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The name of MBS' comprehensive plan for Saudi Arabia's development is Vision 2030.

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Mohammed bin Salman launched Saudi Arabia's 2030 vision in 2016.

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The main economic goal of MBS's 2030 vision is to diversify Saudi Arabia's economy away from oil revenues by attracting international companies and improving job opportunities for Saudis.

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Sara Murad has been a fixture in Middle East media since 2013, by first starting out as a presenter on the Rotana TV channel, and now she’s on the number 1 morning show in the Middle East called, “Sabah Alkhair Ya Arab,” on MBC. Now, the Saudi television host can add perfumer to her resume. Murad has just launched her own namesake fragrance brand, By Sara Murad this month. The inaugural scent “Black Oud” captures her professional journey that’s meant to exude power and confidence.

“It has taken a lot of courage and strength for me to get to where I am, and with the launch of Black Oud, I have tried to capture a sense of power and self-confidence within a bottle,” says Murad. “I aim to encourage and inspire everyone to follow their passion and strive for success by sharing with them a bold scent that holds a very close place in my heart with a touch of nostalgia, combining notes of familiar scents throughout my journey.”

When people think of Saudi Arabia, picturesque desert scenery, Palm Date trees, and the mistreatment of women come to mind. For the latter, things are changing. Saudi Arabia is a much different place than it was post 1979, when harsh social and religious reforms during the Sahwa era, or Islamic Awakening took place. Under these reforms, women could not drive, female singers were not allowed to sing on TV, and music and films were drastically lessened under strong religious reforms.

The country is vastly opening up with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud’s Vision 2030, and women, especially women in the capital of Riyadh are masters of their own destinies. “As a Saudi woman, with the 2030 vision and the increasing goal of empowering women within the region, I feel supported and empowered to launch and grow my business- and I want each person who uses our fragrance to feel the same way,” says Murad. Many women like her are entrepreneurs, launching their own ventures in fashion, trade, entertainment, and many other sectors.

If you haven’t been to the Levant or the Arab Gulf, then let me fill you in, fragrances are serious a thing. Just as a wine connoisseur knows how to pair the right wines with a meal, or can identify which grapes make up a certain wine, so the people in the Middle East know how to layer scents that start with lathering with the right soaps in the shower, and moves onto layering scents as one gets dressed. “Layering is such a fun art. I feel that perfumes, just like clothes, can be paired together to create different olfactory ‘ensembles’ to suit each occasion and event. And again, just like clothes – I wouldn’t wear the same outfit for a day at work and then to a gala dinner – I consider fragrance as an essential part of getting dressed and switch up my scent based on the setting,” Murad states. Perfume brands know the power that certain scents have, as they can bring up certain feelings. Fragrances are personal and can remind us of certain people and awaken emotions.

“Growing up in the Middle East, fragrance has always played a huge part in our culture – not only when it comes to perfumes but also through home fragrances and bukhoor (scented wood infused with perfume oil that is then burnt over charcoal as incense for home),” she says. “Growing up in an Arab household, I was exposed to fragrances since I was a child. The art of perfumery is very much embedded within Arab culture, with dedicated scents and fragrances for each occasion, event, and moment. Ouds and oils from the very foundation of our journey and is something that has been passed on through generations. The women and even men of our family wouldn’t leave the house without spritzing their favorite perfume or oud and that is a characteristic that has been passed on to young people. Living in a city like Dubai has given me the opportunity to expand my horizons and understand the significance of perfume and scent across diverse cultures and backgrounds. It has been a very insightful experience as each person has a different story to tell and I get to learn so much from everyone I meet.”

Oud is one such note in fragrances that is unique and familiar in the Middle East region. Found in Agar trees, which are native to Southeast Asia, India, and Bangladesh, it is strong and distinct. Walking behind women in Dubai, Saudi, or anywhere in the Gulf, you catch a whiff of Oud notes constantly. “I enjoyed collecting perfumes from different brands and experimenting with layering different notes to create something new and unique,” says Murad of her childhood. With the launch of By Sara Murad and specifically our debut fragrance, Black Oud, I wanted to bring my vision to life by creating a sophisticated blend between the East and the West, combining notes from the Middle East with the expertise of some of the world’s most renowned perfumers from France.”

She’s a fan of musk notes that include oud, leather, and amber. “We’re already working on By Sara Murad’s second fragrance launch and this will have a prominent leather base note. While my preferences have been heavily influenced by my surroundings when it comes to By Sara Murad, I wouldn’t limit our offering exclusively to match my preference. The vision of the brand is to create something for everyone. But, I do feel that the world of fragrance needs to be more inclusive and I wanted to blur the line between ‘feminine’ and ‘masculine’ scents with my fragrances.”

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The pandemic really affected the international perfume market, which in 2022 was valued at $50.6 million, according to Grand View Research. The industry is expected to grow at a 5.9% compound annual growth rate from 2023-2030. Personal grooming and a demand for luxury and exotic fragrances has contributed to this. So, when Murad launched her brand, she knew it was going to be “a whole new ball game.” The brand and this new fragrance took two years to create from concept, to finalizing the ingredients, to oil samples, design, production, and marketing.

“I am so amazed by the amount of detail that goes into curating one single scent. We have gone through rounds and rounds of trials and prototypes to finally reveal Black Oud. I have seen a lot of people launching perfumes but after experiencing this myself, I can say that there are two ways to go about this: an easy way and a hard way, but it is the hard way that promises a fine and hard quality product. Like everything in life, you have to put in the hard work and effort to achieve results. I am launching a brand, not just a perfume and I feel that one of my key takeaways from this experience is to carefully choose the team you work with. I was lucky to be surrounded by a driven, positive and supportive team that helped us smoothly overcome any setbacks and challenges that came our way,” she says.

Murad’s strategy is to create a luxury brand with long-lasting perfume that has the potential to grow internationally. “We sought out the best of the best in the industry to create a formula that interprets the quintessentially Middle Eastern scent of oud, with a modern twist, creating a scent for everyone. Black Oud aims to take something so close to our culture and reinterpret it for a global audience,” she says. To do this, she chose to work with French perfumeries. Their know-how and her knowledge of the Middle East is the bridging of East and West that she wants her brand to be known for.

But just because the Middle East market loves muskier notes and all things oud, doesn’t mean a Western market will. “We carried out our research across varied sample groups that included people from different cultures, backgrounds, and genders. The overall feedback we received is that the scent does connect with each individual: if not culturally, it is the element of empowerment that they relate to,” she says.

Balancing a TV career and launching her own fragrance is no easy feat, but Sara Murad has taken on the challenge, learning and growing with her French team. For a brand that’s about professional journey, it has given her the chance not only to understand her own journey, but also other people’s and what it means to launch something from scratch.

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DUBAI (Web Desk) – The six GCC member states will have a unified visa, thus replicating Schengen to boost their stature on the international stage and attract visitors while doing away with restrictions that hinder free movement.

The reason is simple: The oil-rich Gulf States – Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Oman – are aiming high. They aren’t going to wait until exhausting their fossil fuel reserves. In fact, they are using their existing resources for economic diversification and minimise dependence on Black Gold while making the region a global economic hub.

It is the great success achieved by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), meaning there is a guide, a precedent that can be followed.

Hence came the Vision 2030 presented by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who has already transformed the kingdom and is going even further to the levels not even imagined some years.

Read more: MBS has transformed Saudi Arabia, he is an inspiration: Shehbaz Sharif

It was in November 2023 that a GCC meeting held in Oman decided to give the Schengen concept a practical shape in the Gulf States which are now working swiftly to materialise the plan.

And the single GCC tourist visa is the first step to be implemented by the year-end – a move that will allow the visitors to explore all the six countries through the unified document.

The move will boost ‘bleisure’ (business-leisure) travel in the region, as put by the Khaleej Times, given the fact that the visitors will increasingly mix the two to extend their trips to explore the neighbouring countries.

It is a natural outcome of the plans being executed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – commonly known as MBS – who ensuring economic transformation at a breakneck speed while focusing on manufacturing, green energy, tourism and entertainment.

Read more: Is there any lesson for Pakistan to learn from Saudi Arabia?

With more and more cities in the region attracting more and more visitors, including business leaders and entrepreneurs, the single visa has become a need for these states.

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MANAMA (Reuters) - After seven years of estrangement, Iran announced a Chinese-sponsored agreement to resume political and diplomatic relations between the two countries after they were severed after Iranian protesters stormed the Riyadh embassy in Tehran in January 2016, in response to Saudi Arabia ’ s execution of Saudi citizen Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent Shiite cleric and pro-Iranian in the kingdom.
Under the auspices of China, the two sides agreed to resume diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies and representations within a maximum of two months.
It also included their emphasis on respect for the sovereignty of States and non-interference in their internal affairs.
They also agreed that the foreign ministers of the two countries will hold a meeting to activate this and arrange the exchange of ambassadors and discuss ways to strengthen relations between them, and they also agreed to activate the security cooperation agreement between them and the general agreement for cooperation in the field of economy and trade.
Following the announcement, several countries welcomed the agreement — such as Qatar, Turkey, Oman, the UAE, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt, as well as the United Nations, among others — but attention in Yemen was focused on the impact the agreement could have.
In this analysis, YShabab Net highlights the motives of Saudi Arabia and Iran for an agreement between them, and the extent to which each country needs an agreement, given the range of factors that affect each party, and the impact of the agreement on the Yemeni file in the near future.
Saudi Motives:
There are many Saudi reasons that prompted Riyadh to sign an agreement to restore relations with Iran, after years of estrangement, the most important of which are related to the internal structure of the ruling family, regional and international relations, and others related to the war in Yemen.
Progress in securing the transition of government
During the years of the war in Yemen, specifically in the first three years, the ruling family exploited the war in Yemen to secure the transition of power in Saudi Arabia to the third generation, namely the descendants of the founder Abdulaziz Al Saud, where King Salman worked to remove his brother Muqrin from the crown prince, then removed his nephew Mohammed bin Nayef, and appointed his son Crown Prince, and recently appointed him as Prime Minister. The establishment of a series of security agencies that work to ensure the transition of government without disputes.
Vision 2030
Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced an ambitious economic development vision to build the Kingdom ’ s economy, away from oil revenues, aimed at diversifying investments, attracting international companies to the Kingdom, improving job opportunities for Saudis, and achieving vast economic leaps for the Kingdom, which will be possible only under lasting peace in the region.
Saudi Arabia ’ s Improved Relations with Iran ’ s Perimeter Countries
Compared to Saudi Arabia ’ s relations with a number of important regional countries surrounding Iran, from 2020 until today, and the previous period, we find that Saudi Arabia has rebuilt its relations from tension and conflict to reconciliation and improvement, such as its relations with Pakistan, Turkey, Oman, Qatar, Azerbaijan, and even China and Russia.
There is also the United States, whose President Biden had pledged to abandon Saudi Arabia and then returned to it in mid-2022.
Most of those countries had better relations with Iran before 2020, but now they have better relations with Riyadh, enabling Saudi Arabia to be in a good position even during negotiations with Iran.
American withdrawal from the region
The American factor is one of the most important determinants of foreign and domestic policy of any country in the region, and the United States began many years ago a strategic trend to withdraw from the Middle East and divide influence, between Iran and Saudi Arabia, and this trend strengthened with the advent of the Obama administration in 2009, and continued its approach Donald Trump, and Biden continued the path of Obama.
Many believe the drone and missile attacks on Abqaiq and Khurais, where Aramco's largest headquarters are located, have left Saudi Arabia deeply disappointed with the U.S. commitment, in place since the 1940s, to protect Gulf oil.
On the other hand, it seems that Saudi Arabia made important concessions to the US administration in the Yemeni file in exchange for Biden ’ s visit, which made it a foreign priority to end the war in Yemen despite the sharp differences between the two countries in several files such as human rights and the Yemeni file.
On the military level, Houthi and non-Houthi missile and drone attacks targeting the Kingdom led to the reduction of Saudi Arabia ’ s stockpile of anti-missile and drone weapons, especially as it coincided in mid-2021 with the US withdrawal of a number of air defense systems from Saudi Arabia and the region.
Saudi conflict with the UAE in Yemen
Saudi Arabia used the UAE in Yemen to lead the Arab coalition to support legitimacy in its war against the Houthi militia, but soon Abu Dhabi began to turn to rival Riyadh instead of ally or follower, and the conflict between the two parties plunged them into conflicts that undermined the government in Yemen, and resulted in a series of conflicts between the two countries.
The UAE ’ s withdrawal from Yemen in mid-2019 has led Saudi Arabia to feel betrayed and let down by its most important allies, causing it to rearrange its priorities in the region.
Many point to the weakness of the government in Yemen as a result of Saudi control, while others say it is more likely that Saudi control of the government is a decisive result of the weakness of the government in the first place, and the lack of a suitable alternative to effectively lead the state and resistance in Yemen.
All this made Saudi Arabia flounder in the war in Yemen, building local forces or dismantling them and then rebuilding them, so that this contributed to the failure to achieve Saudi objectives in Yemen or even achieve government objectives.
Oil and China
For decades, the oil issue has been the most important link in relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States, and the equation has simply been that the United States provides security to Saudi Arabia in exchange for guaranteeing the price of cheap fuel.
For at least a decade, oil has become one of the tools of conflict and competition between the world ’ s largest oil producers, and China has become the largest buyer of Saudi oil in Yemen, with 40% of Saudi oil exports per day in millions of barrels, giving Saudi Arabia and China broad relations focused on the economic side away from the pressures of values and human rights imposed by the West.
The China-Saudi summit, the Gulf-China summit, and the Arab-Chinese summit organized by the Kingdom last January are an indication of the size of the development of economic and political relations between the two countries, to the extent that many in Iran, according to Iranian newspapers, have read them as an alternative or a threat to Sino-Iranian relations.
Saudi Arabia Has a Legacy of Maneuver Diplomacy
Saudi Arabia has a long breath in managing its conflicts that sometimes extend for more than ten years and perhaps decades, such as its relations with various local parties in Yemen, or with Iran itself, or with a number of its opponents and allies, and since the establishment of Saudi Arabia has not fought a direct war except the recent war in Yemen, which was limited to air operations without major ground intervention.
Saudi Arabia may believe that the Houthi militias, as an armed group that practices politics with violence, will face difficult challenges in staying strong and united under a long-term truce.
This Saudi belief has indications on the ground of the scale of the Houthi conflicts on the ground with the tribes that supported him or could have dominated him by forcing them to recruit and finance his battle, and turned during the past truce into a state of inconclusive successive wars.
On the other hand, there have been several discrepancies and even real rivalries between the Houthi leadership, most notably the competition between the three strong ones mentioned in the Security Council report and local reports, namely Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, Abdulkarim al-Houthi, and Ahmed Hamid, who pose a serious threat to Abdulmalik al-Houthi.
The rivalries between these leaders, especially Ahmed Hamid and Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, have intensified at the level of the Houthi family, while at the level of the Zaidi Jaroudi groups, there are severe conflicts between the group of Abdulmalik al-Houthi, the group of mentors led by Mohammed Abdullah Awad al-Dahiani supporter, and the group of Abdul Azim al-Houthi and Yahya al-Dailami, and Saudi Arabia may seek to employ these conflicts to its advantage.
Saudi Arabia had invited the Houthi to come to Riyadh for dialogue and negotiation with it and with the Yemeni government weeks before its intervention in Yemen, at that time the Houthi controlled the provinces it currently controls, and also controls the central institutions, and there was no local military force can confront him, and he dominated Sanaa, in light of the presence of all international embassies in Yemen.
After more than eight years of war, Houthi control has not changed on the ground, despite the change in the nature of the military situation with the entry of Houthi drones and Iranian missiles, but Saudi Arabia has become more dependent on local Yemeni forces that have already defeated Houthi in a number of provinces, the most important of which is Marib. The Houthi leadership ’ s relations with each other are military.
Although the negotiations are currently between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, the final formulas that come out of the negotiations are between the government and the Houthis, such as the Sweden agreement, the truce agreement last April, and the expected agreement, which means that Saudi Arabia is turning into a mediator rather than a party to the final agreements.
On the other hand, there are those who see the limited military victory of the Houthis as a political, economic and administrative defeat for the group, which stands swinging on a large population, serious and costly security, economic and social challenges, a collapsed economy and large interest groups waiting for gains within the group.
Iran raised the shares of the Houthis and not the other way around; the Houthis known to the world are the Houthis ballistic and march that can disturb the oil and financial Gulf.
The Houthis are nothing without Iran.
All the Houthi military victories internally were limited and very difficult and the cost to them was large and exhausting.
The Houthi militia was turning around and resorting to pressure on the Yemeni interior abroad by targeting the Gulf, which in turn controls the decision of local anti-Houthi groups.
Had the Houthis lost Iranian ballistic and ballistic support, they would have lost the key element of their power that enables them to make limited gains domestically.
The great weakness of the Iranian axis
Iran and its allies in the region are suffering from severe crises at the political, military, diplomatic and economic levels. Iran is still subject to severe sanctions, its economic situation is collapsing, and it suffers from widespread unrest that has led to the loss of legitimacy in the eyes of the people of Iran and the regime of Velayat-e Faqih. School students, a combination of factors that make the Iranian regime at its weakest.
The Iranian intervention in favor of Russia in Ukraine led to a wide change in the European and American discourse towards Iran, which for years ignored the seriousness of the Iranian role in the Arab region, especially in Yemen, with missiles and drones.
Western countries have imposed a wide range of sanctions on Iran.
In Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, the economic situation has collapsed, despite Iraq ’ s oil wealth, due to the failure of Iranian tools in effective governance as a result of Iranian control over them, and the Iranian regime and its followers ’ structure of expansion through sabotage and the destruction of national regimes.
In the case of Syria, Assad found himself without claws, power and money at a time when he thought he had won militarily with Russian and Iranian military support, where the Syrian state could not provide the slightest services.
In Lebanon, Hezbollah terrorist leader Hassan Nasrallah appeared pleading for development support from the Gulf states earlier this year, and in Sana ’ a, slogans “leave, Yahuthi ” were spread several times in Sana ’ a buildings.
Iranian Motives:
Iran began its war in Saada one year after the fall of Iraq, then attacked Sana ’ a after the nuclear agreement was reached in Oman, and then in Vienna, at that time the West was completely open to Iran, and handed it tens of billions of dollars of its money, at a time when it was opposed to the Saudi intervention in Yemen.
The narrative in the corridors of decision-making in the West and the United Nations international organizations that Saudi Arabia is fighting a severe war on Yemen, contributed by Saudi Arabia ’ s entry into conflicts and rivalries with the UAE, its ally in southern Yemen, with Oman in Mahra and Hadramaut, with Qatar, with Turkey, with Pakistan, and with the West on Jamal and other issues.
For at least two years now, Iran has become an active party in the war in Yemen, and is referred to as sabotaging and obstructing peace in Yemen.
The latest report of sanctions experts contained comprehensive criticism at all levels of Iran and the Houthis, and the Houthi-Iranian narrative of the war in Yemen is no longer simply passing.
Indeed, the UN and US envoy and the ambassadors of major countries condemned the Houthis and Iran for obstructing peace in Yemen, and an international resolution was issued accusing the Houthis of terrorism, and Linderking said in his testimony before Congress last December, the Houthi is no longer able to present his speech as the victim or the victim of aggression.
This shift in rhetoric is one of the factors that prompted Iran to accept a settlement with Saudi Arabia, whose most important stage will be the war in Yemen.
Protests by the Iranian people
Heavy protests erupted in Iran based on economic motives in 2017 after the nuclear deal failed to address the country ’ s economic crisis, repeated in 2018, and then erupted in 2019 and 2020.
By the end of 2022, the protests in Iran are not based on economic demands, but demand the departure of the regime of the Velayat-e Faqih revolution, and the protests are still erupting since September 2022 until today.
The current protests in Iran are the most serious challenge the mullahs ’ governments have faced since their inception 45 years ago.
The economic crisis
The Iranian Toman plummeted from 240,000 against the dollar last September to 600,000 in early March, while the government was unable to evade sanctions effectively, and the government ’ s water distribution policy failed to calm its social base based on farmers.
A strict US policy on foreign dollar sales in Iraq led to the doubling of the crisis in Iran, so that the Iranian regime is heading towards schism and fissures, while the street in Iran is heading to resist and delegitimize the rule of the mullahs, and the currencies of Iraq, Syria and Lebanon are witnessing a massive collapse that led to the disruption of banks in Lebanon.
The Failure of the China-Iran Deal
According to reports published by Iranian newspapers in January, the strategic agreement with China did not lead to positive effects, while several Chinese oil companies withdrew from the development of Iranian oil fields, and Iranian sources estimated the volume of Chinese investment in Iran at less than 168 million dollars, a small number reflecting a large Chinese restlessness of the unhelpful relationship with Iran.
As Sino-Gulf relations expand from the gates of politics and economy, as Chinese investments in Saudi Arabia and the UAE grow steadily, the Chinese president included in his joint statement with the Arab summit calling on Iran to withdraw from the UAE islands, and called on Iran to stop its interference in the region and provide guarantees about its nuclear and missile program, one of the most important factors in the new agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia recently sponsored by China.
Iran is in tension with its surroundings.
Since 2021, Iran has entered a difficult phase in which it has been forced to turn inward.
Social hotbeds of conflict in northern and western Iran, along with Turkey, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan, have evolved into regular protests and military and security confrontations.
It has become an opportunity for foreign countries that want to confuse Iran.
The Iran-Azerbaijan relationship has been strained over the past few months to the extent of severing ties and conducting military exercises with Armenia, which is hostile to Azerbaijan and Turkey.
The Crisis of the Iranian Leader ’ s Succession
Iranian analysts have linked the execution of Ali Akbari, a former deputy defense minister in Iran a few weeks ago, on charges of treason and espionage in Iran, to a local conflict rather than to his role in betraying Iran and spying for Britain.
The Iranian Jadeh website, in several reports on the crisis, considered it "linked to the struggle for the position of leader between a number of Iranian leaders competing for the position."
Akbari ’ s execution is a blow to the secretary general of Iran ’ s National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, a strong contender from outside the Khamenei family for the position, as Akbari has been working in his team in the nuclear program and the Ministry of Defense in past periods.
As the ailing Supreme Leader Khamenei approaches the age of 86, the rivalry over his succession intensifies, at a time when he faces questions in the regime about the usefulness and legitimacy of the regime, a factor that makes the regime seek to calm its external differences as much as possible to arrange for its internal situation.
Iran's Role in Ukraine
Iran joined Russia in the Ukraine war and after long denial Iran admitted to supplying the Russians with a series of drones used in Yemen, for use in Ukraine.
The Iranian intervention in Ukraine has led to a major European position against Tehran, to the extent of demanding the designation of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization, and the isolation of Iran from several important international positions.
In addition to the formation of a committee to investigate the crimes of the regime against the protesters, impose sanctions on companies that import air traffic components to Iran, as well as punish those involved in Iran involved in the production and import of these weapons, which Ukrainian investigations proved that the Shahd136 drone, the most advanced Iranian aircraft imported in most of its components from Western countries and at least half from the United States.
Implications of the Saudi-Iranian Agreement on Yemen
As mentioned above, there are important motives for Saudi Arabia and Iran on the agreement between them and the restoration of diplomatic relations, which tend mostly in favor of Saudi Arabia, while Iran excels in the nuclear program, but the repercussions include files outside the borders of the two countries, most notably Yemen.
The agreement between the two parties did not mention Yemen, but it is the most prominent theater of the conflict between them over the past years, and is expected to be the most prominent theater of the agreement, which means that Saudi Arabia recently acknowledged after a long rejection of the reality of massive Iranian influence in Yemen, through Houthi, and other tools, failed to eliminate it militarily, and resorted to other means that Saudi Arabia may be in favor in Yemen. To implement their economic and development visions.
International reports say that the Saudis and the Houthis are close to understanding an agreement to extend the truce for another year, to be announced by the UN envoy, or by a Saudi-sponsored agreement in Mecca between the government and the Houthis.
While Saudi Arabia has sidelined the Yemeni government and its tools, at the strategic level, Houthi is so unhelpful that it looks triumphant compared to when he rejected Saudi calls for dialogue in Riyadh before the storm.
The Houthi will need huge funding to calm the street, restore the conflicts of its wealthy leaders, especially the conflicts of the Houthi family itself, and re-adjust the competing Jarodian groups clashing with the Twelver and Iran, and enormous social, political and economic challenges, especially after the absence of the narrative of aggression, in light of the shift of his priorities from confronting the coalition and the government to confronting the home front as he calls it.
If Saudi Arabia, with the previous agreement with Iran and with a Chinese guarantee, can stop the Houthi smuggling of weapons, Iran may make concessions, and the Houthi alone will not be able to fight a battle like that of Marib in the past two years.
The agreement could see a resounding setback again, as Iranian-Saudi relations from the 1930s until the revolution in Iran were associated with periods of prosperity, cooling off and even severing ties, at least four times.
It also experienced multiple crises with Iran during the rule of the faqih, in the 1980s, improved from the mid-1990s to 2005 and then collapsed again after the arrival of Ahmadinejad, until today.
On the military level, in Yemen, the Houthi excels with drones and ballistic missiles, often associated with Iran, but any agreement between the two parties in Yemen will almost certainly mean neutralizing Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, but the Houthi is no longer able to mobilize for battle, and his popular discourse is no longer accepted, and his defeat in Marib shattered the peak of Houthi power.
On the government side, Saudi Arabia may push to reunite the anti-Houthi factions, to respond militarily to the Houthi, and may abandon them, to sink in their conflicts or rearrange its allies as it did in the past years, but at least one fact remains constant regardless of the variables: “Everyone is preparing to fight the Houthi alone or together. ”
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The Financial Times pointed out that the Kingdom is carrying out extensive reforms under the auspices of Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in rapid steps that enjoy great support from the Kingdom ’ s youth.
Extensive repairs
The newspaper reported that the year 2022 witnessed extensive changes in the Kingdom, based on the ambitious Vision 2030 launched by the Crown Prince, and the year 2022, when Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, launched an important series of reforms.
These reforms include renewing and diversifying the economy to make it less dependent on oil and more open to other sources such as tourism.
The Kingdom is trying to attract young talent and Western companies in the face of growing global and regional competition, in addition to providing a more modern lifestyle.
Support for youth and women
The newspaper praised the elements of the empowerment of Saudi women and their inclusion in many fields and participation in many activities, which enabled them to achieve achievements at the local and regional level, while the Saudis welcomed these steps and enjoyed great popularity and support.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has received widespread support from Saudi youth.
The words of support and motivation for young people are always present in most of the speeches of the Crown Prince, which was evident during the launch of the National Intellectual Property Strategy, which is one of the possibilities to achieve the objectives of the Kingdom ’ s Vision 2030, aimed at building an intellectual property system that supports the economy based on innovation and creativity.
The real power.
“We have minds and energies that are passionate about innovation and creativity, and by enabling it, the Kingdom will be a fertile environment for the knowledge economy through an integrated intellectual property system that supports the development of innovative technologies and industries and contributes to the growth of enterprises.
In 2016, His Highness the Crown Prince announced the future vision of Saudi Arabia 2030, and Prince Mohammed bin Salman stressed that youth are the real force to achieve the national vision, which he believes will be achieved only through the Saudi youth, which is one of the most prominent advantages in Saudi Arabia.
Since then, Vision 2030 has placed youth as a pillar and roadmap to empower them, get out of the oil mantle, invest, and diversify economic incomes.

What are the main goals of the 2016- launched Vision 2030?

To lessen reliance on oil.
To diversify Saudi Arabia's economy

What has MBS done since becoming Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia?

Mohammed bin Salman's plan for Saudi Arabia's development involves an ambitious economic development vision to diversify the Kingdom's economy away from oil revenues, attract international companies, and improve job opportunities for Saudis.

What are some of the key goals of Vision 2030 for society and economy?

What are the main goals of the 2016- launched Vision 2030?

To attract foreign investment
To lessen reliance on oil.
To diversify Saudi Arabia's economy

What has MBS done since becoming Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia?

The main economic goal of MBS's 2030 vision is to diversify Saudi Arabia's economy away from oil revenues by attracting international companies and improving job opportunities for Saudis.

What are some of the key goals of Vision 2030 for society and economy?

What are the main goals of the 2016- launched Vision 2030?

To attract foreign investment
To lessen reliance on oil.
To diversify Saudi Arabia's economy

What has MBS done since becoming Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia?

King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is supporting MBS's vision for Saudi Arabia's future, which includes significant economic and social reforms.

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Content: February 22 of each year marks a great and wonderful national anniversary for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its people. Its blessed events began in the middle of 1139, corresponding to 1727, when the first Saudi state came into existence during the reign of Imam Prince Mohammed bin Saud, which lasted until 1233, corresponding to 1818, with its capital of Diriyah, its Constitution of the Holy Quran and the Sunnah of his Prophet (peace be upon him).
The first Saudi state was able to establish unity, security and safety in the Arabian Peninsula, after centuries of dispersion, division and instability.
It was also able to withstand the challenges that surrounded the Arabian Peninsula at the time, to come after seven years another phase of empowerment, steadfastness and achievement, when Imam Turki bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud founded in 1240, 1824, the second Saudi state, which lasted until 1309, 1891, to continue during that period the journey of building a strong homeland and continuing the process of giving and steadfastness.
Ten years later, in 1319, 1902, King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al-Faisal Al-Saud established the third Saudi state and united it as a sprawling state under the name of Saudi Arabia in 1932. He followed his righteous, wise and righteous approach by his sons of kings towards strengthening the building process of the Saudi state and preserving its unity and cohesion to this day.
Today, in the era of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Kingdom is living a prosperous era that is witnessing unprecedented giant civilizational achievements under the wise leadership with the help of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince and the godfather of Saudi Vision 2030, which was launched on April 25, 2016, to move the Kingdom economically, civilizationally, politically and technologically. Saudi Arabia ’ s economy grew by 8.7% in 2022, outperforming many of the developed world ’ s economies, including those of the G20 countries. The Kingdom has also been able to rank highly in the G20 countries in its ability to attract foreign direct investment and attract tourists and foreign visitors, for example, Saudi Arabia ’ s vision has contributed to improving levels of foreign direct investment. In 2022, it achieved an estimated growth of 337% compared to 2017, and foreign direct investment outflows gradually decreased from 2007 to the end of 2022.
In terms of domestic tourism, the Kingdom achieved its tourism targets before the year of vision, where the number of foreign tourists who came to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reached 27 million tourists in 2023, and revenues from the tourism sector reached 100 billion riyals, and the volume of funding provided to the tourism sector reached 35 billion riyals through the Tourism Development Fund since its establishment.
The success of the Saudi tourism strategy achieved the Kingdom ’ s tourism goals ahead of time, which required an update of the vision ’ s primary goal of reaching 150 million tourists (80 million from inside and 70 million from outside) instead of 100 million tourists.
The tourism sector also achieved for the first time a surplus in the data of the travel item in the balance of payments, where the surplus until the end of the third quarter of 2023 was estimated at 37.8 billion riyals and a growth rate of 72% compared to the surplus in 2022 for the same period.
On the industrial side, the industry has also made qualitative and unprecedented leaps.
From 7,000 factories to more than 11,000 factories and the National Industrial Strategy will raise the factories to 36,000 factories.
In conclusion, the Kingdom, since the establishment of the first Saudi state until our prosperous era, is moving at a steady and steady pace towards change, renewal and modernization in all areas of life.
Saudi Vision 2030 has contributed to embodying the words and plans to make them a reality on the ground, so that the Kingdom has become an important reference in the region and the world in the field of modernization and development, and reflected the journey of change in all economic activities without exception, and contributed to the creation of jobs for citizens of both sexes, and the growth of the economy and diversification of revenues.

What are some of the key goals of Vision 2030 for society and economy?

allow recreational activities; Saudi women benefit from relaxed restrictions

What are the main goals of the 2016- launched Vision 2030?

To lessen reliance on oil.
To diversify Saudi Arabia's economy

What has MBS done since becoming Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia?

"Mohammed bin Salman has been the crown prince of Saudi Arabia since 2017, when he was appointed by his father King Salman."

"Saudi Arabia, under Prince Mohammed bin Salman's vision, aims to achieve economic development, diversification, and improved regional relations, as part of its 2030 plan, in order to bring about lasting peace and prosperity to the region."

What are some of the key goals of Vision 2030 for society and economy?

What are the main goals of the 2016- launched Vision 2030?

To lessen reliance on oil.
To diversify Saudi Arabia's economy

What has MBS done since becoming Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia?

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is leading the efforts of reform and development in Saudi Arabia through Vision 2030.

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Content: Vision 2030.
‘ Sovereign fund ’, ‘ national transformation ’ and ‘ industry ’ lead to ‘ post-oil Saudi Arabia ’
The Saudi citizen is at the heart of the equation with its three axes: a vibrant society, a prosperous economy and an ambitious homeland
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (may Allah protect him)
Saudi Arabia continues its steady pace through its Vision 2030 to the post-oil phase, which strengthens Riyadh ’ s global position, placing at the heart of its equation the Saudi citizen to be dependent on him in building the future of his country to achieve a strong and sustainable economy.
The vision adopted a number of executive programs to achieve its objectives, and applied them with ministries and government agencies, with the participation of the private sector, achieving great achievements in the three pillars of the vision: a vibrant society, a prosperous economy, and an ambitious homeland, the most important of which is the National Transformation Program.
It is the five-year plan of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, established in 2015, organized by the Council of Economic and Development Affairs, and is one of the programs of the Saudi Vision 2030. The program is implemented at the level of 24 government agencies, namely 16 ministries and 8 government agencies.
The Fiscal Balance Program (FSP), one of the programs of Saudi Vision 2030, was established in 2016 by the Council of Economic and Development Affairs as part of fiscal reforms, with the aim of achieving a balanced budget by 2023, strengthening financial management, restructuring the Kingdom ’ s financial situation, and introducing various mechanisms to review and approve revenues, expenditures, and various projects.
The program was approved by the Saudi Council of Ministers on December 22, 2016.
Public Investment Fund
It is the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, established in 1971, and is considered among the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world; it occupies the fifth place with total assets estimated at $727 billion, by the end of April 2023.
It is dedicated to financing projects of strategic value to the Saudi national economy.
Saudi Arabia aims to transform the Public Investment Fund into one of the largest sovereign funds in the world, building a diversified and pioneering investment portfolio by investing in attractive investment opportunities locally and internationally.
Saudi Housing Program
It is an executive program for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, launched by the Council of Economic and Development Affairs in 2017, and supervised by the Ministry of Housing "later converted to: Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing", and aims to provide housing solutions for Saudi families to help them own suitable homes, or benefit from them according to their needs and financial capabilities.
Financial Sector Development Program
It is one of the programs to achieve Saudi Vision 2030, announced on April 24, 2017, and adopted by the Council of Economic and Development Affairs on May 10, 2018.
The program seeks to develop the financial sector to be a diversified and effective financial sector to support the development of the Saudi economy, stimulate savings, finance and investment, and increase the efficiency of the financial sector to meet and address challenges.
Guest Service Program
It is one of the programs of the vision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2030, which seeks to make a qualitative leap in the experience of Hajj, Umrah and visit, and make it available to the largest possible number of Muslims by increasing the capacity of the system of services provided to pilgrims, enhancing them, enriching the religious journey and cultural experience, and reflecting the bright and civilized image of the Kingdom in the service of the Two Holy Mosques.
The program works with success partners to develop and improve the economies of the system, and provide opportunities and enablers for the private sector.
Quality of Life Program
It is one of the programs to achieve Saudi Vision 2030, and was announced on May 3, 2018.
It aims to improve the quality of life of individuals and families by creating the necessary environment to support and develop new options that enhance the participation of citizens, residents and visitors in cultural, recreational, sports and tourism activities, and other appropriate patterns that contribute to enhancing the quality of life of individuals and families, generating jobs, diversifying economic activity, and enhancing the position of Saudi cities in the ranking of the best global cities.
The Quality of Life Program works to improve the quality of life in Saudi Arabia through two axes: the development of lifestyles and the improvement of infrastructure; it works to develop lifestyles by activating the participation of individuals in recreational, sports and cultural activities.
Customization Program
It is one of the programs of Saudi Vision 2030, launched in 2018, and its main mission is to strengthen the role of the private sector to provide services and make government assets available to it, and seeks to reduce the cost of services to the government and raise efficiency, and the program works to attract foreign investors.
National Industrial Development and Logistics Program
It is one of the programs of Saudi Vision 2030, launched by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on January 28, 2019, and aims to transform the Kingdom into a global industrial and logistics platform to connect the continents of Asia, Europe and Africa, by focusing on four vital sectors: industry, mining, energy and logistics, through about 330 initiatives.
Health Sector Transformation Program
It is one of the programs of Saudi Vision 2030.
His mission is to restructure the health sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to make it a comprehensive, effective and integrated health system.
The establishment of the program comes as one of the new programs to ensure the continued development of health care services in the Kingdom and to focus efforts in this important sector, after the National Transformation Program achieved achievements and strategic objectives developed by the health sector to meet the challenges related to health services by raising their quality and efficiency, and raising the levels of prevention against health risks.
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What are the main goals of the 2016- launched Vision 2030?

To lessen reliance on oil.
To diversify Saudi Arabia's economy

What has MBS done since becoming Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia?

A key goal declared by Mohammed bin Salman is for Saudi Arabia to become a successful and leading model in the world at all levels.

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Content: Criteria for attracting strategic leaders.
“Leaders of Excellence and Innovation ” in Developed Countries
Global challenges facing countries have increased such as: economic, political, technological and social challenges, internal changes have accelerated such as: change in objectives, values and climate, individuals and working methods, community needs have escalated, and resources have decreased; and the culture of excellence and innovation has become a great demand among peoples and governments, which necessitated the application of governmental institutional excellence to keep pace with successive changes in all fields.
In response to these circumstances, emphasis was placed on leadership, as well as on human capital, work on quality of outputs and high levels of performance, and the transformation of agile organizations; for the importance of strengthening competitiveness, leadership and innovation industry.
Efforts have been made by governmental organizations in all countries to reach a leading position among the countries that compete with them at both the regional and international levels.
Some countries have even established a Strategic Leadership Development Academy that leads excellence, innovation and leadership locally and internationally.
The vast majority of writers and researchers tend to develop strategic leadership capabilities and reach high levels of performance that enable their owners to carry out their leadership tasks efficiently and efficiently, and to invest the capabilities of the state and its capabilities the best investment to achieve leadership and innovation desired. Middle and advanced experience, Britain trained leadership and made it a job with standards, requirements and entitlements that must be met.
In the Vision 2030 document, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques affirmed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia should be a successful and pioneering model.
“My first goal is for our country to be a successful and leading model in the world at all levels. ”
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud followed his approach.
The State has made continuous efforts in the professional and distinguished leadership reforms in government organizations and the optimal investment of human leadership capabilities through leadership programs targeting those who are in leadership positions and those who are coming to assume them and provide them with the necessary skills to lead and acquire them with the practical skills needed to manage organizations with the foundations of the scientific approach of leadership.
To contribute to raising the efficiency and effectiveness of those enrolled in the field of strategic management in organizations and raise the overall productivity of the governmental organization and excellence of its performance
In addition to developing the skills of human leadership and developing their abilities using methods inspired by the best international practices, and then appreciating their efforts and achievements to support the methods of maintaining them. The Kingdom has recorded the best international practices in the number of training hours for leadership cadres.
It also set standards in attracting government leaders on a scientific and global basis through the houses of expertise and global advisory teams in attracting government leaders for leadership and innovation.
Early efforts were initiated in the Kingdom through the establishment of the Performance Measurement Center for Governmental Organizations, which measures the performance of public agencies with international standards, towards outstanding government performance, and a national vision achieved.
He introduced programs aimed at developing the skills of business leaders and IT managers in government agencies to achieve the vision and values of digital government, where the program consists of several development programs in the latest digital topics, which are offered in partnership with the top 100 international universities to identify the best global technical practices.
The programs continued to be rolled out through the 10X Saudi Leadership Program, which builds key leadership skills based on the 2030 Leaders Competencies Framework. The program aims to:
1.
Building successful leaders.
2.
Empower leaders to strategize, innovate, and make impact.
3.
Developing competencies in order to achieve Vision 2030.
There are great programs in the development of organizations and strategic leaders in government organizations, which prompted me to search for the reasons of excellence of organizations in developed countries, and I found that the main supporter in the industry of leadership and innovation through professional leaders that achieve government excellence, leadership and innovation.
By reviewing the table of weights of the relative importance of the seven main criteria of European excellence 2020 are:
Axis of Direction:
• Goal and strategic vision were given a score of 100
• Organizational culture and leadership were given a score of 100
In the implementation of Exception:
The employee engagement standard was given a score of 100.
• A sustainable value building standard of 200 degrees was given
• Performance and Transformation Leadership Benchmark was given 100
The results focus:
• The criterion of the impressions of the concerned people was given 200 degrees
• Strategic and operational performance score of 200
The total score is 1000 degrees.
Strategic leadership through professional leadership represents about 300 of the total grades, which is equivalent to 35% of the standards of the European Institutional Excellence Model 2020.
Distinguish countries by attracting strategic leadership competencies that lead change, leadership and innovation in those countries to put them at the forefront of the developed countries and the 20 countries
Polarization should be based on scientific and global foundations inspired by management sciences and strategic leadership arts
He reviewed the best models of international standards of expertise houses in strategic leadership that are used to attract leaders of change, leadership and innovation.
• First criterion: administrative performance 40%
• Standard 2: Professional performance 40%
Criterion 3: Attributes and Relationships 20%
To achieve 100% total standards
These criteria were divided into:
The first criterion: administrative performance 40% and a score of 400 out of the total score of standards 1000 is divided into:
1. Strategic orientation and institutional organization and its weight 100 degrees
2. Leading change and crisis management and weighing 100 degrees
3. Competitiveness and managerial excellence and is represented by 100 degrees
Evaluation and development is represented by 100 degrees
The second criterion: professional performance 40% and a score of 400 out of the total score of the criteria 1000 degrees is divided into:
1. Leading teaching and learning and weighing 160 degrees
2. Sustainable development and institutional resources 120 degrees
3- Administrative empowerment and professional competencies represented by 120 degrees
The third criterion: Attributes and relations 20% and a score of 200 out of the total scores of criteria 1000 degrees and is divided into:
Professional traits and self-growth are represented by 70 degrees
Relations and social responsibility represented by 70 degrees
3. Communication, communication and community service represented by 60 degrees
Through the use of this model to attract strategic leadership competencies, many countries have recorded successive successes and progress in their ranking of developed countries or the top 20 countries.
The Kingdom has recorded the best international practices in the number of training hours for government leadership cadres, and we appreciate these efforts through the keenness of the governors in devoting efforts and continuous support to the development of government organizations that promote the future of our great country.
These efforts have been reflected in the achievements of our dear Great Kingdom at all levels, including:
• Sports Stations in 2021
• Hosting Dacre Rally Saudi Arabia
• Holding the second edition of the (Saudi Cup) horse race
• Hosting the seventh season of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship at the historic Diriyah Circuit
• Hosting the electric car race (Xtreme E) in the historical province of Al-Ula
• Hosting the 14th edition of the World Club Handball Championship (Superglobe) in Jeddah
• Hosting a Formula 1 race
• Cultural Stations in 2021
• Launch of Noor Riyadh Exhibition
• Honoring the winners of the National Cultural Awards Initiative
• Inscription of the Cultural District (Fever) on the UNESCO World Heritage List
• Riyadh International Book Fair
• Binalsoor Exhibition in Riyadh
• Hosted the Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium
• Exhibition at Binalsoor in Jeddah
• The first edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival
• Launching (Diriyah Biennial) as the first Biennial held in the Kingdom
• Launch of the strategy of the Bin Salman International Center for Arabic Calligraphy
Financial sustainability
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ’ s efforts in financial sustainability have resulted in the return of the economy to pre-pandemic levels in 2021. The total real results achieved a positive growth of 3.2% in 2021 compared to last year, while non-oil activities achieved a positive growth of 6.1% in 2021 compared to last year.
Diversified economy
Local content
As a result of the initiative of localization and transfer of oil and gas technology and the increase of the share of local content in the oil and gas sector by 60%, in the context of empowering small, medium and finite enterprises, the year 2021 saw a number of possibilities provided to them to achieve the goal of vision of the contribution of small and medium enterprises total local results to 35% in 2030.
The rate of foreign direct investment in the second quarter of 2021 recorded the highest quarterly value during 2020, the previous years by about 13.8 billion dollars, recording an increase of 607.3, on a quarterly basis and an increase of 1573.9, on an annual basis.
In the tourism sector
In 2021, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will attract 10 million visitors from inside and outside the Kingdom by the vision 2030 that tourism will generate revenues of 50 billion Saudi riyals through diversified investments.
of entrepreneurial projects
The NEOM project in total targets 380,000 jobs and contribute to the national domestic production 180 billion riyals by 2030.
The Red Sea Project
One of the mega projects in the vision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2030, which was designed by the project (Coral Bloom) with new beaches more than 90 islands will be placed in this project, the island will include resorts and operational hotels, a number of famous international hospitality pioneers, also in the resort (Dok butchers) The resort includes 48 villas 12 hotel rooms and it is worth mentioning that a huge coral colony was discovered within the Red Sea project is located 600 years, south of the island Qadi, contribute to achieving the ambitious vision goal of visiting foreign direct investment to 5.7% by 2030.
Resource Development Program
The year 2021 witnessed the launch of the Human Development Capacity Development Program and the program ’ s strategy included three pillars.
The program seeks to activate the company with the non-profit private sector and increase the chances of attending kindergarten from 23% to 90%. It also aims to enter two Saudi universities among the top 100 universities in the world by 2030, which enhances the Kingdom 's position globally in education and scholarship. Parts of the province of men of Ma' a, technology and digital transformation The Kingdom has won the presidency of the Arab Organization for Education, Culture and Science Alexu in 2021 to 2030
Training Development Side
The Research, Development and Innovation Authority launched 14 innovative laboratories specialized in the field of technology and digital entrepreneurship, benefited more than 37,000 participants also launched 19 training programs to develop human cadres on the e-tourism education platform, benefiting more than 111,000 trainees. Non-working from 7.7% in 2020 to 12.2% in 2021.
He also launched a Saudi logistics academy four times training
Qualifying Competencies in 7 Logistics Training Sectors
30 trainees also launched from the front row employees of the system of Hajj and Umrah through the Academy of Hajj and Umrah virtual training The number of trainees more than 11 thousand trainees in the framework of the continuous quest to enable the recovering employee the national economy and the improvement of the labor market fell to 11% in the fourth quarter of 2021, a marked decline
The Leadership Side
Launching the service of establishing and operating a capacity and skills assessment center in order to identify the data of state employees and raise the use of data by preparing analytical studies in leading positions in ministries and automatically linking with 50 government agencies
Financial Area
The number of POS devices in the Kingdom reached more than one million devices in the commercial outlets more than 180 cities and villages, and also supports the efforts of the vision in the transition towards a digital economy. The share of electronic payments made by the population reached 57% in the retail sector. The Kingdom recorded the highest rate of adoption of payments through NVC technology by 94% in the European Union, Middle East and Africa. The index of Internet services in the Kingdom in 2030, to 96% and the coverage rate of the population range 4G more than 97% and the Internet speed increased 9 megabytes in 2018, to 180 megabytes in 2021, and it is worth mentioning that the wireless Internet was activated during the Hajj season.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ranked first among the 28 most trusted governments in the world for the first year of 2021, Saudi Arabia ranked first among the 28 most trusted governments in the world for the first year of 2021, Saudi Arabia ranked second among the G20 countries in the Competitiveness and Digital Progress Report 20.21, issued by the European Center In terms of the non-profit sector or the voluntary sector, 250 volunteer units were established during 2021, also the contribution of the non-profit sector as a development partner in achieving the objectives of the Kingdom and encouraging the initiatives of the non-profit and then the implementation of the national award voluntary work in its first sessions during 2021. As a result of this effort, non-profit organizations registered an increase of 3,068 organizations by the end of 2021, an increase of 88% compared to 2017, 8251,000 volunteers.
I conclude my article with this statement, which is not absent from the sight, hearing and feeling of any Saudi citizen
We have called this vision (Saudi Arabia Vision 2030), but we will not wait until then, but we will immediately start implementing all that we have committed ourselves to, and with you and how much Saudi Arabia will be a great country we are all proud of, God willing.
Speech of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz
Crown Prince, Prime Minister
President of the Council for Economic and Development Affairs