Tag: Entity Overview

The Environment Authority (هيئة البيئة) is a government entity responsible for regulating the environmental sector in Oman, protecting wildlife and natural resources, supporting sustainable development of the environment, and implementing international agreements relating to the environment that the Sultanate is a party to, as well as climate affairs. 

The Ministry of Education (وزارة التربية التعليم) is the body responsible for managing education at all pre-university stages; developing education policies, curriculums, and schoolbooks; and overseeing and providing technical and administrative support for teaching and administrative personnel in schools.

The Financial Services Authority (هيئة الخدمات المالية) is the government entity responsible for regulating the capital markets; insurance companies; the commodities, energy, and derivatives market; credit rating agencies; and the accounting and auditing profession.

The Ministry of Energy and Minerals (وزارة الطاقة والمعادن) is the entity responsible for formulating the strategies and policies of the energy and minerals sectors, as well as developing, supervising, and regulating them.

The Ministry of Interior (وزارة الداخلية) is the entity responsible for developing the policies relating to governorates and local affairs, maintaining public order, undertaking matters relating to the international borders of the Sultanate of Oman, governing Omani nationality, governing tribal affairs, managing all kinds of elections, overseeing municipal councils, and governing mediation and conciliation committees.

Sultan Qaboos University (جامعة السلطان قابوس) is the first public and most promiment university in Oman.

The Ministry of Health (وزارة الصحة) is the body responsible for developing healthcare policies as well as managing and directing the delivery of health services in the country.

The Secretariat General for National Celebrations (الأمانة العامة للاحتفالات الوطنية) is the entity responsible for organising national celebrations in the country.

The Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation (وزارة التعليم العالي والبحث العلمي و ابتكار) is the entity responsible for overseeing higher education, scientific research, vocational training, and innovation in the Sultanate.

The State Financial and Administrative Audit Institution (جهاز الرقابة المالية والإدارية للدولة) is the entity responsible for auditing property owned by the state as well as certain entities.