State Council hosts PACI officials, discusses social security system

Muscat - The Social committee of the State Council on Monday discussed its study on the development of the social security system in the sultanate.

The 13th meeting of the committee, headed by Dr Hamad bin Sulaiman bin Salim al Salmi, was held in the presence of members of the committee and the staff of the General Secretariat of the council.

The meeting hosted a number of officials from the Public Authority for Craft Industries (PACI), stated a press release.

The committee reviewed with the officials the support provided by the authority to the families of social security and its contribution to the earnings of these families.

It also discussed the level of coordination between the authority and the relevant authorities in providing support required to finance their projects.

The committee discussed with the authority’s officials the numbers of families benefiting from the services. It also reviewed the challenges facing the projects agreed upon and the existing projects, which serve the social security groups, as well as reviewed the proposals that could contribute to enhancing the role of PACI in support of this category.