Business & Money | Thursday 6 February, 2020 3:57 pm |

The National Project Management, Operation, and Maintenance Organization in Public Entities (Mashroat) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Al-Jouf Governorate to apply global standards to its infrastructure projects. 

The MoU was signed by Al-Jouf Governorate’s Undersecretary, Hussain bin Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Sultan, and Director-General of Mashroat, Ahmed bin Mutair Al-Balawi, in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Faisal bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Al-Jouf region.  

According to the MoU, Mashroat will design a new structure for Al-Jouf governorate’s program to track its projects in the region. The new structure will improve the technical skills and standards to follow up on the governorate’s construction projects, which reached 242 projects across several sectors.   

This step has been considered as the first made by Mashroat in line with its strategy to build new partnerships with several governorates in the project and facilities management space in the Kingdom. Based on this strategy, Mashroat will establish training programs for Al-Jouf Governorate’s employees in the construction project management field. It will also connect the governorate’s project tracking system unit in the National Platform for Construction Projects, raise national capabilities (of employees and improve the knowledge transfer policy. 

On this occasion, Director-General of Mashroat Ahmed bin Mutair Al-Balawi said, “We are delighted to sign this MoU, which is the first agreement with the Kingdom’s governorates. We appreciate this step made by Al-Jouf Governorate, which became the first governorate to sign an MoU with Mashroat. This step demonstrates Al-Jouf Governorate’s interest in ensuring effective infrastructure project implementation. Al-Jouf region has natural, human, and tourism-related resources, which are important to enrich the national economy. Al-Jouf Governorate has a large project portfolio in the health, industrial, agricultural, residential, educational, energy, and transportation sectors. All these projects will pave the way for comprehensive development in the governorate. As a result, we seek to support Al-Jouf Governorate by enabling it to manage its projects with the highest efficiency and effectiveness to serve the people of the region and fulfill the Kingdom’s aspirations and future vision.” 

In addition, Al-Jouf Governorate’s Undersecretary Hussain bin Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Sultan said, “Based on this MoU, we seek to benefit from Mashroat’s experience and advanced project management techniques. We are interested in applying Mashroat’s standards in our project portfolio, which was inaugurated by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul Aziz. We are also responsible for leveraging this opportunity to serve Al-Jouf’s citizens and achieve our leaders’ aspirations.” 

The National Project Management, Operation, and Maintenance Organization in Public Entities (Mashroat) is the state's enabling arm for infrastructure projects. Mashroat provides consultancy and technical support to government agencies in project management, operations, and maintenance. Mashroat helps to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of national infrastructure projects and ensure they are in line with global best practices to meet the ambitious aspirations of Vision 2030.