The Ministry of Commerce and Investment held a workshop to launch the operational plan for the initiatives of trade and investment system for the Saudi Vision 2030. The Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi, officials from the ministry and leaders of parties from interested agencies which are: The General Authority for Investment, the General Authority for small and medium enterprises, The Saudi Standards, Metrology and quality, the Saudi Organization for Certified Public Accountants and the Saudi Authority for Accredited Valuers had participated in the workshop, which was held this morning in the city of Riyadh.
His Excellency welcomed the leaderships of trade and investment system, pointing out that the system's work over the past few months focused on formulating strategic objectives to achieve the Saudi Vision 2030 in the field of trade and investment. HE also stressed out that the efforts will continue to achieve the national goals and work to develop and improve business and investment environment in the Kingdom.
The aim of the workshop - which was attended by officials and directors of concerned departments - is to work according to one system and contribute to the achievement of common goals and move to the implementation stage. It also aims to clarify the means of how to face the difficulties, obstacles and speed up the implementation mechanism, along with promoting a culture of teamwork among the cadres of the system to achieve the Saudi Vision 2030 initiatives according to specific performance indicators, and commitment to work as united system to achieve the national objectives with high quality.
The ministry is holding and organizing the workshops to introduce the primary objectives of the trade and investment system, which it is pursuing to achieve. And also to emphasize the importance of cooperation between the leaders and officials to reach these objectives. Besides, the workshops aim to identify the challenges and obstacles and reinforce the spirit of responsibility and unify the efforts for implementation step.
It is worth mentioning that the core of the trade and investment initiatives system' operational plan for the Saudi Vision 2030 in the commercial sector, is to focus on finding the means to promote foreign trade and provide a fair trading environment, in addition to strengthening the economic sector productivity and provide strategic goods. While the investment aspects focus on achieving investment opportunities, enhance the competitiveness, develop investment companies sector, develop the small and medium enterprises and promote the national companies.