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Based on Royal Decree 98/2020 Amending the Name of the Ministry of Higher Education to the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation, Determining Its Competences, and Adopting Its Organisational Structure,
and the approval of the Ministry of Finance,
and in pursuance of public interest,
it is hereby decided
Article I
The competent directorates general in the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation shall select the following:
1. Evaluator and jury member of preliminary and complete research and innovation proposals.
2. Evaluator and jury member of research and innovation projects reports.
3. Specialist in evaluation and ranking of submission applications in competitions, conferences, and awards relating to research and innovation.
4. Member of the steering, supervisory, and technical committee.
5. Speaker at conferences and workshops relating to research and innovation.
6. Master of ceremonies at conferences, events, and workshops relating to research and innovation.
Article II
The remuneration prescribed for the evaluator; the jury member; members of the technical, steering, and supervisory committees; the speaker; and the master of ceremonies in conferences, events, and workshops relating to research and innovation—other than employees of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation—must be paid in accordance with annex 1 attached to this decision after the completion of the work assigned to them and its approval by the competent directorate general in the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation.
Article III
The local and international speaker at a conference, event, or workshop relating to research and innovation must meet all the minimum or preferred criteria—as the case may be—shown in annex 2 attached to this decision.
The undersecretary of the ministry for research and innovation may exclude a local and international speaker from meeting some or all of the aforementioned criteria, if the following are met in their regard:
1. If the local speaker is of a distinguished standard in his field of work or has presented scientific or professional achievements relating to his work. The undersecretary shall determine the remuneration due to him at an amount not exceeding 300 (three hundred) Rial Omani.
2. If the international speaker is an internationally prominent distinguished scholar, entrepreneur, and specialist. The undersecretary shall determine the remuneration due to him at an amount not exceeding 4,000 (four thousand) Rial Omani.
Article IV
This decision must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the day following the date of its publication.
Issued on: 19 Rajab 1446
Corresponding to: 19 January 2025
Dr Rahma bint Ibrahim bin Said Al-Mahrouqiya
Minister of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation
Published in Official Gazette 1582 issued on 2 February 2025.
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