Minister of Social Affairs: Mandating Directors and Temporary Councils in Cooperatives to Adopt Quarterly Development Plans
Kuwait’s Minister of Social Affairs, Family, and Childhood, Dr. Amthal Al-Huwail, issued a directive on Monday requiring appointed managers and interim boards of directors in cooperative societies to submit quarterly development plans that include clear, measurable targets.
In a statement to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), Al-Huwail said this step is part of a comprehensive reassessment of managers and interim boards aimed at enhancing administrative and professional performance, strengthening governance, and tightening oversight in the cooperative sector.
She added that the quarterly development plans aim to address deficiencies, improve services, and enhance the financial and operational performance of the societies, subject to periodic monitoring and evaluation by the relevant sector.
She clarified that the evaluation will include reviewing performance levels, adherence to assigned duties and responsibilities, efficiency in managing the society’s affairs, and safeguarding its funds, assets, shareholders’ rights, and state funds.
The evaluation also involves monitoring the extent to which observations and reasons for appointment have been addressed, and verifying the absence of conflicts of interest or practices that could affect the integrity and independence of administrative and financial decisions.
Al-Huwail noted that she also directed periodic security inquiries regarding those appointed, as well as the review of financial disclosure declarations, ensuring their submission and updating in accordance with prescribed legal provisions and procedures.
She emphasized that continued appointment would be linked to performance levels, compliance, evaluation results, implementation of development plans, and adherence to integrity and governance requirements, stressing that appropriate measures would be taken against any shortcomings or violations of appointment conditions.
Al-Huwail stated that temporary appointment is a responsibility that requires tangible results during the appointment period, ensuring the protection of societies’ funds and shareholders’ interests, and reinforcing principles of transparency, integrity, and oversight in cooperative work.
She stressed that no appointment is immune from evaluation and accountability, affirming that those who achieve results and uphold trust will continue, while those proven deficient or involved in conflicts of interest will have no place in managing the funds of shareholders and the state.
