Workshop
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In cooperation with the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Smart Investment Gateway, the KAS Regional Programme Gulf States is organising a workshop on 27 November 2024 in Muscat, Oman to discuss the country’s decentralisation reforms, which form a pillar of the Sultanate’s ambitious Vision 2040 agenda. Titled “Decentralisation and its Role in Economic Development and Creating Job Opportunities,” the workshop will feature inputs from German experts in the fields of economics and political science, who will present on the historical development of Germany’s federal system of government, along with challenges that the Federal Republic faces today with respect to spurring regional economic transformation and development. From the Omani side, presentations from His Highness Dr Adham Turki Al Said and Shaikh Saeed bin Rashid Al Qutbi will focus on the strategic importance of decentralisation to Oman’s Vision 2040 and the relationship between decentralisation and regional economic development in Oman. The workshop will be held under the patronage of His Highness Qais Mohammed Al Yousef, Oman’s Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Investment Promotion.Program
Tuesday, 26 November 2024
08:30 – 09:00 Registration and Welcoming Coffee
09:00 – 09:30 Welcoming Remarks
- H.E. Sheikh Faisal Abdallah Al-Rawas, President of the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Philipp Dienstbier, Director of the Regional Programme Gulf States, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)
09:30 – 10:00 Keynote Speech: Oman 2040 and the Strategic Direction for the Application of Decentralisation
- H.H. Dr Adham Al Said, Assistant Professor at Sultan Qaboos University and Partner at The Firm for Business and Economic Consulting LLC
10:00 Session I: Decentralisation – Requirements of Transformation and Methodologies of Practice
10:00 – 10:20 The history and principles of German federalism and the relationship between Bund and Bundesländer today
- Prof. Dr Klaus Schubert, Chair for German Politics, University of Münster
10:20 – 11:30 Panel Discussion
Panellists:
- H.H. Dr Adham Al Said, Assistant Professor at Sultan Qaboos University and Partner at The Firm for Business and Economic Consulting LLC
- Prof. Dr Klaus Schubert, Chair for German Politics, University of Münster
Moderator:
Nicolas Reeves, Project Manager, Regional Programme Gulf States, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 Session II: Investments that Diversify the Economy, Develop Regions, and Create Job Opportunities
12:00 – 12:15 Regional economic development in Germany: Rethinking an established business model amid structural transformation
- Dr Simon Gerards Iglesias, Personal Research Assistant of the Director, Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft (German Economic Institute), Cologne
12:15 – 12:30 Decentralisation and Regional Development in Oman Vision 2040
- Shaikh Saeed bin Rashid Al-Qatabi, Director General of Social Sectors
12:30 – 13:30 Panel Discussion
Panellists:
- Dr Simon Gerards Iglesias, Personal Research Assistant of the Director, Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft (German Economic Institute), Cologne
- Shaikh Saeed bin Rashid Al-Qatabi, Director General of Social Sectors
Moderator:
Philipp Dienstbier, Director of the Regional Programme Gulf States, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)
13:30 – 14:00 Key Takeaways and Concluding Remarks
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Dr Yousuf Al Balushi, Founder and Managing Director, Smart Investment Gateway
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Philipp Dienstbier, Director of the Regional Programme Gulf States, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)
14:00 - 15:00 Lunch
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