OCCI board cuts fees on members from SMEs

Muscat: The Board of Directors of Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) held a meeting on Tuesday chaired by Qais bin Mohammed Al Yousef, Chairman of the Board.
The board decided to reduce the burden on its members from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by cutting the OCCI fees for the third and fourth class members by 10 per cent for one year and for the third and fourth degree holders of ‘Riyada’ cards by 20 per cent for one year.
The board also approved the formation of a technical team to study the issue of exempting the unpaid members of OCCI. The team is headed by Rashid bin A’mer Al Meslahi, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors for Administrative and Financial Affairs, Hussain bin Hatheith Al Bathari, Head of OCCI Board in Governorate of Dhofar, Hamad bin said Al Rabkhi, Head of OCCI Board in the Governorate of A’Dakhiliyah, Ali bin Salim Al Hajri, Head of OCCI Board in the Governorate of North A’Sharqiyah, Ali bin Hamdan Al Ajmi, Member of the Board of Directors and Abdul Adhim bin Abbas Al Bahrani, Chief Executive Officer of OCCI . The Board adopted the provisional committees’ system at the Head Office and the branches in the governorates. It took the decision to name some of the members of the board of directors to head some of these committees. Rashid bin A’mer Al Meslahi, was named Head of Health Sector Committee, Ali bin Salim Al Hajri, Head of Tourism Committee, Ahmed bin Abdul Karim Al Hooti, Head of Committee for Economic Affairs, Research and Studies, Ali bin Hamdan Al Ajmi, Head of Committee on Services and Information Technology, Zahir bin Mohammed Al Kabi, Head of Mining Committee, and Hussain bin Hatheith Al Bathari, as Head of Industry Committee.
In order to expand the circle of participation for businessmen and those interested in economic affairs, the board gave them the opportunity to nominate for chairing the remaining provisional committees through certain procedures that will be announced, taking into account the expertise and competence of the candidate.
The committees are; the Committee on Food Security, Labour Committee, the Committee on Finance and Insurance Sector, the Transport and Logistics Sector Committee, Health Sector Committee, Exhibition and Conference Industry Committee, Legislation and Law Studies Committee, Small and Medium Enterprises Committee and Real Estate Development and Contracting Committee.
Based on the objectives of the Board of Directors for the next phase in expanding the financial powers of OCCI branches in the governorates, the board decided to expand the financial powers in expenditure, procurement, signing contracts for the branches of OCCI in the governorates and the powers of the procurement main and sub-committees of the headquarters and branches.