competition, shaped by the war in Ukraine, and the role of the UN Security Council; the evolution of global terrorism and emerging threats; violent far-right extremist networks and financing; and the disinformation-terrorism nexus, it added.
The paper referred to HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani's speech at the inauguration of the conference in which HE highlighted the most prominent challenges facing the world at the level of regional and international security and the monopoly exercised over basic commodities as a result of wars and crises. Overcoming the security challenges need countries to work together, trust each other, and like His Excellency mentioned it depends on the ability of all countries to adhere to agree upon basic principles like justice, equality, solidarity, and the rejection of double standards.
The paper explained that in the last few years, world has seen a plethora of challenges, mostly manmade and a few natural disasters. Energy and food security was hit due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, before that, COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc with the world order creating medicine and vaccine shortage, and economic pressure on poorer countries. Add to the mix, the problems caused by the climate crisis, as many countries are witnessing flooding or snowstorms never seen before, while others are facing extreme droughts and heat.
A conference like Global Security Forum will help overcome these crises by addressing the root causes and finding solutions. It will also need cooperation between countries on a regional and global level, The Peninsula concluded. (QNA)
