The Royal Directives of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said stipulate that the future vision “Oman 2040” will be thoroughly developed and precisely formulated in light of wide community consensus and the participation of all social segments of the society in order to fully realize economic and social realities, objectively foresight the future, and effectively guide planning in the upcoming two decades.
Oman 2040 Committees
The Royal Directives of HM stipulated the formation of the Main Committee chaired by H.H Sayyed Haitham Bin Tariq Al Said. Relevant committees were formed to prepare the future vision “Oman 2040”, including the the Technical Committee, as well as the sectoral committees that comprised three committees according to the themes of the vision; “People and Society” Committee, “Economy and Development” Committee, and “Governance and Institutional Performance” Committee. In addition, National Priorities and Strategies Alignment Committee, Organization and Follow up Committee, and the National Conference Preparation Team were formed. Members of these committees comprise more than 100 people from various stakeholders, representing all segments of the Omani society. The Main Committee has founded Oman 2040 Office and supplied it with qualified Omanis to offer the needed technical and administrative support to the project.
Oman 2040 Themes
The assigned committees started the work of collecting data and information, analysing the current status, conducting comparative studies, and identifying the key issues. For the purpose of preparing the future vision “Oman 2040” three themes were adopted; “People & Society”, “Economy & Development”, and “Governance and Institutional Performance”. Each of the themes has a number of pillars to support it.
The process of preparing the future vision “Oman 2040” relies on a number of key directions including: the national priorities, the main directions to formulate Oman 2040, the national program of enhancing the economic diversity “Tanfeedh”, Oman 2040 committees and teams outputs, studies and strategic reports, Oman 2020 achievements and lessons, the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, sectoral strategies, Oman national spatial strategy, the ninth five-year development plan, international reports and indicators related to the vision pillars, and Oman Vision 2040 office outputs.