Public Sector Innovators 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).
Cross-Sector Public Innovation Partnership
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Roads and Transportation Authority - Dubai, United Arab Emirates: eNOC Bridging the Silos: A Paradigm Shift in Cross-Sector Digital Partnerships for Dubai’s Infrastructure
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Dubai Customs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Dubai Customs Cross-Sector Partnership - Project Zero
Jubail Health Network, Jubail, Saudi Arabia: From Clinic to Community: Kidney Screening and Early Detection
Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Transforming Resource Security Through Ecosystem Governance & Coordination
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Capital Events, part of ADNEC Group, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Global Food Week: A Public Private Partnership Advancing Food Security Through Innovation and Collaboration
Innovation in Public Administration
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Abu Dhabi Housing Authority, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Reinventing National Housing Through Policy Reform: A Whole‑of‑Government Innovation for Equitable & Accessible Homeownership
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Abu Dhabi Housing Authority, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: A Data-Driven, Citizen-Designed Innovation for Modern Public Administration.
Dhahran Eye Specialist Hospital, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: Optimizing Anesthetic Depth Management in Public Sector Ophthalmic Surgery Through Standardized Bispectral Index (BIS) Monitoring
Dhahran Eye Specialist Hospital, Dhahran, Eastern Provence, Saudi Arabia: Redesigning Operating Room Booking and Preoperative Pathways to Reduce Surgical Waiting Lists and Optimize Operating Room Utilization.
Eastern Province- Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: Transforming Public Healthcare Through Strategic Financial Innovation and Cross-Sector Governance
Finance Business Services - Eastern Health Cluster (EHC), Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: The EHC Model for Transforming Dormant Liabilities into Active Healthcare Capacity - SAR 477.7M Liberated, A National Blueprint Created
Finance Business Services - Eastern Health Cluster (EHC), Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: YOU ARE THE CHANGE: Transforming Public Healthcare Finance Through People-First Innovation
Hayya, Doha, Qatar: Hayya Qatar
Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Transforming Technology Scalability Through Regulatory Support
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Jubail Health Network, Jubail, Saudi Arabia: Leading Change, Delivering Excellence: The Emergency Care Transformation Journey
Innovation in Public Sector Talent Development
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Türkiye Sigorta, İstanbul, Türkiye: Future Insurance Trainee Development School