Government Financial Policy Coordination Council holds its first meeting for 2023

Government Financial Policy Coordination Council holds its first meeting for 2023

ABU DHABI, 29th March, 2023 (WAM) -- The Ministry of Finance (MoF) held the Government Financial Policy Coordination Council’s first meeting of 2023. Younis Haji Al Khoori, Undersecretary of Ministry of Finance and Chairman of the Council, chaired the meeting, which was held virtually, alongside Saeed Rashid Al Yateem, Assistant Undersecretary for Government Budget and Revenue Sector at the Ministry of Finance.

The council hosted Sheikh Rashid bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Secretary-General of the Sharjah Award for Public Finance. Council members from several UAE government entities and the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) attended the meeting.

In attendance were Ibrahim Obaid Al Zaabi, CBUAE's Assistant Governor of the Monetary Policy and Stability Department; Buthaina Al Mazrui, Deputy Director-General of Executive and Financial Affairs at the Department of Finance – Abu Dhabi; Arif Abdulrahman Ahli, Executive Director, Planning and General Budget Sector at DoF – Dubai; Waleed Al Sayegh, Director-General of the Sharjah Finance Department; Yousef Muhammad Al Balushi, Deputy Director-General of Ras Al Khaimah Finance Department; Khalifa Saeed Ghanim, Director General of DoF – Umm Al Quwain; and Mariam Abdullah Al Matroushi, Deputy Director of DoF – Fujairah.

Al Khoori emphasised the council’s significant role in enhancing the efficacy and effectiveness of