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D-8 Participated in International meeting of MECCAward committee in Kish Island, Iran

Tehran, Iran | May 24, 2008 by D-8 Secretariat

MCWAs Muslim Excellence and Competitiveness Corporations’ Award (MECCAward) was inaugurated in 2007 in Tehran and at the beginning of the second year of MECCAward the Steering Committee and Experts Committee members came together to meet in the picturesque island of Kish in May 20th, 2008.

The meeting was held in presence of Islamic countries’ delegates of chambers of commerce, including D-8 organization which was represented by its Director, Amb. Kia Tabatabaee, and heads of national excellence /quality award. This meeting centers around appointing new members of expert, steering and executive committees and also assigning next MECCAward executor in 2009. The delegates will also determine MECCAward national/international promoters and national representative office in member state of Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).

During the meeting, the presidents and representatives of national awards of mentioned countries give brief explanation on their activities and exchange different ideas with members of MECCAward steering and expert committee. At the end of the meeting, participants issued a declaration on the the discussed materials.

In this meeting the actions and results of MECCAward 2007 were reported by the representatives of the Executive and Experts committees. The members of the Steering and Experts Committees of MECCAward discussed and agreed to the following:

1.      To support MECCAward personally by introducing it to all the stakeholders within their country through personal discussions, placing MECCAward banners on informative websites, organizing presentation seminars, and publishing bulletins. MECCAward secretariat shall fully support such activities by providing technical information and experts to assist.

2.      To select and introduce three to five companies as nominees to enter MECCAward 2008 which two shall be selected to enter the award.

3.      To increase their countries participation in MECCAward 2008 by introducing at least five expert as assessor candidates to participate in the assessment process. This will contribute to the knowledge sharing goal of MECCAward.

4.      Considering the conditions required for hosting, the Steering Committee members shall examine their country’s capability and interest to host the award ceremony and Business Excellence Forum in 2009 and 2010 and submit their official proposal to the Secretariat by July 20th, 2008. The proposals shall be evaluated and final decision will be made in the next Governance Board meeting. The meeting recognizes INQA and MUSIAD’s statement in their preparation to host the meetings.

5.      Based on the MECCAward Manual the Steering Committee and Expert Committee shall meet every six months therefore the next meeting will be held on October 20th, 2008 and the third meeting will be held on April 20th, 2009 with reference to item number four.

6.      It was agreed that Memorandums of Understanding shall be drafted and signed between MECCAward and national awards of OIC member states.

7.      A banner of MECCAward shall be suggested and followed up to be placed on IDB and OIC’s website.

8.      Forming an international promotion team to present MECCAward in OIC member states.

9.      The meeting asked the governance board to propose to IDB that it lists winners of MECCAward and a credit score for them in its annual yearbook and website.

10.  It was agreed that Memorandums of Understanding shall be drafted and signed between MECCAward and international bodies which are members of OIC such as ECO, D-8, ASEAN, and GCC.

D-8 Organisation has pledged that it will introduce Meccaward to prestigious companies in the D-8 countries, to support the success of the award in the following years.

The honorable members of this meeting praised Allah for his blessings and prayed for the success of MECCAward and the Muslim Ummah.

*(Photosource: MECCAward)

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