Governance conf. kicks off with local, international participation

KUWAIT, Oct 10 (KUNA) -- National Assembly kicked off on Tuesday a conference on governance and its role in improving performance within state institutions under the patronage of Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanim.
The two-day conference is organized by the legislative and legal affairs committee of the National Assembly, in cooperation with Kuwait's State Audit Bureau, under the title "governance in in the State of Kuwait in the realms of legislation, finance and administration ".
The conference involves five themes including the governance of development planning, the rules and principles of the governance implementation within the framework of the state's development plan, and governance in the roles of the legislative and judicial authorities.
The event will bring together senior officials and parliamentarians, all of whom will delve into the correlation between solid governance and rapid development In this regard, MP Mohammad Al-Dalal, who heads an ad hoc committee dealing with legislative legal affairs, said the conference would help prop up inspection bodies in the country.
He added that the conference will examine the government's contributions to anti-corruption efforts and measures to ensure transparency and integrity in the government sector.
Al-Dalal said that the conference will bring together officials from UAE and Singapore to benefit from the experiences of the two advanced countries, pointing out to the experience of the UAE, which considered the most pioneering in the Gulf region.
He noted that the governance will prove instrumental in improving performance within state institutions, particularly, in the fields of finance, legislation and administration.
The governance contributes to improving performance of foundations including the private sector and civil society organizations. (end) nsh.haq