HE the Vice-Chairperson of the Permanent Population Committee (PPC), Sultan al-Kuwari, said Tuesday that a comprehensive and in-depth evaluation showed progress in achieving the objectives of Qatar's second population policy cycle (2017-2022).
At the PPC's celebration of Qatar Population Day 2022, he said that the second population policy cycle achieved about 67% of its objectives to a high degree, and 22% of them to an acceptable degree.
As for the goals that were not achieved for one reason or another, they did not exceed 11%, he added.
In his opening speech on behalf of HE the President of the Planning and Statistics Authority and PPC Chairperson Dr Saleh bin Mohamed al-Nabit, HE al-Kuwari said that this celebration coincides with the remarkable success achieved by Qatar in preparing for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
He lauded the positive interaction and co-operation of all ministries, national authorities, and institutions in implementing the second population policy cycle, which contributed to an objective assessment based on the data obtained from the population reality, and stressed on the need to continue the co-operative approach among all to implement the third population policy cycle (2023-2027), which the PPC is currently designing.
The PPC's celebration of Qatar Population Day comes under the slogan *Five years of implementing the second population policy (2017-2022) for Qatar, what has been achieved, as part of its celebrations of the World Population Day, which was established by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 1989, and based on the Council of Ministers' resolution in its regular meeting (27) on October 6, 2010 approving the organisation of the Qatar Population Day in October of each year.
Representative of the UN Population Fund (the Sub-Regional Office for the Gulf Co-operation Council) Karl Kulessa stressed the importance of Qatar's population policy and its role in ensuring a better quality of life for all, and noted that his agency’s agenda for the GCC region focuses more than ever on providing the youth of the region with the skills needed to realise their potential, and empowering women to further participate in all aspects of life.
A session was held on *Rresults of Qatar's second population policy assessment (2017-2022), presented by HE al-Kuwari.
During the session, Dr Yousef Al Brik, an expert in the committee's technical office, presented its most important results, and elaborated on the methodology that was used in the evaluation process. – QNA
At the PPC's celebration of Qatar Population Day 2022, he said that the second population policy cycle achieved about 67% of its objectives to a high degree, and 22% of them to an acceptable degree.
As for the goals that were not achieved for one reason or another, they did not exceed 11%, he added.
In his opening speech on behalf of HE the President of the Planning and Statistics Authority and PPC Chairperson Dr Saleh bin Mohamed al-Nabit, HE al-Kuwari said that this celebration coincides with the remarkable success achieved by Qatar in preparing for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
He lauded the positive interaction and co-operation of all ministries, national authorities, and institutions in implementing the second population policy cycle, which contributed to an objective assessment based on the data obtained from the population reality, and stressed on the need to continue the co-operative approach among all to implement the third population policy cycle (2023-2027), which the PPC is currently designing.
The PPC's celebration of Qatar Population Day comes under the slogan *Five years of implementing the second population policy (2017-2022) for Qatar, what has been achieved, as part of its celebrations of the World Population Day, which was established by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 1989, and based on the Council of Ministers' resolution in its regular meeting (27) on October 6, 2010 approving the organisation of the Qatar Population Day in October of each year.
Representative of the UN Population Fund (the Sub-Regional Office for the Gulf Co-operation Council) Karl Kulessa stressed the importance of Qatar's population policy and its role in ensuring a better quality of life for all, and noted that his agency’s agenda for the GCC region focuses more than ever on providing the youth of the region with the skills needed to realise their potential, and empowering women to further participate in all aspects of life.
A session was held on *Rresults of Qatar's second population policy assessment (2017-2022), presented by HE al-Kuwari.
During the session, Dr Yousef Al Brik, an expert in the committee's technical office, presented its most important results, and elaborated on the methodology that was used in the evaluation process. – QNA
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