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The Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad Development Award in the Arab World
The Award is given to the best economic and social development project in the Arab
world, either partially or fully funded by a member of the Arab Coordination Group,
while giving priority to joint Arab projects.
The Arab Fund’s Vision with respect to the Award
To promote, distinguish and highlight successful development projects that have
either led to solving existing problems, or contributed to enhancing the economic
and social capacities in the Arab World, while also bringing awareness to such projects,
in order to make them an inspiration to promote creativity, better management, more
efficient construction and maximization of expected benefits of projects.
The Award aims at:
- Highlighting the importance of Arab Development Projects,
in particular joint ones.
- Enhancing the quality of the selection, evaluation, and execution
of development projects in the Arab World.
- Encouraging Arab and international investment in development
projects, whether they are economic or social.
- Spreading the experience gained from successful development
projects among individuals, Arab authorities, and Arab institutions working in the
field of economic and social development.
Components of the Award
- An honorary certificate that includes the name of the Award
and the name of the winning project.
- A US$ 100,000 monetary reward. If two projects are declared
as winners, the award is to be split evenly between them.
- A plaque bearing the name and logo of the award.
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The Award will be given to the best development project in the Arab World, associated
with members of the Arab Coordination Group, and in accordance with the following
requirements:
- That the project has been completed.
- That the project entered operations during the past 6 years,
i.e. between January 1st, 2017, and the end of December 2022 (for the first edition
of the Award).
- That it is being operated by the public sector.
- That the project did not previously receive similar awards.
- That the nomination documents include recent photographs of
the project (taken less than 3 months from the application deadline).
- That the project meets half the eligibility requirements listed
under "Project Impact".
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Applying for the Award
In order for one of the member institutions of the Arab Coordination Group to apply
for the award, the institution has to fill out an Application Form, in PDF format,
and send it to the Arab Fund via e-mail at the following address: [email protected]
In order to facilitate filling out the Application Form, member institutions can
access the Project
Selection Criteria.
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The selection of the winning project is based on the following selection criteria:
- a- Pre-construction Services (20%)
- Technical, Financial and Administrative Study, along with project evaluation and the project selection criteria.
- Expected budget for project execution.
- Project execution phases and its time schedule.
- b- Project Delivery (25%)
- Quality of project execution.
- Adherence to designs and in line with specifications.
- Within the projected budget that was estimated before execution.
- In accordance with the set time schedule.
- Project operation and management, and the application of proper governance.
- c- Project Impact (40%)
- Creation of job opportunities.
- Positive effect on Gross Domestic Product.
- Achievement of expected economic and social returns.
- Decrease in imports/increase in exports.
- Contributed to solving an existing problem.
- Its benefits impacted more than one Arab country.
- Produced unexpected benefits.
- Utilize local raw materials.
- d- Other Criteria (15%)
- Environmentally friendly (e.g., use of clean energy).
- Achieved one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals.
- Utilized modern technology.
- Received merit awards.
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Selecting the Winning Project
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An independent committee (called the Award Judging Committee) will review the nominated applications and select the winning project. The committee will be composed of three independent members, from outside the Arab Fund, to be selected by the Director General/Chairman of the Board of the Directors of the Arab Fund, along with a committee secretary selected from among the Arab Fund’s staff.
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A technical committee, chosen from the Arab Fund’s staff, will coordinate the activities of the Award Judging Committee.
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Timetable
The following timeframe illustrates the various steps in the application for the Award, and the time needed by the Arab fund to review the applications and determine the winning project, in preparation for declaring the winning project(s) during the Annual meetings of the Governors of the Arb Fund.
6 October – 17 November 2022
Sending project nominations by the institutions of the Arab Coordination Group
20 November – 25 December 2022
Review of nominated projects and completing of missing information, by the Awards Technical Committee
26 December – 7 March 2023
Project Evaluation by Award Judging Committee
8 March – 14 March 2023
Endorsement of Winning Project, by the Director General of the Arab Fund, based on the Award Judging Committees’ nomination
15 March 2023
Announcing the Winning Project
29 April 2023
Honoring the Winning Project
Frequency of the Award and its Announcement
- The award will be given each year during the Annual meetings of the Arab Funds’ Governors.
- The announcement of the winning project will be made through the proper channels.
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Brief Biography of Mr. Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad
The name Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad has become synonymous with joint Arab development and economic efforts. As the previous Director General/Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Fund, he was one of the leading pioneers of his generation in this area over the last six decades. His remarkable record has placed him in the forefront as one of the founders of Arab economic development.
As one of Kuwait’s most dedicated men, Mr. Al-Hamad is a leader in local and Arab development work, the chair and member of the board of several national and international financial institutions, and the main founder in the establishment of several Joint Arab Development institutions. His successful career extends over several decades.
He is a graduate of Victoria College in Alexandria, Egypt, and attended the American University in Cairo, after which he earned degrees from Claremont College and Harvard and Stanford Universities, all in the United States of America.
Over the past six decades, Mr. Al-Hamad has acquired extensive experience and a rich diverse background through operating in the public domain, with particular emphasis on development activities. This was achieved through his leadership of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development during the period 1963 – 1982, his tenure as the Minister of Finance and Planning, in Kuwait, during the period 1981 – 1983 and his role as the Director General/Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Fund during the period 1985 – 2020.
The development projects that Mr. Al-Hamad oversaw, both at the Kuwait Fund and the Arab Fund, significantly contributed to raising the standard of living for millions of individuals in the Arab World, as they included large scale projects in the infrastructure, water and electricity networks, energy, land ports, communications, agriculture, irrigation, rural development, industry and mining sectors, as well as other sectors.
Mr. Al-Hamad is considered to have his own school of thought, which is not limiting financing to projects and building structures, but extending it to include human development through policies and programs to support and encourage Arab pioneers and entrepreneurs in various fields, including research, cultural and technical fields, given that they represent the ultimate goal and the main means for development.
Several Kings, Heads of States, and heads of institutions, in the Arab World, have bestowed upon Mr. Al-Hamad their highest awards and medals of distinction. He has also been awarded honorary Ph.D. degrees from regional and international educational organizations, and several regional development organizations have been named in his honor.
Amongst Mr. Al-Hamad’s long list of achievements, is his supervision of the construction of the Arab Organizations’ HQ building. He collected several paintings and objects from Arab artists and artisans, along with rare and ancient artifacts which hold significant historic value, and displayed them throughout the building creating an important cultural and artistic landmark.
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