for Government Excellence and Announces the Categories of Awards andt he Percentage of Participation in the Third Session

The percentage of government colleges’ participation in theDistinguished College Award increased by 35%

520 nomination requests for the Distinguished Government Leaders Awardwith an increase of 38%

1203 applications for candidacy for the Distinguished Unit Award inGovernment Service Delivery

The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development reviewed the journey

of the Egypt Award for Government Excellence, and announced the

different categories of the awards and the percentage of

participation.

Furthermore, the ministry stated that, in implementation of the

directives of President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi, the Egypt Award for

Government Excellence was launched in 2018 with aiming of stimulating

the spirit of competition and excellence, whether at the level of

employees or government institutions, by honoring those who are

distinguished in the performance of public services, which contributes

to raising performance levels and adherence to standards of quality

and excellence and strengthening leadership. Additionally, the

competitiveness of the Egyptian state, and the criteria of the award

in its various categories have become, today, a vital reference for

many government development efforts, such as improving the quality of

services provided to citizens and building the skills of employees in

the administrative apparatus, and supporting Egypt’s vision 2030 by

setting a standard for achieving the vision in the regions In

accordance with the state's activation of several mechanisms,

including plans and budgets for programs and performance.

The ministry added that the award works to provide a framework based

on international best practices, to create an ecosystem that includes

a network of partnerships with all stakeholders along with building

the capabilities of workers within an integrated medium and a

long-term plan. The work of the award is also governed by basic values

like transparency, cooperation, add value, and workmanship.

The Ministry reviewed the award’s journey, as it went through many

stages. During 2018, an agreement was signed between the Egyptian

government and the UAE government, which included several axes,

including the axis of government excellence. In 2019, the first round

of the Egypt Award for Government Excellence was launched with a total

of 15 categories, and the year 2020 witnessed the launch of the second

round with a total of 19 categories, and the transfer of candidacy

applications from government agencies electronically by 100%, and in

2022 the third cycle was launched, where the launch of the first

version of the internal excellence awards system was announced and

implemented in 5 universities, some government service units to be the

way to qualify for competition at the level,  and the launch of the

"Equal Opportunities and Empowerment of Women" award on Egyptian

Women's Day, in the presence of His Excellency President Abdel Fattah

El-Sissi, to be the 20th category of the award categories. The first

session of the award included three models of excellence, an

institutional model for government excellence, the service excellence

model, and the government leadership excellence model. During the

second session, two new models were added: one for government

institutional innovation, and the other for excellence in government

work teams. The mystery shopper mechanism was also activated to

evaluate government services for the first time.

In the third cycle, an institutional model for equal opportunities and

women's empowerment in government institutions was added, bringing the

number of award categories to 20, in addition to the issuance of an

integrated guide for managing internal awards and others for the

merits of ambassadors of excellence and residents.

The categories of the Egypt Award for Government Excellence are

divided into institutional and individual awards; The Distinguished

College Award, which is one of the institutional excellence awards and

targets government colleges with a 35% rate compared to the previous

session, with a total of 442 applications.

There is the Distinguished Local Unit Award, which includes local

units in the governorates; center, city, district, and village. The

evaluation criteria focuses on how to develop institutional work,

develop strategies and implementation plans, design operations and

digital transformation in providing services? The number of

participants in this category has increased for the third session to

353 applications. With an 11% increase over the previous session, the

Egypt Award for Government Excellence also includes the Distinguished

Unit Award in the provision of government services, technology

centers, and social rehabilitation centers. The number of applications

for candidacy in this category reached 1,203 applications. In

addition, the Distinguished Websites Award, a category that supports

the country’s efforts in digital transformation, especially in the

service sector, and targets any website through which a government

service is provided. Websites are evaluated at the technical level.

And the service’s participation rate in this category for the third

session increased by 17% compared to the previous session Also, the

initiative award Innovative government initiative that focuses on

evaluating the best innovative government initiative that has already

been applied within an institution and has led to solving an

administrative problem or increasing the effectiveness and efficiency

of services or operations. The participation rate in this category has

increased by 45% compared to the previous session.

Furthermore, the award categories also include the Distinguished

Government Leaders Award, and the leadership levels include categories

the head of sector, head of central department, general manager, and

director of department. The application for candidacy increased by 38%

compared to the previous session. In addition, there is the award for

the best government employee, which is one of the awards for

individual excellence and targets employees of government agencies in

order to stimulate the spirit of positive competition among them. The

participation rate in this category increased by 74% compared to the

previous session. Additionally, the award for the best team It also

falls within the individual excellence awards and is devoted to

encouraging the achievements of work teams within government agencies

with the aim of enhancing the importance of achievement through the

formation of work teams. The participation rate in this category for

the third session increased to 69% from the previous session.

Moreover, the Equal Opportunities and Women Empowerment Award

category, which is the latest category of the Egypt Award for

Government Excellence and reflects the interest of the political

leadership in the importance of empowering women and people of

determination and achieving sustainable development goals with regard

to equality and social justice. The number of participants in this

category for its first session reached 71 applications representing

various ministries, universities and governorates.

During three sessions and four years, the Egypt Award for Government

Excellence became more than just an award that encourages the spirit

of competition, as it launched and supervised internal awards in many

government agencies, including 60% of Egyptian universities, and

focused on the qualification and accreditation process for technical

cadres of residents and chairmen of evaluation committees to be the

number of residents Its accredited 320 residents can benefit from

their expertise in various fields. It also provides an e-learning

platform and qualifying programs for ambassadors of excellence given

that the award possesses these accumulated experiences, it is able to

support various national initiatives such as The National Initiative

for Smart Green Projects, and the launch of integrated service centers

like Egypt Service Center.

In the end, in order to achieve more achievements, work will expand

the scope of the award, in addition to generalizing the application of

the internal awards system in the state’s administrative apparatus,

involving citizens in the evaluation processes for the authorities, as

well as increasing awareness of the concepts of the award, in order to

deepen the culture of excellence, ignite the competitive spirit, and

develop human capital to achieve a quantum leap in institutional

performance.