National Digital Economy Program
Explore Opportunities in Oman’s Growing Tech and Innovation Ecosystem
The Sultanate of Oman seeks to develop a prosperous digital economy that contributes to the national economy. National Program for Digital Economy outlines a set of pillar, executive programs and action plans, in addition to medium and long-term targets aligned to Omani Vision 2040 About the Program.
Vision: A digital economy that supports the national economy, strengthens digital sovereignty, and provides sustainable, high-quality opportunities for society.
Message: Empowering society and both the public and private sectors to adopt advanced digital technologies that drive deep economic transformation through smart, integrated, and exportable national projects.
- Developing skills and competencies that are in line with the labor market requirements and future digital demands
- Providing an enabling business environment for companies to adopt modern technologies to support business digitalization
- Achieving smart government transformation programs and providing effective governance mechanisms
- Manufacturing and localizing modern technologies
- Creating a digital society responsive to future requirements
Main Target
- Creating national industries in the digital economy
- Enhancing Digitization In-Country Value
- Creating sustainable income-generating opportunities for youth
- Establishing strategic partnerships with private sector
- Digitizing the economic sectors included in the tenth five-year plan
- Attraction of Foreign Direct Investment in the Digital Economy
Focus areas in 2021-2025
- Government digital transformation
- Developing digital content
- Attracting foreign digital investment
- Promoting data center and cloud services
- Developing a cyber security industry
- Adopting 4th industrial revolution technologies to advance economic sectors
Program Pillars
- First Pillar: Digital Smart Government
- Second Pillar: Digital Society
- Third Pillar: Digitalization of Business
Common FAQ
The National Digital Economy Program is a national framework that oversees the implementation of initiatives and projects contributing to the transition toward a prosperous and sustainable digital economy, in line with the targets of Oman Vision 2040, which was launched in 2021.
The digital economy is the economy that relies on digital technologies in the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, such as e-government services, artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing, and e-commerce.
The program aims, thru its executive programs, to increase the contribution of the digital economy to the GDP from 2% to 10% by 2040.
The governance of the program's implementation is based on three levels, which are:
- The Financial and Economic Committee emanating from the esteemed Council of Ministers, which is responsible for the overall supervision of the National Digital Economy Program and its alignment with the targets of Oman Vision 2040.
- The Technical Committee for the Digital Economy, whose task is to monitor the progress of programs and overcome obstacles and challenges.
- The executive team for each executive program, which are teams executing initiatives and projects in government entities.
The program focuses on a set of international and national indicators such as the Government AI Readiness Index, the Global Cybersecurity Index, and the Network Readiness Index, among others.
Yes, periodic reports are prepared to highlight the progress made in initiatives and projects, and they are published on the ministry's website and official social media platforms.
The program oversees a number of national initiatives, including initiatives to empower digital skills, the open data initiative, initiatives to support tech startups, and others.
The "Makeen" initiative is one of the initiatives linked to the National Digital Economy Program, stemming from the Executive Program for the Digital Industry. The initiative aims to develop national competencies and enhance their readiness for the digital future thru training and qualification in advanced digital skills. The link
The government digital transformation program is one of the executive programs stemming from the National Digital Economy Program. It focuses on enhancing government efficiency and improving service quality thru the transition to an integrated digital environment that supports innovation, transparency, and the enhancement of institutional performance.
Among the main trends: enhancing innovation in emerging technologies, attracting digital investments, and supporting the establishment of a data-driven economy.
The program works on enabling the use of these technologies in various economic and service sectors, and encourages institutions to adopt them to improve productivity and services.
NDEP Department Contact Info
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