Listed here are the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award winners in these categories in the 2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards. Those winners in attendance will be celebrated on stage during the 7^th annual awards gala on Friday, 11 September in İstanbul, Türkiye. Tickets for the event will go on sale 1 June. Learn more about the event here.

Award for Innovation in Employee Engagement - All Other Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Socar, İstanbul, Türkiye: Multi-Level Youth Talent & Early Career Integration Program

Award for Innovation in Employee Engagement - Government
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Sharjah Electricity, Water, and Gas Authority (SEWA), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates: Innovation in Employee Engagement

Award for Innovation in Employee Engagement - Other Service Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Doha Quest, Doha, Qatar: Igniting Engagement Together - The 'MORE' Campaign
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Leisure World, Qatar, Qatar: Be Leisurian”: An Employee Experience & Citizenship Program
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
YUM! Brands, KFC MENAPAKT & CIS, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: LIFT - Leaders Inspired for Tomorrow

Award for Innovation in Employee Engagement - Telecommunications Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Ooredoo Group, Doha, Qatar: Ooredoo Employee Engagement

Award for Innovation in Human Resources Management, Planning & Practice - All Other Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Socar Türkiye, İstanbul, Türkiye: Multi-Level Youth Talent & Early Career Integration Program
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Al Dhafra Region Municipality, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Award for Innovation in Human Resources Management, Planning & Practice
Kifaya Thallam, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: How HR Directly Drove Business Outcomes: Organization Design as a Revenue Protection Lever
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Akenerji, İstanbul, Beyoğlu, Türkiye: Akenerji Make a Difference with Your Future 2025 Internship Program
Batı Anadolu Şirketler Topluluğu, Bornova, İzmir, Türkiye: We Are One: Batı Anadolu Group of Companies’ Human and Organization-Focused Transformation Journey
Job Hub Global HR Management Consultancy W.L.L., Doha, Qatar: Best in Staff Outsourcing Solutions

Award for Innovation in Human Resources Management, Planning & Practice - Computer Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Orgarise, Cairo, Egypt: ORGARISE - The AI-Driven HR Platform for Modern Enterprise

Award for Innovation in Human Resources Management, Planning & Practice - Financial Services Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
QNB Turkiye, Istanbul, Sisli, Türkiye: Fin-Ally MT Program
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Türkiye Sigorta, İstanbul, Türkiye: Human Resources School: Competency Transformation

Award for Innovation in Human Resources Management, Planning & Practice - Government
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
UAE Space Agency, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Government as Innovation Leader: How a Public Agency Achieved 50% Female Engineers and Redefined Aerospace HR Excellence
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: FAHR-Human Resources Categories-Innovation in Management, Planning & Practice
Roads General Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: RGA Human resources Transformation
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Al Dhafra Region Municipality, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Award for Innovation in Human Resources Management, Planning & Practice
EHC, Allied Health, Dammam, Saudi Arabia: Allied Health PD: From Fragmentation to Strategic Transformation & Governance

Award for Innovation in Human Resources Management, Planning & Practice - Non-Profit
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Al Dhafra Region Municipality, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Award for Innovation in Human Resources Management, Planning & Practice

Award for Innovation in Human Resources Management, Planning & Practice - Other Service Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
YUM! Brands, KFC MENAPAKT & CIS, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: LIFT - Leaders Inspired for Tomorrow
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Al Dhafra Region Municipality, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Award for Innovation in Human Resources Management, Planning & Practice

Award for Innovation in Human Resources Management, Planning & Practice - Public Enterprise
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Eastern Health Cluster, Dammam, Saudi Arabia: From Complexity to Agility: Data-Driven HR Innovation in Eastern Health
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
SEIZE, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Transforming Human Resources from an Operational Function into an Integrated Strategic Human Capital System

Award for Innovation in Inclusive Workplace Practices - All Other Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Boehringer Ingelheim, İstanbul, Türkiye: Boehringer Ingelheim Reverse Mentoring Program
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Quill Communications, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Inclusion by Design: Building a Fair, Diverse, and Equitable Workplace at Quill

Award for Innovation in Inclusive Workplace Practices - Government
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
General Directorate of identity and foregners affairs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: General Directorate of identity and foregners affairs
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Al-Khobar Health Network, Alkhobar city, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: Healthy and Safe Workplace Initiative

Award for Innovation in Inclusive Workplace Practices - Non-Profit
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Charitable Society for Orphan Care in the Riyadh Region (Insan), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: The Labor Committee

Award for Innovation in Inclusive Workplace Practices - Other Service Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Le Chene, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Redesigning Work: Building an Inclusive Operating System for Modern Consulting

Award for Innovation in Workforce Upskilling and Reskilling - All Other Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Boehringer Ingelheim, İstanbul, Türkiye: BILET Upskilling Program

Award for Innovation in Workforce Upskilling and Reskilling - Financial Services Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Türkiye Sigorta, İstanbul, Türkiye: Future Insurance Trainee Development School

Award for Innovation in Workforce Upskilling and Reskilling - Government
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
General Entertainment Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Happiness Creators Initiative
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Doha, Qatar: Qatar Digital Academy (QDA)

Award for Innovation in Workforce Upskilling and Reskilling - Other Service Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Leisure World, Qatar, Qatar: Learning is a Team Sport: Transforming Talent into a Revenue Safeguard.
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
YUM! Brands, KFC MENAPAKT & CIS, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: LIFT - Leaders Inspired for Tomorrow
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
EHC, Allied Health, Dammam, Saudi Arabia: Strategic Allied Health Revolution at Eastern Health Cluster: Centralized Dashboard, Research Prize, and Competency Framework Driving Vision 2030 Excellence"

Award for Innovation in Workforce Upskilling and Reskilling - Telecommunications Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Ernst and Young US LLP (EY), Hoboken, New Jersey, Qatar: Ooredoo Group's Innovation in Workforce Upskilling and Reskilling

Award for Most Innovative HR Department/Team of the Year - Financial Services Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Türkiye Sigorta, İstanbul, Besiktas, Türkiye: AI-Enabled End-to-End Recruitment Transformation

Award for Most Innovative HR Department/Team of the Year - Government
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Doha, Qatar: MCIT’s HR Department
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Al Forsan, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Al Forsan International Sports Resort

Award for Most Innovative HR Department/Team of the Year - Public Enterprise
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Etihad Water and Electricity (EtihadWE), Ajman, United Arab Emirates: "People-First Innovation: EtihadWE's HR Department Creating Sustainable Competitive Advantage Through Organizational Transformation"

Award for Most Innovative HR Department/Team of the Year - Telecommunications Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Ooredoo Group, Doha, Qatar: Ooredoo Group HR Team

Award for the Innovative Use of Technology in Human Resources - Financial Services Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Türkiye Sigorta, İstanbul, Besiktas, Türkiye: AI-Enabled End-to-End Recruitment Transformation

Award for the Innovative Use of Technology in Human Resources - Government
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Abu Dhabi Housing Authority, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: ADHA HR Pulse: “From Manual to Intelligent: A New Era of Technology Enabled HR Services Compliance Monitoring”
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: FAHR-Human Resources Categories-Award for the Innovative Use of Technology in Human Resources - Government
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Al Dhafra Region Municipality, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Innovative Use of Technology in Human Resources

Award for the Innovative Use of Technology in Human Resources - Non-Profit
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Al Dhafra Region Municipality, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: The Innovative Use of Technology in Human Resources