The Directorate General of ICT Sector Stimulation and Future Skills works for promoting the digital economy by developing the digital ecosystem and the digital industry, building specialized skills in emerging technologies, as well as spreading information awareness in the society.
Investment Attraction Project aims to enhance the digital ecosystem that attracts advanced technologies and international ICT companies to Oman, and provide benefits and incentives that support the localization and development of the digital industry. The investment attraction team strives to promote the investment benefits attracting digital industries, including:
The technology industry development project aims to create an experimental regulatory environment for emerging technologies, attract international technology events, and develop the technology industry in Oman locally and globally throughout improving legislation and laws in order to realize the national economy Programme objectives.
The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology has formed a national team to work on a project to prepare a framework for measuring the contribution of the digital economy to the gross domestic product (GDP). This team includes all the relevant authorities.
The Technology Industry Development Department of the Technical Indicators Division, has supervised the establishment of a platform listing all Omani companies active in the information and communication technology sector.
It is a specialized center in the technical field affiliated with the Tech Ecosystem Development Department that focuses on developing technical and emerging companies in the growth stage by working to improve the legislative environment for the emerging technology companies, and working with relevant authorities from the public and private sectors to strengthen the emerging technology companies’ system, and provide a range of services to support it in commercial expansion.
The Content and Digital Marketing Department is implementing an initiative concerned with technical informatics awareness and digital marketing for the communications and information technology sector. Through its accounts on social media, "Techana" displays information, numbers, indicators, awareness and marketing materials aiming to boost efforts to spread digital awareness, attract investment, localize emerging technologies and achieve growth and progress in the sector.
<p> The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology launched the National Initiative for Digital Competencies (Makeen), that aims to qualify Omani youth with modern digital skills that are highly required in the labor market. The initiative also seeks to provide income-generating opportunities for Omani youth in the digital sector by 2025, as one of the ministry's objectives in the tenth five-year plan.</p> <p> </p>
It is a project aimed at building a comprehensive ecosystem for sandboxes in the Sultanate of Oman, with the goal of stimulating innovation and encouraging companies to develop new applications and products to create economically viable sector-specific solutions. This will be achieved through four main stages:
