Oman Business Forum announced

MUSCAT: Oman Business Forum 2017’s launch was announced on Wednesday by Sayyid Khalid bin Hilal Al Busaidi, Minister of Diwan of Royal Court.

The Forum is run by the PublicPrivate Partnership (PPP) Taskforce (Sharaka).

The announcement came during an award ceremony at Al Wahat Club in Azaiba, which recognised the outstanding participants from the National Leadership and Competitiveness Programme (NLCP) for the government sector.

The event also marked the graduation of the second cohort of the National CEO Program. The ceremony was organised by Sharaka, Oman’s PPP taskforce, and was attended by senior government officials and private sector leaders.

Al Busaidi said the forum’s aim is to create a collaborative ecosys- tem that enhances and facilitates the exchange of best practice and ideas between the public and private sectors. “We believe there is a tremendous opportunity to advance Oman’s national strategic priorities by creating initiatives that require the involvement from government and from business. We need the perspectives, ideas, and solutions from both groups to achieve more growth and prosperity as a whole,” Al Busaidi said.

He stressed that the forum will provide specialised reports to its members to propose focused ini- tiatives and projects that will support both national development and private sector growth.

Other objectives of the forum include establishing a national group that would combine the Sharaka, graduates of the NLCP and the National CEO Program to devise sustainable action plans in line with the vision of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said.

“The Oman Business Forum will become one of Oman’s marquee annual events that focuses on aligning private sector activities with the government’s national strategy. We will convene the very best thinkers and practitioners to set real, actionable roadmaps to ensure that our policies and business priorities mutually reinforce one another in a positive way,” said Al Busaidi.