Declaration of 1st International Steering and Experts Committee Meeting
As Muslim Excellence and Competitiveness Corporations’ Award (MECCAward) was inaugurated in 2007 in Tehran and at the beginning of the second year of MECCAward the Steering Committee and Experts Committee members came together to meet in the picturesque island of Kish in May 20th, 2008.
With the presence of representatives from national quality/excellence awards and from national chambers of commerce of Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, and UAE and the secretary deputy of D8 Group this meeting officially convened. Also, in the meeting representatives from companies which are members of MECCAward Founders League participated actively while four companies looking forward to becoming founders took part as observers.
In this meeting the actions and results of MECCAward 2007 were reported by the representatives of the Executive and Experts committees. The members of the Steering and Experts Committees of MECCAward discussed and agreed to the following:
1. To support MECCAward personally by introducing it to all the stakeholders within their country through personal discussions, placing MECCAward banners on informative websites, organizing presentation seminars, and publishing bulletins. MECCAward secretariat shall fully support such activities by providing technical information and experts to assist.
2. To select and introduce three to five companies as nominees to enter MECCAward 2008 which two shall be selected to enter the award.
3. To increase their countries participation in MECCAward 2008 by introducing at least five expert as assessor candidates to participate in the assessment process. This will contribute to the knowledge sharing goal of MECCAward.
4. Considering the conditions required for hosting, the Steering Committee members shall examine their country’s capability and interest to host the award ceremony and Business Excellence Forum in 2009 and 2010 and submit their official proposal to the Secretariat by July 20th, 2008. The proposals shall be evaluated and final decision will be made in the next Governance Board meeting. The meeting recognizes INQA and MUSIAD’s statement in their preparation to host the meetings.
5. Based on the MECCAward Manual the Steering Committee and Expert Committee shall meet every six months therefore the next meeting will be held on October 20th, 2008 and the third meeting will be held on April 20th, 2009 with reference to item number four.
6. It was agreed that Memorandums of Understanding shall be drafted and signed between MECCAward and national awards of OIC member states.
7. A banner of MECCAward shall be suggested and followed up to be placed on IDB and OIC’s website.
8. Forming an international promotion team to present MECCAward in OIC member states.
9. The meeting asked the governance board to propose to IDB that it lists winners of MECCAward and a credit score for them in its annual yearbook and website.
10. It was agreed that Memorandums of Understanding shall be drafted and signed between MECCAward and international bodies which are members of OIC such as ECO, D8, ASEAN, and GCC.
The honorable members of this meeting praised Allah for his blessings and prayed for the success of MECCAward and the Muslim Ummah.
By signing this declaration this document becomes the official resolution of the First Steering and Experts Committees Meeting.
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