WOMEN WORKFORCE

The percentage of Omani women working in government and private sectors reached

per cent of the total workers until the end of July 2020. Their percentage in the private sector reached 26.4 per cent.

MUSCAT: Based on the Ministerial Decision No (37/2021) recently issued by Qais bin Mohammed bin Moosa al Yousuf, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion (MOCIIP), on amending some provisions of regulation for organising the registration of trade names, a number of improvements and new e-services have been added to “Invest Easy” portal, according to MOCIIP.

The new services aim to facilitate the process of amending trade names by the investor himself without a visit to the premises of MOCIIP, and any suspension on the commercial registry could be lifted in order to amend the concerned trade name.

The first article of the Ministerial Decision No (37/2021) stipulates the cancellation of Clause No (8) of Article (10) in the regulation for organising the registration of trade names “if it carries a meaning synonymous with the business name of the establishment or combines or signals out the name of the registered establishment.”

Commenting on these improvements, Mubarak bin Mohammad al Dohani, Director General of Commerce and Head of the Digital Transformation Team at MOCIIP, said that the ministry continues to facilitate the process of starting new businesses by reducing procedures in all transactions and cutting down the time to complete investor transactions to commence their projects, as well as finding solutions to tackle the difficulties of investors.

Accordingly, Since Thursday, March 4, 2021, MOCIIP has started adding new amendments to a number of services provided by the portal of “Invest Easy”, Al Dohani added. He pointed out that MOCIIP has launched a service for registering trademarks electronically through self-service or via Sanad offices. The registration of this service is also being provided through “approved legal offices” via “Invest Easy” portal.