Shura holds regular meeting
Published: 03:04 PM,Apr 17,2022 | EDITED : 07:04 PM,Apr 17,2022
Muscat: Majlis Ash’shura held its 11th regular meeting of the third annual session (2021-2022), under the chairmanship of Khalid bin Hilal al Maawali, Chairman, on Sunday.
At outset of the meeting, the chairman of Majlis Ash’shura extended sincere greetings to His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadhan, praying for the return of this auspicious occasion on His Majesty, the Omani people and the Arab and Muslim population with blessing and bounties.
The chairman welcomed Mohsen bin Mohammad bin Salem Fadhel, who took the oath as the new representative of the Wilayat of Salalah, replacing Abdullah bin Hussain al Mashoor who joined the council following the death in February of Abdullah bin Hussain al Mashoor.
During the meeting, member Yusef bin Mohammed al Maamari, presented an urgent statement on a desire for the declaration of a charitable organization for the release of insolvent persons.
The meeting approved the draft amendments of some provisions of the Public Notary Law. Dr Hamad bin Hamdan al Rubai, member and rapporteur of the Legal and Legislative Committee, read out the committee’s report noting that the committee elaborately studied the draft amendments taking into account all aspects and dimensions in line with electronic developments particularly electronic transactions.
The session approved the vision of the Economic and Financial Committee on the draft agreement on linking payment systems between the government of the Sultanate of Oman and the countries of the GCC countries.
Ahmed bin Said al Sharqi, head and rapporteur of the Economic and Financial Committee, spoke about the importance of the draft agreement and its role in providing economic benefit. He said that the agreement comes in recognition of the global economic and financial changes and the importance of consolidating the principles of common economic unity among the GCC countries as well as emphasizing the importance of enhancing economic relations and financial cooperation. He added, in consideration of the fact that financial and developmental activities are entirely dependent on advanced financial systems operated by central banks, the presence of a modern financial payment system based on the real-time and continuous gross settlement (RTGS) technology, becomes mandatory.
The council also approved the report of the Education and Scientific Research Committee regarding an expressed desire for enhancing the role of the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education. The committee’s report was read out by Jamal bin Ahmed al Abri, Head and Rapporteur of the committee. He explained that the committee’s study was based on the importance of following up on quality assurance procedures for education in the Sultanate of Oman. He added that Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education is an important pillar in ensuring the quality of educational institutions and the government has paid attention to the education sector at its various levels.
Within the framework of its study of the topic, the committee hosted specialists from the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education. A number of challenges facing the Authority were discussed with the specialists most notably the scarcity of financial resources and shortage of human resources. The committee considered that the Authority cannot work properly without increasing its annual financial allocations especially after expanding its tasks and competencies, and the big shortage in the technical cadres limits the performance of its technical tasks.
The council approved an expressed desire for increasing the monthly pensions reimbursed to social security families in light of the opinion of the Services and Social Development Committee.
At outset of the meeting, the chairman of Majlis Ash’shura extended sincere greetings to His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadhan, praying for the return of this auspicious occasion on His Majesty, the Omani people and the Arab and Muslim population with blessing and bounties.
The chairman welcomed Mohsen bin Mohammad bin Salem Fadhel, who took the oath as the new representative of the Wilayat of Salalah, replacing Abdullah bin Hussain al Mashoor who joined the council following the death in February of Abdullah bin Hussain al Mashoor.
During the meeting, member Yusef bin Mohammed al Maamari, presented an urgent statement on a desire for the declaration of a charitable organization for the release of insolvent persons.
The meeting approved the draft amendments of some provisions of the Public Notary Law. Dr Hamad bin Hamdan al Rubai, member and rapporteur of the Legal and Legislative Committee, read out the committee’s report noting that the committee elaborately studied the draft amendments taking into account all aspects and dimensions in line with electronic developments particularly electronic transactions.
The session approved the vision of the Economic and Financial Committee on the draft agreement on linking payment systems between the government of the Sultanate of Oman and the countries of the GCC countries.
Ahmed bin Said al Sharqi, head and rapporteur of the Economic and Financial Committee, spoke about the importance of the draft agreement and its role in providing economic benefit. He said that the agreement comes in recognition of the global economic and financial changes and the importance of consolidating the principles of common economic unity among the GCC countries as well as emphasizing the importance of enhancing economic relations and financial cooperation. He added, in consideration of the fact that financial and developmental activities are entirely dependent on advanced financial systems operated by central banks, the presence of a modern financial payment system based on the real-time and continuous gross settlement (RTGS) technology, becomes mandatory.
The council also approved the report of the Education and Scientific Research Committee regarding an expressed desire for enhancing the role of the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education. The committee’s report was read out by Jamal bin Ahmed al Abri, Head and Rapporteur of the committee. He explained that the committee’s study was based on the importance of following up on quality assurance procedures for education in the Sultanate of Oman. He added that Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education is an important pillar in ensuring the quality of educational institutions and the government has paid attention to the education sector at its various levels.
Within the framework of its study of the topic, the committee hosted specialists from the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education. A number of challenges facing the Authority were discussed with the specialists most notably the scarcity of financial resources and shortage of human resources. The committee considered that the Authority cannot work properly without increasing its annual financial allocations especially after expanding its tasks and competencies, and the big shortage in the technical cadres limits the performance of its technical tasks.
The council approved an expressed desire for increasing the monthly pensions reimbursed to social security families in light of the opinion of the Services and Social Development Committee.