Mrs. Fathimath Shaufa is the Director, and current acting head of Policy Development Department of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, Republic of Maldives. She is one of the key persons involved in the intial development and of the Construction Act and development of regulations under the Act. She is the Civil Service team lead for formulation of policies, regulations and standards under Ministry’s mandate, which is Housing, Urban Development, Real Estate, Land and Construction Sectors. Her vision is to standardize the sectors mandated to the Ministry, establish strong frameworks for quality control and revolutionize the public services for the sectors during her service.