Ministry of Social Development and Family opens exhibition of private associations, institutions

Doha: The Ministry of Social Development and Family inaugurated yesterday the Second Annual Exhibition of Private Associations and Institutions in cooperation with the Cultural Village Foundation, Katara, Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs represented by the General Administration of Endowments and Qatar Charity.

The opening of the exhibition, which was held under the slogan “My Association in Community Service,” was attended by H E Minister of Social Development and Family Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad and several officials of the organising agencies, and representatives of the 20 participating institutions.

Assistant Undersecretary for Social Affairs, Mubarak Ghanem Al Kuwari, said that the Ministry of Social Development and Family, represented by the Department of Private Associations and Institutions, through the second exhibition seeks to organise voluntary social work, activate social participation, raise the level of society’s knowledge of private associations and institutions, advancing their role, and obtaining distinguished outputs from the exhibition that benefit society.

Al Kuwari affirmed that the exhibit reflects the role played by private associations and institutions through social responsibility, whether between the public and private sectors and civil society organisations, pointing out that the success of the first edition of the event in 2019, reinforced the continuity of such exhibitions that organise voluntary social work and activate social participation.

For his part, the Director of the Private Associations and Institutions Department at the Ministry Naji Abd Rabbo Al Aji stated that the exhibit aims to inform the community about the services provided by associations and their goals and activities. It is also considered an arena for dialogue between civil society organisations and members of society, noting that it aims to encourage and motivate civil society organisations to make outstanding efforts and achieve distinguished achievements in sustainable development, supporting and encouraging social and voluntary work in all social fields, activating community participation, and strengthening and expanding the responsibilities of the roles of effective social partnership between state institutions and civil society institutions, leading to the advancement of social responsibility towards society.

Al Ajmi also pointed out that the exhibition seeks to encourage innovation and creativity in the programmes and services provided by private associations and institutions to reach pioneering projects that qualify them to compete at the external level.