Closing the Registration for the award of Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa to encourage productive families

16-02-2023

The Ministry of Social Development announced the end of the nomination stage for the award of Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa to encourage productive families for the current year in its 16th edition at the local level, which lasted for nearly six weeks, after receiving many participants wishing to compete for the honor of the three categories of the award as the best productive family, the best producer, and the best sponsor and supporter of productive families. In this regard, the Assistant Undersecretary for Community Development at the Ministry of Social Development, Ms. Enas Mohammed Al-Majed, said that the progression stage for the competition for the award of Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa to encourage productive families witnessed a great turnout from various individuals and productive families registered in the Step Project for Home Projects, noting that the increase in participation in the award this year confirms its importance in highlighting and supporting Bahraini productive families, as well as the desire of the participants to showcase their qualitative and pioneering products that characterize these families, and the extent of development This happened to its products, through its keenness to join the centers of excellence and innovation in the Capital Complex for Bahraini Hand Products affiliated to the Ministry. She explained that the Capital Complex for Bahraini Hand Products received large numbers of participants in the award by individuals and productive families, which included various hand products, in addition to food products, where a small committee was allocated to receive, sort and classify the participation forms according to the three categories of the award, which fall under the category of the best productive family, the best product and the best supporter. Al-Majed indicated that the majority of applications were accepted, while a limited number of applications were excluded for technical reasons or that did not comply with the previously announced award criteria, which guarantees strong competition among Bahraini productive families, stressing the keenness of the Ministry of Social Development to continue the award, which contributes to the refinement and brilliance of the Bahraini product in a remarkable way, noting that all Bahraini productive families are considered winners even before announcing the results, given that they will go through the experience of candidacy with professionally manufactured products to keep pace with the level of the award in its moral and material content. And she indicated that the arbitration committee has started its meetings to evaluate the entries, and choose the best according to accurate technical and monetary criteria, in preparation for the stage of announcing the winners during the award ceremony that is expected to be held under the auspices of Her Royal Highness, the wife of His Majesty the King, President of the Supreme Council for Women, may God protect her, on the first of next March, noting that the arbitration committee includes experts from the Ministry and outside it, including technicians, academics and social workers, so that it takes into account that the product is designed and produced by the productive family, and that it is characterized by creativity, development and quality, and with regard to better selection criteria. Supportive of productive families, as it is determined by the type of support and care provided to families, the duration of this care, the extent of its continuity, and the methods used to improve the productive families project, which results in achieving the goals of comprehensive development.