Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH — Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs Abdullatif Al-Asheikh has appointed two Saudi women to monitor municipal performance and develop urban planning.

Noura Bint Najr Al-Otaibi was appointed director of the ministry’s center to monitor municipal performance within efforts aimed at enhancing capacity building in the field of performance management in the municipal sector.

She will be reporting directly to the minister.

The center is in charge of assessing risks of the municipal sector in all regions according to approved performance management indicators.

Otaibi will evaluate all the municipal risks and challenges and suggest remedies for them. She will also assess the municipal services being provided to the beneficiaries and ways and means of further improving them.

The minister also appointed Dai Bint Ibrahim Al-Duwaiyan as chairperson of the center for developing urban designs and planning.

She will also report directly to the minister.

The center is aimed at promoting the urban designs of cities, improving capacity building, encouraging afforestation and creating architectural identities for Saudi cities.