Kuwait- Winners of GCC excellence awards to be announced in Qatar
Date
12/7/2015 3:48:29 AM
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT Dec 7 (KUNA) -- An award giving ceremony will be held in Doha capital city of Qatar on Monday to honor the winners of the GCC awards of excellence in various fields.The awards offered by the Qatari Amiri Diwan are meant to encourage researchers and scholars from the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council to add more outstanding achievements.The awards cover such areas as science medicine industry literature politics and diplomacy economics youth and sports security and philanthropy which are of crucial importance to the progress and welfare of the GCC states the Arab world and humanity at large.The potential GCC award laureates include winners of international prizes in these specialties. A candidate is eligible to vie only once for these awards.The awards are given once every five years at a ceremony held under auspices of the leader of the host country of the GCC Supreme Council session.A GCC states can nominate seven scholars for a prize through a formal letter to the GCC Secretariat including the credential of the nominees at least one month ahead of the preparatory ministerial meeting for the GCC Supreme Council session.The GCC Secretariat and the secretariat of each competition assess the achievements of the nominees before selecting the winners and then table a name list of the winners to the GCC ministerial and the GCC Supreme Council for final endorsement.An award includes a cash prize amounting to 500000 Saudi riyals (USD 133156 or KD 40374) a shield and a certificate of excellence.The award-giving ceremony takes place three days ahead of the GCC Summit to be held in Riyadh on December 10. (end) aas.amh.gb
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