Nominations for the Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad Development Award in the Arab world
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07-February-2023The Arab Fund received 12 nominations, from 6 institutional members of the Arab Coordination Group (ACG) for the Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad Development Award in the Arab world. The table below shows the nominated projects, the ACG institutions that nominated them, and the Arab countries that benefited from them.
| Nominating Institution | Project Name | Country (Countries) benefitting from the Award |
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| 1- | Arab Monetary Fund | “Bena” Arab Payment Platform | All Arab countries |
| 2- | Kuwait Fund | Establishment of a Water System for Bahr El Bakar Drain | Egypt |
| 3- | The OPEC Fund | South Helwan Power Plant | Egypt |
| 4- | Saudi Fund | King Salman International University | Egypt |
| 5- | Abu Dhabi Fund | Sheikh Zayed Solar Compound | Jordan |
| 6- | Islamic Development Bank | Project to Exchange Knowledge and Experience between Palestine and Sudan with respect to Capacity Building and Institutional Development | Sudan |
| 7- | Islamic Development Bank | Project to Combat Blindness in Djibouti and Somalia through Cataract Surgery Convoys, and the Development of the Capabilities of the Local Teams | Djibouti and Somalia |
| 8- | Islamic Development Bank | Project to Exchange Knowledge and Experience between Mauritania and Tunisia related to the Construction of a Financial Services Platform using Mobile Devices | Mauritania |
| 9- | Islamic Development Bank | Obour Wind Farm (PPP Project) | Jordan |
| 10- | Islamic Development Bank | Urgent Support from the Islamic Development Bank Group for the COVID-19 Response Plan | Yemen |
| 11- | Islamic Development Bank | Business Resilience Assistance for Value-added Enterprises (BRAVE) | Yemen |
| 12- | Islamic Development Bank | Project to construct and equip the National Center for Heart Diseases in Nouakchott | Mauritania |
In order to ensure proper governance of the selection process, the Arab Fund decided not to nominate any projects for the first and second editions of the award (Years 2022 and 2023, respectively).
The Award Judging Committee, an independent and highly respected three-member panel, is currently reviewing the nominated projects in order to select the winning one. The announcement of the winning project will be made during the Annual Meeting of the Governors of the Arab Fund, scheduled to be held, in the Kingdom of Morocco, at the end of April 2023.