HE the Minister of Economy and Commerce Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed al-Thani yesterday inaugurated a two-day international workshop on “protecting competitiveness and combating collusive tendering” in Doha.
The workshop aims to increase the awareness of specialists on the importance of tenders in the economy and the need to enhance competitiveness and combat any manipulation in tender
procedures.
A number of international experts in the field are taking part in the workshop in addition to government and private sector officials.
Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin Mohamed al-Thani, chairman of Qatar Chamber and head of the Competition Protection and Anti-monopoly Committee, attended the opening session.
The minister said the workshop aims to address the most important challenges faced by various tender authorities and committees around the world and focuses on the laws and regulations to develop and protect competitiveness and integrity while issuing
tenders.
He stressed that discussions at the workshop would enhance expertise in the field and provide officials with an idea about best practices in this area. He also noted that tenders play an important role in the GDP of every country and improving the level of efficiency in this area will reflect positively on the overall economy and rationalise public spending.
Further, he spoke about the efforts made by Qatar in this area, particularly the protection of competitiveness and combating monopoly.
Sheikh Ahmed at the inauguration of the workshop yesterday.
