Supreme Council for Planning and Development and KAPP hold joint projects workshop

Supreme Council for Planning and Development and KAPP hold joint projects workshop

By Majd Othman

KUWAIT: The General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development in cooperation with Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP) held a workshop on Monday to introduce the system of partnership between the public and private sectors, titled Vision of the New Kuwait through Partnerships Projects, in the presence of officials from the public and private sectors.

General Secretary of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development Khaled Mahdi said in a press statement that Kuwait realizes the importance of activating the concept of partnership between the public and private sectors in the implementation of projects, stressing the general policy directives of the development plan are keen to update laws related to this field over the years.

He stressed the partnership between the public and private sectors is an important step to advance development, raise the level of government performance and provide services characterized by efficiency and high quality, pointing to the importance of cooperation between various sectors to achieve growth and development. Mahdi pointed out that the seven pillars of the development plan are intertwined with issues related to partnership, indicating that the focus should be on strategic development projects with social and economic returns.

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