By Thomas Fletcher, BSc, PEng, CVS – Secretary-Treasurer, SAVE International
SAVE International’s newest partner, EXPRO, held their Expenditure Efficiency Forum in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia from November 11-12, 2024. The two-day event attracted 3,400 registrants and showcased the results to date for their VISION 2030 project.
The Forum was intended to inform government and private sector participants of the measures and results being achieved by several government ministries. The purpose was also to inspire the broader public service to identify means to optimize government spending, identify areas for value improvement, and reduce waste.
The opening speaker was the Minister of Finance, Mohammed Aljadaan, who reiterated the objective of optimizing government expenditures. He was very pleased with the results to date and emphasized that other ministries will be required to adopt Value Improvement strategies within their ministries. Senior officials from other ministries discussed the progress to date within their ministries and noted their savings and reduction of waste. They also commented that the processes to date have been effective, but more work needs to be done to be sustainable.
The speakers on the second day presented several Value Engineering project examples. SAVE participated in one of the moderated discussion topics and was invited to comment on the benefits of the recently signed MOU to assist EXPRO with Value Methodology (VM) training and guidance, how VM improves the quality of government expenditures and efficiency, how VM can be an integral part of government continuous improvement, and to share in the discussion forum with a Lean/Agile expert.
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