OCCI announces launch of Economic Pen Award

Muscat: Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) yesterday announced the launching of the Economic Pen Award, which aims to encourage the society to take care and follow up economic issues and to raise awareness about the importance of writing, documenting or monitoring, through the introduction of economic ideas and practical process to raise awareness of the community, as well as continuous communication between OCCI and the media and social media.
Ahmed bin Abdul Karim Al Houti, Head of the Award Committee, said that it is considered one of the initiatives of OCCI Board of Directors for the current session (2018-2022), mainly concerned with supporting the economic work in all its means and specialties.
He added that OCCI aims to increase the knowledge and economic content, to encourage specialised writers in economy issues, in addition to encourage writers, twitters and social media activists to write in the economic field.
He said in a press conference held at OCCI headquarters today that the award aims to raise public awareness of the economic concepts and developments in the economic and commercial field and to help the new generation of economic writers in the field of documentation and publish useful things in the economic field, in addition to encouraging writers and social media activists to continue writing, documenting and enriching the society with latest developments in the economic field, providing a platform to highlight their skills and creative abilities, as well as presenting ideas representing the private sector aimed at these ideas and visions to legislators in the government.
The award includes three categories: best audiovisual content, best e-economic article and best economic article (hard copy).