HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani chaired the Cabinet’s regular meeting yesterday morning at the Amiri Diwan.
Following the meeting, HE the Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ibrahim bin Ali al-Mohannadi said the Cabinet, at the outset of the meeting, extended its highest congratulations to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on the imminent advent of the blessed Eid al-Adha, praying to Almighty Allah to return this blessed occasion to His Highness with the best of health and happiness, to Qatar and its people and residents with prosperity and growth under His Highness the Amir’s wise leadership, and to the Arab and Islamic nations with goodness, welfare and blessings.
The Cabinet commended His Highness the Amir’s honouring of the winners of the seventh edition of the State Appreciation Award and the State Incentive Award in science, arts, and literature, in recognition of their significant contributions to their respective fields and their role in supporting national development and enriching the cultural and intellectual landscape locally and globally. The Cabinet also congratulated the winners, commending their outstanding contributions and wishing them continued success in serving their country and nation.
The Cabinet then considered the topics on its agenda and approved a draft law regulating the practice of social professions. The draft law, prepared by the Ministry of Social Development and Family within the framework of implementing its strategy, is in line with the Third National Development Strategy and Qatar National Vision 2030.
It aims to establish an integrated legislative framework to regulate the practice of social professions in the country by identifying the controls, provisions and professional standards necessary for practising them.
The draft law also seeks to support the participation of the private and non-profit sectors in providing these services within a legal framework that ensures governance, transparency and sustainability, and to enable the competent authorities to carry out their tasks in supervision, monitoring and follow-up. It further establishes unified mechanisms for measuring the quality of social services in a way that ensures their improvement and development.
The Cabinet also approved a draft decision of the Minister of Public Health determining the fees due for licences in the field of health research. The draft decision comes within the framework of implementing the provisions of Law No. 6 of 2025 regulating health research, with the aim of regulating the procedures related to granting licences in this field.
At the end of the meeting, the Cabinet took note of the audited financial statements of the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (QFCRA) for the financial year ended December 31, 2025, and the annual report on the QFCRA’s activities for the year 2025.