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Zawya
07-04-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Oman: Majlis Al Shura hails Royal grant of $18mln for autism and rehab centre
Muscat: The Health and Social Committee of Majlis Al Shura has hailed the Royal orders of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik on allocation of OMR7 million for the establishment of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Care and Rehabilitation Centre . The committee pointed out that these orders reflect the Royal Care and attention for the persons with disabilities and the keenness for providing an environment that meet their needs and help them achieve their independence and facilitate their integration in society. The committee reaffirmed the keenness of Majlis Al Shura for taking care of this sector of society. The committee has held several meetings during which it hosted specialists and officials from the civil society establishments and associations including the Omani Lawyers Association (OLA), and Oman Energy Association as part of its efforts to review the civil establishments draft law. During the meeting, the committee reaffirmed its keenness for the participation of the various departments and parties concerned in the review of the draft law and for obtaining their opinion and observations on the draft law. These meetings come within a series of consultations made by the committee with the various departments for rephrasing an integrated draft law that meet aspirations of society and keep abreast with the legislative developments. It is worth mentioning that the civil establishments draft law aims to empower the civil establishments to perform their role for this segment of society, provide and contribute to sustainable development. The discussions of the committee were held within the sixth meeting of the second regular convening (2024-2025) of the tenth term (2024-2027) of Majlis Al Shura chaired by Mansour bin Zaher Al Hajri, chairman of the committee in the presence of the members on Sunday. © Muscat Media Group Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
Times of Oman
06-04-2025
- Health
- Times of Oman
Majlis Al Shura hails Royal grant of OMR7mn for autism and rehab centre
Muscat: The Health and Social Committee of Majlis Al Shura has hailed the Royal orders of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik on allocation of OMR7 million for the establishment of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Care and Rehabilitation Centre . The committee pointed out that these orders reflect the Royal Care and attention for the persons with disabilities and the keenness for providing an environment that meet their needs and help them achieve their independence and facilitate their integration in society. The committee reaffirmed the keenness of Majlis Al Shura for taking care of this sector of society. The committee has held several meetings during which it hosted specialists and officials from the civil society establishments and associations including the Omani Lawyers Association (OLA), and Oman Energy Association as part of its efforts to review the civil establishments draft law. During the meeting, the committee reaffirmed its keenness for the participation of the various departments and parties concerned in the review of the draft law and for obtaining their opinion and observations on the draft law. These meetings come within a series of consultations made by the committee with the various departments for rephrasing an integrated draft law that meet aspirations of society and keep abreast with the legislative developments. It is worth mentioning that the civil establishments draft law aims to empower the civil establishments to perform their role for this segment of society, provide and contribute to sustainable development. The discussions of the committee were held within the sixth meeting of the second regular convening (2024-2025) of the tenth term (2024-2027) of Majlis Al Shura chaired by Mansour bin Zaher Al Hajri, chairman of the committee in the presence of the members on Sunday.
Times of Oman
04-03-2025
- Business
- Times of Oman
National platform to boost community participation
Muscat: The launch of the National Platform for Suggestions, Complaints and Reports (Tajawob) represents an important step for boosting community participation, effective communication and for improving the business environment Tajawob Platform integrates more than 55 government establishments during the first stage which will be followed by other establishments. The platform is a unified central system with different outputs /windows that receive suggestions, complaints, reports and enquiries related to the government services. A number of specialists and experts stressed the importance of the platform and the role it plays in boosting community participation. The platform enables citizens, residents and the private sector companies to efficiently contribute to development of the services offered by the government through submission of their reports, complaints and suggestions, they added. They pointed out that the platform would help in seeking opinions of individuals which would enhance the government response to their issues. They stated that the presence of the platform would allow citizens and beneficiaries to express their opinions and suggestions and submit their complaints in order to improve the government's performance. Dr. Amal Talib Al Jahwari, Director of Information Department at Majlis Al Shura, said that the launch of the National Platform for Suggestions, Complaints and Reports represents a vital stage in enhancement of the community participation in response to the Royal Orders of His Majesty the Sultan on the launch of a specialised platform to receive the complaints and suggestions for enhancing communication between citizens and the government departments. Mubarak bin Khamis Al Hamadani, a social researcher, said that the National Platform for Suggestions, Complaints and Reports represents a qualitative shift in the government work in the Sultanate of Oman. Rashid bin Abdullah Al Shizani a researcher and analyst in public affairs said that the platform would enhance the communication between the government and the members of the community in terms of timely response to the suggestions, complaints and reports submitted by them. He said that the platform would help boost the culture of constructive suggestions, complaints and reports. The platform would use artificial intelligence, which would enhance the experience of the user. Meanwhile, central and executive teams have been formed in the government departments to ensure achievement of strategic goals. The platform was launched with the third edition of 'Together We Progress' Forum to improve the efficiency of the government services.
