SHARJAH, twenty fifth December, 2025 (WAM) — The Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC) accredited the 2026 draft price range for presidency departments and entities, chaired by Dr Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi and attended by senior Finance Division officers.
The price range emphasises cooperation between the manager and legislative authorities and aligns with the consultative method of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah.
It focuses on sustaining financial development, bettering public providers, investing in infrastructure, supporting key sectors like well being and schooling, and selling digital transformation. The Council’s Monetary, Financial, and Industrial Affairs Committee carried out a radical evaluate, guaranteeing alignment with strategic targets, job creation, and sustainable monetary administration.
The Sharjah Consultative Council, throughout its sixth session, accredited the draft regulation for the price range of Sharjah authorities departments and entities for the 2026 fiscal 12 months. The session was held on Thursday morning on the Council’s headquarters in Sharjah, as a part of the third common session of the eleventh legislative time period.
The session was chaired by Dr Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Sharjah Consultative Council, and attended by Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud Al Qasimi, Member of the Govt Council of the Emirate of Sharjah and Chairman of the Finance Division, together with Walid Ibrahim Al Sayegh, Director Common of the Division, and Sheikh Rashid bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Director of the Division.
The council opened its session by approving the minutes of the fifth assembly, after which it moved right into a closed session to debate the report ready by the Council’s Committee on Monetary, Financial and Industrial Affairs.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud Al Qasimi, Member of the Govt Council of the Emirate of Sharjah and Chairman of the Finance Division, acknowledged that presenting the draft common price range of the Authorities of Sharjah for 2026 to the Sharjah Consultative Council marks a big institutional milestone.
He famous that this step displays the robust partnership and integration between the manager and legislative authorities within the emirate, and embodies the consultative method established by His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, as a core basis for decision-making and for enhancing the standard of public insurance policies.
In his speech, he conveyed his honest gratitude and appreciation to His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, for his smart imaginative and prescient and ongoing assist of the excellent improvement course of. He emphasised that His Highness’s directives represent the robust basis underpinning the emirate’s monetary stability and sustainable development.
He additionally prolonged his thanks and appreciation to H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince, Deputy Ruler and Chairman of the Govt Council of the Emirate of Sharjah, for his shut follow-up and continued assist of presidency efforts. As well as, he counseled the management and members of the Sharjah Consultative Council for his or her accountable nationwide function in serving the emirate and its neighborhood.
He mentioned, “Initially of his speech below the parliamentary dome, I prolong to Your Excellencies my honest thanks and nice appreciation for the sort invitation prolonged to the Finance Division to debate the draft common price range for the Emirate of Sharjah for the 12 months 2026. It’s a supply of satisfaction for us to current this draft to your esteemed council, as this dialogue represents a real translation of the combination and constructive cooperation between the manager and legislative authorities within the emirate.”
He added, “We seize this chance to commend the pioneering function of the Consultative Council and its specialised committees in supporting the work of the federal government, strengthening the consultative method, and addressing points that immediately have an effect on society. This displays the robust sense of patriotism, integrity, and accountability demonstrated by the Council’s members in serving the Emirate of Sharjah and its folks. I’m additionally happy to increase my honest thanks and appreciation for the target and constructive observations offered by Their Excellencies, members of the Council’s Committee on Monetary, Financial and Industrial Affairs, through the dialogue of the final price range, which we regard as a useful contribution to enhancing and growing authorities monetary efficiency.”
The Chairman of the Finance Division acknowledged that the division continues to hold out its duties in step with the directives of the smart management, which has laid the foundations for a balanced and sustainable monetary method, positioning the Emirate of Sharjah as a mannequin for sound useful resource administration and prudent dealing with of financial and monetary challenges. He affirmed the division’s dedication to implementing the strategic instructions of the Sharjah Authorities and to repeatedly enhancing the effectivity of the monetary system whereas supporting key improvement priorities.
Dr Fatima Khalifa Al Muqarrab, Rapporteur of the Monetary, Financial, and Industrial Affairs Committee of the Consultative Council, offered the committee’s report on the dialogue of the Sharjah Authorities’s draft price range regulation for the fiscal 12 months 2026. In her report, she highlighted that the committee had carried out a radical evaluate of the proposed price range for each central and decentralised authorities departments, rigorously inspecting all elements of the price range and its allocations throughout the emirate’s varied important sectors.
Dr Al Muqarrab emphasised that the committee carried out a complete evaluate of all monetary objects pertaining to authorities departments, overlaying social sectors comparable to schooling and well being, financial sectors together with trade and commerce, in addition to improvement initiatives that bolster the emirate’s infrastructure. The committee additionally examined measures to strengthen authorities assist for decentralised sectors, aiming to make sure sustainable improvement throughout all areas.
She additionally defined that the committee reviewed all observations raised through the price range discussions, together with the prioritisation of presidency expenditures for the fiscal 12 months 2026 and measures to reinforce the effectivity of implementing varied programmes and initiatives.
On this context, she emphasised that the committee was eager to make sure the price range aligned with the strategic targets of the Sharjah Authorities, significantly within the areas of infrastructure funding, leveraging expertise to reinforce authorities providers, and supporting initiatives that enhance the standard of life for residents and residents of the emirate.
Fatima Khalifa Al Muqarrab additionally highlighted the important thing suggestions offered by the committee in its report, which emphasised the necessity to improve allocations to sectors immediately affecting residents’ well-being, comparable to schooling and well being. She confused the significance of directing monetary sources towards improvement initiatives that create new job alternatives and strengthen the personal sector within the emirate. Moreover, the committee advisable prioritising the sustainability of economic sources to make sure Sharjah’s continued achievement of balanced and sustainable financial development.
On the conclusion of her report, Dr Al Muqarrab underscored the significance of enhancing cooperation amongst all stakeholders concerned in price range implementation, emphasising the necessity for normal monitoring of venture execution to make sure alignment with the monetary plans and programmes set at first of the fiscal 12 months. She additionally famous that the committee’s observations and proposals would contribute to bettering authorities efficiency and advancing the Emirate of Sharjah’s long-term imaginative and prescient throughout all improvement sectors.
The discussions that adopted the presentation of the report have been wealthy with constructive solutions and useful observations from the council members, emphasising the significance of growing efficient mechanisms for venture implementation and establishing spending priorities that align with the neighborhood’s wants and the imaginative and prescient of the smart management of the Emirate of Sharjah.
Through the presentation of the draft price range to the Consultative Council, the Chairman of the Finance Division and his assistants highlighted that it displays the spirit of cooperation between authorities businesses and the manager and legislative authorities within the emirate, whereas demonstrating the federal government’s dedication to implementing finest practices in public monetary administration.
They emphasised that the final price range for 2026 considers prevailing financial adjustments and present monetary challenges, with a selected concentrate on boosting funding in infrastructure, supporting key sectors comparable to well being and schooling, and funding initiatives that improve the standard of life for each residents and residents.
They highlighted that this price range is designed to maintain the emirate’s financial development, whereas enhancing authorities effectivity and advancing public providers in accordance with the imaginative and prescient of the smart management.
They added that via the 2026 price range, the Finance Division goals to strike a stability between societal wants and monetary sustainability, representing a key step towards enhancing authorities providers, supporting digital transformation, and selling transparency in monetary administration. They emphasised that the Division will proceed to diligently implement its strategic plans in step with authorities directives, viewing upcoming challenges and initiatives as alternatives to additional enhance and develop Sharjah’s monetary efficiency and guarantee sustained development and prosperity throughout all sectors. These plans have been endorsed on the conclusion of the session.
Dr Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Council, expressed his gratitude to the Finance Division of the Authorities of Sharjah for its excellent function and devoted efforts in getting ready the price range, in addition to for its dedication to driving enhancements and improvement to attain the specified stage of presidency efficiency.
