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Qatar Hosts 7th Meeting of GCC Benchmarking Committee
Doha, September 10 (QNA) - Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) is to host the 7th meeting of the GCC electricity and water Benchmarking Committee from tomorrow, Sunday, in Doha.
The two-day event aims to document and set comparison standard for the GCC countries as a means of modern management used in the major institutions to measure the level of performance and in line with the strategic direction of many institutions working in the sectors of electricity and water on the foundations of planning and the formulation of plans and strategic management.
It will discuss a number of important points regarding benchmarking the technical and economic developments in the field of electricity and water as well as discussion of reference points and materials relevant to the work of the Committee, and the mechanism of action plans and work of the Committee and subcommittees, in addition to consideration of the report updating the Committee on the GCC performance indicators for 2011 and make recommendations about the appropriate next steps for the work of the Committee and its affiliated teams to their Excellencies the members of the Electricity and Water Cooperation Committee for approval at their 24th Meeting.
Engineer Abdullah Ali Al-Diab, Vice Chairman of the electricity team and electrical distribution department manager, said that the Committee and through its meetings aimed to develop comparisons of standard technical and economic in the field of electricity and water so that they are accurate and uniform for each part of the of electrical & water systems from the stations of electricity generation and water desalination, through networks of transportation, and distribution of electricity and water, through the comprehensive indicators for the various planning activities, operational, administrative, and cost of providing services, and implementation of decisions and recommendations taken by the Committee for Cooperation on electricity and water.
Al-Diab said the Committee is preparing technical reports and economic benefits of benchmarking, with the definition of performance indicators and target values for each of them, and calibration of these values, values comparable to similar institutions internationally, regionally, and in this way is to identify opportunities for improving the performance of the sectors of electricity and water to (GCC) to reach a balanced performance, good management of joint projects and to ensure its success, the committee also aims to advance the performance of government agencies, and private and civil sector, specialized in electricity and water for the participating countries to the level of their international counterparts.
The Committee succeeded in creating performance indicators relating to the activities of planning, operation, management, and the cost of providing the service, as well as develop performance indicators for the electricity sector divided into two parts: "the perspective of owners," including strategic reserve, and the accuracy of demand forecasts, and per capita consumption, etc. .. And "the perspective of end users" including minutes the system is lost, the rate and frequency of network outages, etc...
Also, it developed indicators for the water sector, which is divided into two parts as well: "the perspective of owners" including strategic reserve of water, and the accuracy of demand forecasts, and the adequacy of storage capacity, and per capita public consumption.. etc. and "the perspective of end users" including the continuity of water supply, the total loss of potable water, the average price of units sold, and the level of coverage. Last but not least, the Committee has succeeded in compiling data for all countries in the Council and displayed in a report to highlight the difference in performance indicators for planning activities, operational, administrative, and cost of providing services between the member states.
It is worth mentioning that Qatar has proposed the establishment of the committee on 7/11/2007. The GCC Electricity and water cooperation approved it on November 5, 2008 in Doha and to be headed by the State of Qatar. The Committee formed two working groups of the electricity and water and is made up of representatives of all Member States. It is currently headed by Engineer Yousef Ahmed Janahi, Corporate Planning Manager in KAHRAMAA. Its first meeting was held in March 2009, which set targets and mechanism of action of the Committee and its terms of reference and identify the most important actions to be made.
The two-day event aims to document and set comparison standard for the GCC countries as a means of modern management used in the major institutions to measure the level of performance and in line with the strategic direction of many institutions working in the sectors of electricity and water on the foundations of planning and the formulation of plans and strategic management.
It will discuss a number of important points regarding benchmarking the technical and economic developments in the field of electricity and water as well as discussion of reference points and materials relevant to the work of the Committee, and the mechanism of action plans and work of the Committee and subcommittees, in addition to consideration of the report updating the Committee on the GCC performance indicators for 2011 and make recommendations about the appropriate next steps for the work of the Committee and its affiliated teams to their Excellencies the members of the Electricity and Water Cooperation Committee for approval at their 24th Meeting.
Engineer Abdullah Ali Al-Diab, Vice Chairman of the electricity team and electrical distribution department manager, said that the Committee and through its meetings aimed to develop comparisons of standard technical and economic in the field of electricity and water so that they are accurate and uniform for each part of the of electrical & water systems from the stations of electricity generation and water desalination, through networks of transportation, and distribution of electricity and water, through the comprehensive indicators for the various planning activities, operational, administrative, and cost of providing services, and implementation of decisions and recommendations taken by the Committee for Cooperation on electricity and water.
Al-Diab said the Committee is preparing technical reports and economic benefits of benchmarking, with the definition of performance indicators and target values for each of them, and calibration of these values, values comparable to similar institutions internationally, regionally, and in this way is to identify opportunities for improving the performance of the sectors of electricity and water to (GCC) to reach a balanced performance, good management of joint projects and to ensure its success, the committee also aims to advance the performance of government agencies, and private and civil sector, specialized in electricity and water for the participating countries to the level of their international counterparts.
The Committee succeeded in creating performance indicators relating to the activities of planning, operation, management, and the cost of providing the service, as well as develop performance indicators for the electricity sector divided into two parts: "the perspective of owners," including strategic reserve, and the accuracy of demand forecasts, and per capita consumption, etc. .. And "the perspective of end users" including minutes the system is lost, the rate and frequency of network outages, etc...
Also, it developed indicators for the water sector, which is divided into two parts as well: "the perspective of owners" including strategic reserve of water, and the accuracy of demand forecasts, and the adequacy of storage capacity, and per capita public consumption.. etc. and "the perspective of end users" including the continuity of water supply, the total loss of potable water, the average price of units sold, and the level of coverage. Last but not least, the Committee has succeeded in compiling data for all countries in the Council and displayed in a report to highlight the difference in performance indicators for planning activities, operational, administrative, and cost of providing services between the member states.
It is worth mentioning that Qatar has proposed the establishment of the committee on 7/11/2007. The GCC Electricity and water cooperation approved it on November 5, 2008 in Doha and to be headed by the State of Qatar. The Committee formed two working groups of the electricity and water and is made up of representatives of all Member States. It is currently headed by Engineer Yousef Ahmed Janahi, Corporate Planning Manager in KAHRAMAA. Its first meeting was held in March 2009, which set targets and mechanism of action of the Committee and its terms of reference and identify the most important actions to be made.
