The Minister of Administrative Development Chairs the Meeting of the Service Extension Committee to Study Extension Requests According to Professional Standards

The Minister of Administrative Development, Mohammad Hassan Al-Skaf, chaired on Monday the meeting of the committee formed under Legislative Decree No. 42 of 2025, during its second meeting to discuss extension requests for public sector employees who have reached the legal age.

During the meeting, the committee reviewed a number of extension requests referred to it, where they were evaluated "according to the approved controls, and in line with the functions and qualitative specialties." This evaluation resulted in decisions regarding several cases, with the understanding that "coordination with the relevant authorities will continue to decide on the remaining requests."

The committee affirmed its commitment to continue processing these requests "according to a clear and transparent mechanism," focusing on "government trends aimed at extending rare specialties and qualitative functions that add value to public entities, thereby enhancing efficiency and ensuring the sustainability of institutional performance."

This meeting comes after the committee adopted during its first session a set of professional and objective criteria, aiming to achieve a balance between two main objectives: "supplying the public sector with young competencies and preserving specialized expertise that represents an important knowledge asset in public entities."

The Service Extension Committee, according to the decree under which it was formed, is responsible for "establishing the necessary controls and foundations to decide on the service requests of state employees after they reach the age of sixty, and it determines the controls, functions, and specialties for which holders are entitled to apply for extension."