Minister of Social Affairs: Mandating quarterly development plans for managers and temporary boards in cooperatives
Minister of Social Affairs, Family, and Childhood, Dr. Amthal Al-Huwail, directed on Monday that appointed managers and temporary boards of directors in cooperative societies submit quarterly development plans containing clear and 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 temporary boards, aimed at enhancing administrative and professional performance efficiency, strengthening governance, and tightening oversight in the cooperative sector.
She added that the quarterly development plans aim to address shortcomings, 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, the efficiency of society management, and the safeguarding of the societies’ funds, assets, shareholders’ rights, and state funds.
The evaluation also includes monitoring the extent to which observations are addressed, the reasons necessitating appointments, and verifying the absence of conflicts of interest or practices that could affect the integrity and independence of administrative and financial decisions.
Al-Huwail further stated that she has directed conducting periodic security inquiries regarding those appointed, reviewing financial responsibility declarations, verifying compliance with their submission and updating them in accordance with prescribed legal provisions and procedures. She emphasized that continued appointment would be linked to performance levels, adherence, evaluation results, the extent of implementing development plans, and meeting integrity and governance requirements, stressing that necessary measures would be taken against any shortcomings or violations of appointment requirements.
Al-Huwail noted that temporary appointment is a responsibility that requires achieving 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 to be deficient or having conflicts of interest will have no place in managing the funds of shareholders and the state.
