Human Resources Category Winners
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 were celebrated on stage during the 7th annual awards gala on Friday, 11 September in İstanbul, Türkiye. Learn more about the event here (opens in new tab).
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
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
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