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Strategic plans and initiatives to develop performance and enhance transparency and accountability. The Sultanate of Oman is pursuing a strategic path to develop the state’s administrative apparatus and enhance its efficiency by adopting programs and initiatives that are in line with rapid changes, and aim to support the principles of good government, modernize legislation, improve the management of government projects, and expand partnership between the public and private sectors. The eleventh five-year development plan (2026-2030) includes 44 strategic programs to achieve the goal of the governance and institutional performance axis, distributed among Two main priorities are legislation, the judiciary and oversight, and the governance of the state’s administrative apparatus, resources and projects. The eleventh five-year plan clarified that the axis of governance and institutional performance was consistent with the objectives of the “Oman 2040” vision, which requires an efficient and flexible government apparatus that relies on professionalism, accountability and joint institutional work to do so. The strategic directions of the governance and institutional performance axis included upgrading and developing the administrative apparatus so that it is characterized by flexibility and productivity, and keeps pace with rapid and renewable changes. These directions also aim to create effective legislation and oversight systems, and govern government projects to enhance their efficiency and equitable distribution, with a balanced partnership between the public and private sectors and civil society, in addition to strengthening the rule of law and the culture of rights and duties within society, and developing the judicial system, to establish the best international practices in the field of judiciary, arbitration, and alternative means of resolving disputes, which contributes to achieving economic stability, enhancing investor confidence, and accelerating the process of comprehensive and sustainable development. The five-year plan focused in the sixth strategic goal on “promoting Governance and Institutional Efficiency”, which includes 44 strategic programs to develop government performance and consolidate the principles of governance, transparency and integrity, which contributes to raising the efficiency of government institutions capable of achieving comprehensive development and enhancing community confidence in government performance. Modernizing Legislation The strategic programs also focus on modernizing legislation by developing laws, systems and regulations to keep pace with economic and social developments, accelerating and simplifying judicial procedures to ensure a flexible and supportive legal environment for development, enhancing transparency and accountability by activating oversight and accountability systems to protect national capabilities, and consolidating the principles of good governance. The plan attaches great importance to digital transformation to improve government performance by employing technology and electronic governance to improve the efficiency of government operations, provide faster and more efficient services to the community, in addition to enhancing legal awareness and community participation, and enabling the community to Contributing to legislation and oversight through interactive legal awareness programs, which enhance awareness of laws and rights, and pay attention to developing judicial systems and facilitating procedures by preparing infrastructure, promoting digital transformation, and expanding tools for conciliation, arbitration, and mediation. Evaluating the previous situation. The plan indicated that the Sultanate of Oman has achieved remarkable progress in the field of governance and institutional performance, and enhancing transparency and accountability. In the previous development plan, 13 strategic programs were launched to improve judicial and supervisory procedures, and the basic system of the state was issued in accordance with the decree. Royal Decree No. 6/2021, which strengthened the rule of law and the protection of rights, in addition to updating and issuing a group of legislation and laws, such as: the law regulating the administration of judicial affairs, the labor law, and the financial law, which contributed to the development of the legal and regulatory environment. At the level of government performance, an electronic platform was developed to follow up on the implementation of strategic programs, which contributed to improving the efficiency of government work and increasing transparency in the implementation of national plans. The governorate system was also adopted pursuant to Royal Decree No. 36/2022, which enhances Decentralization helps achieve balanced development throughout the Sultanate of Oman. In addition to reorganizing the higher education and scientific research sector through a new law aimed at improving the performance of educational institutions and their integration with the requirements of the knowledge economy. With regard to international indicators, the Sultanate of Oman witnessed an improvement in a number of global governance indicators in 2024 AD, such as: the government efficiency index, in which it advanced 17 places to reach 81st place globally, and the rule of law index, in which it advanced 8 places to reach 64th place globally, and the Sultanate of Oman also achieved an improvement in the index. Corruption perceptions in 2025 advanced 20 places to reach 50th place globally, which reflects the extent of progress achieved in implementing anti-corruption measures, enhancing transparency, integrity and protecting public funds. Future directions: As for the government’s directions in the current eleventh development plan and strategic programmes, the priority of legislation, the judiciary and oversight is that the advanced legislative and judicial system is a guarantee of consolidating justice and strengthening the rule of law. This priority focuses on developing legislation, strengthening the role of oversight and accountability, and improving the efficiency of the judiciary to ensure a fair, transparent and flexible legal environment to support social and economic stability. The priority seeks to establish an advanced legislative system characterized by flexibility and efficiency, by empowering an independent legislative authority with full powers, capable of keeping pace with national and global changes, and creating a conscious legal community that actively participates in legislation making and public oversight. This priority also aims to enhance confidence in state institutions through a competent, impartial and specialized judiciary that employs future technologies to ensure the rapid resolution of cases and the efficient delivery of justice. It also aims to expand the scope of justice by developing alternative means of resolving disputes, such as: arbitration and mediation, which enhances the position of the Sultanate of Oman as an international center for arbitration and dispute resolution, and supports the ease of doing business in an advanced legal environment. In addition, the priority aims to develop a comprehensive supervisory system to ensure the protection of national capabilities, and achieve the principles of transparency, accountability and anti-corruption, while emphasizing the importance of the responsible and conscious supervisory role played by national figures. This priority enhances the building of specialized and qualified national capabilities in the fields of legislation, the judiciary, and oversight, through an attractive work environment that supports professionalism and integrity, and contributes to building institutions capable of enforcing the law fairly and fairly. Modernizing the judicial infrastructure. The government has put in place a number of policies and measures in the plan to achieve the strategic goals of the priority, the most prominent of which is the preparation of specialized and qualified national cadres in the legislative, judicial, and oversight fields, through the development of sustainable rehabilitation, training, and professional programs. Improving the work environment, attracting competencies, and accelerating the adjudication of cases by enhancing the speed of completion of cases and the quality of judgments through specialized courts, achieving digital transformation in the field of the judiciary, modernizing the judicial infrastructure, improving translation and support services, enhancing arbitration and mediation tools by expanding and modernizing conciliation, arbitration and mediation tools, including commercial arbitration and settlement of labor disputes, and strengthening the position of the Sultanate of Oman as a regional center for resolving disputes in flexible ways that save time and effort. And working to raise legal awareness by enabling citizens to understand their rights. And their legal duties, and enhancing their confidence in the justice system through media campaigns and educational programs, consolidating the values of transparency and integrity, and enhancing legislative flexibility by experimenting with new laws on a limited basis before issuing them officially, to measure the impact of legislation and reduce risks, especially in the areas of innovation such as financial technologies and renewable energy. The plan also focused on improving the infrastructure supporting the work of judicial institutions by working on modernizing judicial buildings and providing a modern, safe work environment compatible with digital transformation, with a focus on sustainability and technical preparation of judicial facilities. An efficient government agency in The priority of governance of the state’s administrative apparatus, resources, and projects. The government worked to raise the efficiency of the administrative apparatus and achieve development goals effectively. This priority focuses on improving the management of resources and projects, enhancing the principles of transparency and accountability, and improving the quality of government services by adopting the best administrative and technological practices, to achieve sustainable institutional performance and enhance investor confidence in the economic environment. Through the plan, the government seeks to build a government apparatus that is highly efficient, provides public services of distinguished quality, and relies on well-thought-out decisions characterized by balance and reliability. It also seeks to establish an effective government sector in the areas of planning, organization, follow-up and evaluation, through a clear sectoral structure that takes into account anticipating the future and achieves the highest levels of institutional performance. The priority aims to establish good governance in the management of resources and projects. This enhances spending efficiency and ensures financial and development sustainability. It also focuses on developing a balanced partnership between the government and private sectors, civil society, and individuals, to ensure complementary roles and achieve comprehensive institutional effectiveness, in addition to consolidating community confidence, through institutional transparency and disclosure to ensure the right of access to data and information. The priority emphasizes the importance of having clear competitive standards for filling leadership positions in the public sector, ensuring the attraction of talent and enshrining the principle of merit in recruitment, which enhances the ability of the state’s administrative apparatus to lead institutional transformation. High-quality services The plan established the most prominent policies and measures to achieve the strategic objectives of this priority by establishing an institutional culture based on continuous modernization and development. Strengthening the ability of government institutions to manage change, adapt to changes, develop innovative work mechanisms, adopt a culture of institutional innovation, and apply modern tools to improve performance and foresight. The future. And raising the efficiency of human resources management by adopting a comprehensive national strategy for human resources, including modernizing organizational policies and structures, developing knowledge management and risk assessment tools, and strengthening partnerships with the private sector, which contributes to enhancing the efficiency of task distribution to achieve institutional goals. Work will also be done to raise the quality of government services and provide high-quality services by simplifying procedures, enhancing beneficiary satisfaction, and employing modern technologies to measure performance and improving the beneficiary experience. Consolidating governance principles and the values of transparency, accountability, participation, and the rule of law in government performance, and establishing oversight systems. Effective internal affairs to implement governance principles and verify regulatory compliance and transparency. Work to strengthen partnership between the public and private sectors and develop legislative and regulatory frameworks to expand the scope of institutional cooperation between the two sectors, including implementing development projects, benefiting from private sector expertise and increasing the effectiveness of project implementation. Improving performance evaluation in the government sector by developing the “Ejada” system for evaluating performance, stimulating government competencies, improving the work environment, developing the incentive system, and raising the effectiveness of job filling mechanisms.
