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OBJECTIVES OF THE TENTH DEVELOPMENT PLAN
(2015-2019)
FIRST OBJECTIVE:
To safeguard Islamic teachings and values, enhance national unity and
consolidate the Arab and Islamic identity of the Kingdom, through:
Maintaining Islamic teachings and values and consolidating the
Kingdom's identity:
1.1 Taking good care of the Holy Quran through printing and
publication, and promotion of the Quran memorization and
recitation.
1.2 Consolidating efforts aimed at call to Allah and introduction of
Prophet Mohammed tradition (Sunnah) and Islamic values.
1.3 Taking good care of mosques and their maintenance.
1.4 Upgrading the standard of services provided to pilgrims, Umrah
performers and visitors.
1.5 Enhancing the Kingdom's role and position at the Arab, Islamic and
international levels.
1.6 Taking good care of classical Arabic language.
Consolidating national unity:
1.7 Enhancing comprehensive national security.
1.8 Inculcating values of citizenship and national belonging among all
segments of the society.
1.9 Deepening the concept of moderation and intellectual dialogue and
enhancing its role in addressing national issues.
1.10 Enhancing the principles of justice and equality and deepening
them among all groups of the society.
1.11 Protecting human rights and disseminating awareness about them in
the light of Islamic Sharia teachings and rules.
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FIRST: IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SECOND OBJECTIVE:
Enhancing economic diversification with its different dimensions,
through:
Vertical Diversification:
2.1 Raising utilization rates of mineral resources, diversifying pertinent
activities and encouraging expansion in local production,
processing and manufacturing of mining raw materials.
2.2 Developing production and service activities, which have strong
linkages with oil and gas industries as well as upstream and
downstream activities that depend on oil and gas.
Horizontal Diversification:
2.3 Expanding production capacities of the industrial sector,
particularly in fields covered by the National Industrial Strategy.
2.4 Developing the services sector and increasing its contribution to
GDP with due emphasis on financial, tourism, transport,
engineering, communication and information technology (IT)
services.
2.5 Diversifying economic activities in non-oil sectors with due
emphasis on high-productivity, and promising comparative
advantage activities.
2.6 Investing in projects related with diversification of energy sources.
2.7 Developing non-oil exports and increasing their contribution to the
total value of exports.
2.8 Encouraging local and foreign strategic partnerships to implement
investment projects which contribute to diversification of the
production base of the national economy.
2.9 Developing low-water-consuming agricultural products as well as
fishing activities.
Spatial Diversification:
2.10 Making use of the comparative advantages of the provinces in
boosting spatial diversification of economic activities along with
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expansion in establishment of industrial zones and business and
technology incubators to improve utilization of these advantages.
THIRD OBJECTIVE: Transition to a knowledge-based economy and a knowledge society,
through:
Dissemination of Knowledge:
3.1 expediting the approval of the national strategy for transition to a
knowledge society and its translation into five-year plans.
3.2 Disseminating the culture of a knowledge-based economy among
the society and enabling human resources to acquire and make use
of it.
3.3 Disseminating awareness of programs and mechanisms for building
a knowledge society through media and workshops.
3.4 Reducing knowledge gaps and digital divides among the Kingdom's
regions, and between the various segments of society.
Knowledge Utilization:
3.5 Utilizing the results of scientific research in addressing socio-
economic issues and transformation of knowledge into wealth.
3.6 Improving the knowledge content of goods and services produced
in the Kingdom.
3.7 Encouraging the private sector to invest in production of good and
services with high-knowledge content, and high-value added.
3.8 Enhancing the kingdom's regional and international standing with
respect to the knowledge-based economy and follow up its
performance indicators therein.
3.9 Encouraging the universities and companies to invest in research,
development and innovation fields along with ensuring
enforcement of intellectual property rights laws.
Knowledge Generation:
3.10 Enhancing science and technology system and strengthening its
linkage with all production and services sectors.
3.11 Encouraging applied studies and research, which contribute towards
knowledge society/economy.
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3.12 Ensuring optimal utilization of communication and information
technology in all sectors particularly in education and training,
along with consolidating information infrastructure.
3.13 Developing knowledge capacities of national manpower in terms of
education, production and skills.
3.14 Arabization of science and technology and expansion of the Arabic
digital content.
Knowledge Management:
3.15 Preparing an adequate institutional and regulatory environment for
knowledge society and developing its management infrastructure.
3.16 Boosting the Kingdom's capacity in the management of knowledge
generation, its finance, transfer, investment and dissemination,
particularly in the government administrative apparatus.
3.17 Improving coordination between the various agencies and sectors in
completion of tasks related to transition to a knowledge society and
in addressing structural, organizational and institutional issues that
hinder joint integration and coordination.
FOURTH OBJECTIVE:
To expand the absorptive capacity of the national economy and
enhance its growth, stability and competitiveness through:
Capital Absorption:
4.1 Developing a national strategy for Saudi and foreign investment
that ensures favorable and attractive environment.
4.2 Increasing funds allocated for infrastructure projects and directing
them towards removal of bottlenecks from the sectoral activities of
the economy.
4.3 Establishing venture capital funds to support investment in
emerging strategic projects.
4.4 Attracting and directing migrant capital to production sectors.
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Market Absorptive Capacity and Regulation:
4.5 Enhancing and developing government procurement regulations to
contribute to supporting local products.
4.6 Finalizing implementation of the privatization strategy in
accordance with a specified schedule.
4.7 Enhancing the role of economic and industrial cities in investment
attraction and technology indigenization.
4.8 Developing capital market regulations and upgrading its efficiency
to attract national savings and direct them towards establishment of
new companies and elimination of speculation.
Technology Assimilation:
4.9 Directing national and foreign investments towards high
technology-content and high value-added sectors and encouraging
creativity and innovation.
4.10 Accelerating implementation of the National Industrial Strategy.
FIFTH OBJECTIVE:
Raising the productivity of the national economy, through:
Human Resources (Labor) Productivity:
5.1 Developing internal and external efficiency of the education and
training system.
5.2 Upgrading the skills of human resources, and developing their
productive capacities, along with establishing positive work ethics,
and enabling them to deal efficiently with technological
developments.
5.3 Developing labor market mechanisms and regulations and wage
policies in a way that facilitates movement of labor between
companies and establishments, as well as between the public and
private sectors.
5.4 Reviewing expatriate labor recruitment policies, in line with the
objectives of the development plan, in a way that ensures their
integration with national labor both quantitatively and qualitatively.
Capital Productivity:
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5.5 Supporting the companies to shift from non-skilled labor intensity to
capital and advanced technology intensity as well as skilled labor
intensity, and ensuring an environment that is conducive to this shift.
5.6 Facilitating the procedures for the establishment of companies and
their entry into the market, developing regulations for bankruptcy
and liquidation of insolvent companies in a way that ensures
consistency and smoothness of such processes, and safeguards the
rights of creditors.
Total Productivity:
5.7 Encouraging the SMEs to produce goods and services with high
knowledge content, and rely on national labor.
5.8 Encouraging the establishment of companies that can reap the
benefits of economies of scale and are capable of investing in
research, development and innovation activities and utilization of
ICT.
5.9 Promoting the efficiency and capacity of legal and judicial
authorities to ensure accelerated settlement of disputes, enforcement
of rulings and commitment to concluded contracts and agreements.
5.10 Encouraging the SMEs to merge in order to increase their efficiency
and competitiveness at both internal and external levels.
5.11 Boosting competition in all economic activities through upgrading
efficiency of regulation and supervision agencies along with
developing their capabilities and supporting their autonomy.
SIXTH OBJECTIVE:
Raising the value added of natural resources in the national economy,
diversifying their sources and ensuring their sustainability along with
protecting the environment and conserving the wildlife, through:
Oil and Mineral Resources:
6.1 Maximizing the value added of oil and gas resources in all uses and
production activities.
6.2 Enhancing mechanisms of conservation of oil resources and
rationalization of their use, including development and application
of criteria for programmed production from the oil fields as well as
efficient consumption of energy in all related sectors and activities.
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6.3 Developing the use of renewable energy sources for production of
electricity, water desalination along with accelerating approval of
necessary regulations and mechanisms.
6.4 Encouraging manufacturing industries which depend on
hydrocarbon and mining raw materials.
Water Resources:
6.5 accelerating the approval of the National Water Strategy and
implementation of its comprehensive plan.
6.6 Increasing the use of reclaimed water for agricultural purposes.
6.7 Enhancing the mechanisms of rationalizing water consumption,
reducing the losses in production, transportation and distribution of
water; and enforcing the criteria pertaining to efficiency of water use
in all activities.
6.8 Protecting non-renewable water resources and ensuring their
availability in the long run to meet basic needs.
6.9 Enhancing renewable water resources through study of potentials
and developing additional surface and ground water storage
capacities.
6.10 Developing an integrated desalination industry which uses
renewable energy sources and supporting it by advanced research
centers.
Resources Sustainability:
6.11 Reviewing the package of incentives provided by the state to ensure
their consistency with the objective of natural resources
conservation, elimination of their wastage and protection of
environment against pollution.
6.12 Expanding application of principles and standards related with
sustainable development in the management of natural resources.
6.13 Conducting a feasibility study for use of solid waste in generation of
thermal energy and electricity and water desalination.
Protection of the Environment:
6.14 Developing regulations related to the protection of the environment
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against pollution, and enhancing pertinent mechanisms with a view
to improve waste management, reduce size of waste, raise recycling
rates and ensure safe disposal of waste.
6.15 Improving environmental health by reducing air pollutant emissions
from various transport sources, factories and other facilities.
6.16 Protecting the natural environment and wildlife, developing and
expanding the protected zones, enhancing mechanisms of protecting
land against desertification and overgrazing, and the coastal and
territorial water against pollution, as well as conserving bio-
diversity.
SEVENTH OBJECTIVE:
Developing the SMEs Sector and increasing its contribution to GDP
and Saudization, through:
Organization and Management:
7.1 Accelerating the establishment of a specialized institutional entity to
take care of the SMEs, organize their activities, facilitate their
procedures, and follow up their performance.
7.2 Combating the phenomenon of concealment in the SMEs sector and
addressing its causes.
7.3 Encouraging the establishment of high knowledge-content SMEs
and ensuring their reliance on national labor.
7.4 Disseminating and enforcing governance criteria in the management
of SMEs.
Finance:
7.5 Encouraging the establishment of specialized investment banks and
capital companies along with encouraging local banks and financial
institutions operating in the Kingdom to expand finance of SMEs.
7.6 Supporting SIDF's "Kafala" program and promoting its mechanisms
to realize its finance objectives.
7.7 Enhancing the level of coordination between specialized credit funds
and the various initiatives related to supporting SMEs.
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Scientific and Technological Development:
7.8 Expanding the establishment of research centers and institutes
specialized in providing scientific, technological and administrative
support to SMEs.
7.9 Giving attention to education and training in the fields of SMEs
activities, and regulating their labor market.
EIGHTH OBJECTIVE:
Enhancing fiscal and monetary stability, through:
Fiscal and Monetary Dimension:
8.1 continuing with implementation of fiscal policies, which contribute
to fiscal stability, stimulate economic growth and support social
welfare.
8.2 Improving efficiency of government expenditure and increasing the
portion allocated for enhancing capital assets.
8.3 Providing domestic liquidity in line with the real needs of the
national economy in a context free of inflationary pressures.
8.4 Increasing the non-oil revenues of the state.
8.5 Increasing private saving rates through creation of innovative
channels to attract and invest small savings in projects with high
returns.
8.6 Encouraging establishment of specialized investment banks and
prompting existing banks to expand financing for investment, and
employment-creating activities.
Structuring, Regulations and Legislations:
8.7 Restructuring government subsidies programs to improve their
efficiency of resource utilization and their efficacy in improving the
living standards of target groups.
8.8 developing, in a regular and smooth manner, legislations that
support financial stability.
8.9 Ensuring prompt enforcement of rulings in financial cases, in order
to enhance the credibility of financial transactions, and contribute to
reducing borrowing costs.
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NINTH OBJECTIVE:
Increasing the contribution and productivity of the private sector in
order to achieve development objectives, through:
Achievement of Development Objectives:
9.1 Developing a regulatory framework to channel private sector
investments in line with development priorities.
9.2 establishing joint government and private sectors companies in areas
of national strategic priority with the aim of diversifying the
economic base.
9.3 Linking direct and indirect government support, provided to private
sector establishments, with the extent of their realization of
development objectives, particularly those related with employment,
diversification and technological content.
9.4 Increasing the level of local content in goods and services provided,
or implemented by the private sector for the government.
9.5 Enhancing the social responsibility of companies.
Manpower:
9.6 Enhancing the private sector's role in creating job opportunities for
the citizens.
9.7 allowing the private sector the necessary flexibility in selecting
national employees on the basis of efficiency and productivity
considerations.
9.8 Encouraging the private sector to adopt a strategy for reduction of
expatriate labor.
9.9 Obliging private sector companies, which execute government
projects, to employ Saudi citizens while taking into account labor
efficiency criteria.
Investment Environment:
9.10 Removing the constraints impeding the private sector, particularly
SMEs, from investing in public services and utilities sector.
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9.11 Continuing with improvement of investment climate and review of
regulations related with the private sector activities.
9.12 Establishing a national database on investment areas and
opportunities in various sectors, and making it accessible to the
private sector establishments.
9.13 Encouraging transformation of the family companies into joint stock
companies.
SECOND: IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
TENTH OBJECTIVE:
Ensuring optimal investment in population resources, raising the
standard of living and improving the quality of life of all segments of
society, through:
Standard of Living and Quality of Life:
10.1 Expediting the adoption of the National Social Development
Strategy and implementation of its programs and recommendations.
10.2 Upgrading efficiency of social services in line with international
standards, and facilitating access to such services.
10.3 Ensuring delivery of subsidies and assistance to eligible groups only.
10.4 Upgrading the level of services provided to persons with special
needs and facilitating their active participation in the various
activities.
10.5 Providing awareness programs regarding public health and proper
health practices.
10.6 Keeping inflation rates at lower levels to maintain incomes'
purchasing power.
10.7 Encouraging savings by citizens through adequate channels and
policies.
10.8 Encouraging voluntary work ethics and promoting social solidarity
programs.
Investment in Population Resources:
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10.9 Expediting the approval and implementation of the "population
policy" and ensuring regular assessment thereof.
10.10 Achieving optimal population structure and minimizing internal
migration to cities.
10.11 Making optimal use of the "demographic window" to realize
development objectives.
10.12 Formulating adequate programs for development of the different
segments of society in light of the prevailing dependency rates.
10.13 Strengthening Saudi families ties and maintaining their values.
10.14 Developing the regulations and legislations that ensure the right of
the citizen and his family in case of disability and aging.
10.15 Encouraging research and studies related to demographic changes
and social phenomena.
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ELEVENTH OBJECTIVE:
Developing human resources, upgrading their productivity and
expanding their options in acquiring knowledge, skills and experience,
through:
General Education:
11.1 Upgrading educational efficiency of teachers, especially their
knowledge capacities and skills.
11.2 Improving educational environment to become more attractive to the
young in a way that encourages them to pursue self-learning, critical
reading and acquiring different types of knowledge and skills.
11.3 Providing education and technology infrastructure in schools and
universities, expanding the use of modern means, and upgrading the
academic curricula in line with contemporary knowledge.
11.4 Expanding the programs of nursery and kindergarten and
encouraging the private sector to invest in this field.
11.5 Expanding the programs of adult education
11.6 Developing the curricula of science, mathematics, engineering and
technology.
11.7 Developing education and learning processes related to Arabic
language skills.
11.8 Developing school rules and regulations to ensure compliance with
the principles of fairness and competition, and to enhance internal
control.
Higher Education:
11.9 Ensuring consistence between education outputs and the
requirements of the labor market.
11.10 Enhancing communication of scholarship students with the
government agencies and encouraging them to conduct research
and studies which address the developmental challenges in the
Kingdom and support them to transform the research findings
into applied projects and products.
11.11 Absorbing the graduates of scholarship programs and Saudi
universities into the labor market.
11.12 Enabling university students to acquire practical experience
through part-time work, cooperative training programs,
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community service programs and voluntary projects.
11.13 Updating educational curricula to stimulate research and
innovation.
11.14 Continuing the scholarship program, to the renowned
international universities, in specializations demanded by the
development plans and the labor market.
11.15 Granting administrative and financial autonomy to state-owned
universities and endorsing the new regulation of universities.
11.16 Enhancing the efficiency of higher education and expanding the
scope of academic assessment and accreditation.
11.17 Expanding graduate studies programs and establishing
specialized universities of science.
11.18 Enhancing the research role of universities in line with the future
needs of the society.
11.19 Developing programs to upgrade the capabilities of the faculty
staff.
Training:
11.20 Developing the national workforce training programs to keep
abreast of advanced knowledge and techniques and improving
their efficiency in different provinces.
11.21 Ensuring that trainees obtain certificates of practice from
industrial firms as a requirement for graduation from university
in order to reduce rates of dropout after graduation.
11.22 Expanding the programs of technical and vocational training to
cover all regions of the Kingdom.
11.23 Supporting and accelerating the specialized scientific and
professional centers and societies, and encouraging them to
participate in training and qualifying human resources.
TWELFTH OBJECTIVE: Improving the entrepreneurial, cognitive and physical capacities of the
youth to participate efficiently in the development process, through:
Planning and Guidance:
12.1 Speeding up the adoption of the "National Youth Strategy" and
converting it into five-year plans.
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12.2 Conducting regular surveys to identify the needs and issues of
the youth, and ascertain the appropriateness of the services
provided to them.
12.3 Instilling the values of patriotism and citizenship in the youth to
motivate and encourage the spirit of volunteerism and
community participation.
12.4 Instilling the culture and ethics of work and excellence in the
youth to prepare them for leadership of the development process
in the future.
12.5 Enhancing the awareness of the youth and their families of the
importance of competitive entertainment and sport activities and
their positive impacts on the youth and society.
12.6 Enhancing the awareness of the youth of the dangers of drugs
and instilling the culture of addiction treatment and
psychological rehabilitation in the youth through developing
comprehensive solutions for the problem of drug abuse.
Science and Technology Pioneering:
12.7 Developing the pioneering capacities of the youth in scientific
applications and enhancing their effectiveness in knowledge
society by encouraging and expanding science and technology
clubs and competitions for the youth.
12.8 Establishing strategic partnerships with the business sector to
implement technical and vocational training programs for the
youth.
Physical Capacities:
12.9 Mainstreaming the culture of physical health among the youth.
12.10 Enhancing the capacities of the youth in athletic skills and
enabling them to compete at the local and international levels.
12.11 increasing the opportunities available for the youth to benefit
from athletic and entertainment facilities and services available
in schools, universities and clubs to ensure a safe, healthy life.
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THIRTEENTH OBJECTIVE:
Empowering women and increasing their contribution to various
fields of development, through:
Social Empowerment:
13.1 Increasing the contribution of civil society institutions to the
efforts aimed at enhancing participation of women in the
development process.
13.2 Encouraging the establishment of female cooperative societies.
13.3 Increasing the participation of women in the specialized national
and international councils, organizations and committees.
Economic Empowerment:
13.4 Developing the supportive services and facilities required to
enable women play their economic and social roles.
13.5 Expanding the scope of women participation in economic
activities and providing more job opportunities for them in
various fields in order to absorb the large supply of female
workforce, and to ensure decent life for them.
13.6 Expanding the scope of suitable options available for women in
the scientific, technical and professional disciplines.
13.7 Retraining female graduates whose specializations do not match
with the needs of the labor market.
Administrative Empowerment:
13.8 Developing appropriate regulations to enhance the skills and
capacities of young Saudi women.
13.9 Reviewing and updating all rules and regulations pertaining to
working mothers.
13.10 Providing more care targeted to improving the health of women.
13.11 Providing the services which enable the woman to undertake her
work duties and responsibilities.
13.12 Providing opportunities to distinguished female cadres to occupy
managerial positions in government agencies and universities.
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FOURTEENTH OBJECTIVE
Enhancing the social safety networks and family and child care,
through:
Social Safety:
14.1 Supporting social safety programs and activities and updating
relevant regulations.
14.2 Supporting and developing the programs and activities of the
social development centers.
14.3 Establishing an appropriate legislative and regulatory
environment to regulate the non-profit and charity sector (third
sector) and encourage its growth.
14.4 Supporting programs and activities of combatting domestic
violence.
14.5 Supporting volunteer and charitable works and enhancing their
efficiency to ensure more contribution to social development.
14.6 Enhancing the role of endowments in economic and social
development.
Family and Childhood:
14.7 Providing more health services to mothers and children while
ensuring equitable distribution of such services among various
regions.
14.8 Improving the family environment for the residents of social care
institutions.
14.9 Improving and expanding the coverage of family guidance.
14.10 Developing programs to address the issues of spinsterhood and
divorce and taking care of widows and divorcees.
14.11 Strengthening the values of family relationships.
14.12 Encouraging more foster families to take care of the orphans and
the disabled persons, and increasing the amount of support
provided to such families.
14.13 Providing high-quality home care for the sick and the elderly.
14.14 Encouraging private institutions to develop awareness programs,
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combat domestic violence, and provide shelters for the affected
cases.
FIFTEENTH OBJECTIVE:
Providing adequate job opportunities for Saudis and reducing the rate
of unemployment, through:
Development of Workforce:
15.1 Deepening the culture and ethics of work and social values, and
promoting the concept of the citizen's participation in the
development process, and getting rid of the culture of shame in
doing work.
15.2 Developing the systems of education and training to provide the
practical skills required by the labor market.
15.3 Increasing the role of the private sector in the preparation and
implementation of training programs ending with employment.
15.4 Saudizing the jobs in all provinces, and developing mechanisms
for provision of job opportunities in line with the demographic
characteristics and academic qualifications, at the level of
provinces.
15.5 Improving the efficiency of the mechanisms of identifying and
describing available jobs and the job seekers.
15.6 Effectuating the application of vocational test on expatriate labor.
Economic and Structural Development:
15.7 Taking the provision of jobs to Saudi citizens, into consideration,
in the process of structural reform of the economy.
15.8 Supporting the efforts of employing Saudi manpower in private
sector establishments.
15.9 Directing the support activities of the specialized credit funds
towards employment of Saudi citizens in the SMEs.
15.10 Encouraging free pioneering businesses, and facilitating their
establishment and funding.
15.11 Reviewing, on a regular basis, labor market mechanisms and
developing them to enhance the competitiveness of national
workforce.
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Organizational Development:
15.12 Establishing an integrated database on labor market at the
sectoral and provincial levels, and updating and publishing such
data on regular bases.
15.13 Developing the mechanisms of incentives and disincentives to
make the labor market more productive and capable of meeting
the requirements of a progressive economy.
15.14 Combating the phenomenon of concealment, addressing its
causes and enhancing coordination with the relevant agencies in
this regard.
15.15 Developing regulatory mechanisms to encourage telework
(telecommute).
15.16 Developing the system of part-time work and mechanisms of its
application.
15.17 Updating the regulations and rules which govern the relationship
between the employers and employees of the private sector.
SIXTEENTH OBJECTIVE
Facilitating access of the citizens to suitable housing in accordance
with a variety of programs and options that meet demand, through:
Provision of Suitable Housing:
16.1 Expanding the government housing programs to cover all regions
of the Kingdom.
16.2 Increasing the supply of housing units and land plots and
developing regulations to control the phenomenon of vacant land
within the urban boundaries.
16.3 Encouraging construction of affordable housing units as well as
multi-story residential buildings.
16.4 Giving priority, in providing services and facilities, to the grant
land plans in all provinces.
16.5 Redeveloping the old neighborhoods and the slums.
16.6 Encouraging the private sector firms and the cooperative and
charitable societies, and the individual investors to participate in
supporting the activities of housing construction and market
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development.
16.7 Applying the Saudi Building Code on housing units.
16.8 Assuring the quality of building materials and ensuring their
compatibility to security and safety requirements.
Organization and Management:
16.9 Developing an integrated national housing system and preparing
the rules, regulations and policies related to the housing sector
and updating them on a regular basis.
16.10 Regulating the market of rental housing.
16.11 Developing regulations and mechanisms for the societies of
apartments and residential buildings owners.
16.12 Speeding up the adoption of real estate finance and mortgage
regulations to enable the citizens build housing units.
16.13 Establishing a housing information base for various regions of
the Kingdom.
SEVENTEENTH OBJECTIVE:
Providing comprehensive, integrated, high-quality healthcare to all
people of the Kingdom, through:
Universality, Quality and Efficiency:
17.1 Improving the efficiency of emergency medical services and
bringing the response time to international standards.
17.2 Improving the control and supervisory services related to food,
medicines, and medical appliances.
17.3 Starting the application of cooperative health insurance in
accordance with the quality standards of the health services and
rationalization of costs.
17.4 Developing the skills of workforce and increasing the rate of
Saudization of health jobs.
17.5 Improving the performance efficiency of management and
operation systems and deepening the culture of institutional
work.
17.6 Developing performance indicators for the health institutions and
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workers to ensure optimal utilization of the available resources.
17.7 Supporting and improving the health services provided to the
special-needs groups.
17.8 Reviewing the regulations related with medical malfunctions and
violations.
17.9 Preparing a strategy to maintain safety in health facilities.
17.10 Enhancing the standards of licensing medical cadres.
17.11 Encouraging health establishments to obtain international
accreditation.
Provision and Accessibility:
17.12 Establishing more primary health care centers and specialized
curative services, and making them accessible to all.
17.13 Finding new sources of finance to support government finance
and contain costs.
17.14 Improving the quality of health services provided to children, the
aged and the disabled, and expanding home health care for the
aged and disabled persons.
17.15 Increasing the role of the private sector in provision of health
services and expanding the scope of medicines and medical
appliances manufacturing.
17.16 Enhancing the e-health system and the supporting information
systems, and expanding the scope of their use.
17.17 Developing the preventive and curative health services provided
to pilgrims and Omra performers and ensuring Haj seasons free
of diseases and epidemics.
EIGHTEENTH OBJECTIVE:
Developing the cultural movement and upgrading the level of
information work, through:
Cultural Dimension:
18.1 Activating the cultural institutions in all fields.
18.2 Sponsoring creativity and creative individuals in the various
fields of science, literature and arts.
18.3 Supporting the activities of publishing, translation and
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production of books, and enriching the public libraries with
various cultural outputs.
18.4 Adopting a comprehensive cultural policy that encourages the
habit of reading, and acquisition of books.
18.5 Establishing more public libraries and developing programs for
utilizing them more frequently.
18.6 Encouraging the private sector institutions to organize cultural
events and activities.
18.7 Organizing more cultural events, enhancing international
participation therein and promoting cultural exchange.
Information Dimension:
18.8 Designing a contemporary information strategy and developing a
media vision which is unique and creative.
18.9 Developing the information infrastructure in terms of facilities,
human resources and media production materials.
18.10 Producing high-quality, competitive audiovisual materials and
increasing the role of the private sector therein.
18.11 Keeping abreast of the developments in the audiovisual and new
media.
THIRD: IN THE FIELD OF ORGANIZATIONAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT
NINETEENTH OBJECTIVE:
Enhancing the process of institutional reform, supporting the civil
society institutions, and raising the efficiency and productivity of the
government bodies and employees, through:
Structural Reform:
19.1 Developing the work mechanisms of the government supervisory
agencies to enhance the development process.
19.2 Developing the organizational structures, and adopting quality
systems in government bodies.
19.3 Ensuring integration and coordination between the sectoral
strategies and the development directions.
19.4 Enhancing the mechanisms of regulations enforcement and
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ensuring respect of such regulations at all levels.
19.5 Enhancing the efficacy of the role of civil society institutions in
the various fields of development.
Laws and Regulations:
19.6 Updating the civil service regulation to ensure efficiency of
employment process, assessing the performance of the
employees, and encouraging them to raise the level of
productivity.
19.7 Reviewing the legislations, regulations and rules which enhance
the institutional reform.
19.8 Enhancing the use of e-transaction techniques in the public sector
institutions.
Performance of Government Bodies:
19.9 Raising the efficiency and productivity levels of the government
employees by adopting performance indicators.
19.10 Improving the capacities of planning and follow up divisions at
government agencies.
19.11 Preparing manuals explaining the regulations and work
procedures of government agencies, and how to implement them
efficiently.
19.12 Enhancing the role of the "Government Agencies Performance
Measurement Center" to improve the quality of services provided
by the government agencies.
TWENTIETH OBJECTIVE:
Improving the efficiency of implementing the development programs
and projects and developing the mechanisms of follow up of their
implementation and maintenance, through:
Quality of Implementation:
20.1 Developing appropriate criteria for measurement of progress in
achieving the objectives of the development plans.
20.2 Developing mechanisms to measure efficiency of performance of
the development programs and projects.
20.3 Reviewing and assessing the rules and regulations of government
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tenders and procurements to ensure implementation of projects
according to the best specifications.
20.4 Reviewing the criteria of contractors classification to ensure
efficient implementation of projects.
Mechanisms of Implementation:
20.5 Linking budget allocations with the objectives and priorities
approved in the development plan.
20.6 Developing the mechanisms of projects awarding and
implementation.
20.7 Enhancing the process of supervision and control on government
projects.
20.8 Developing the e-transactions systems to support the preparation
of development plans, and ensure good, quantitative and
qualitative, implementation of the programs and projects and
achievement of their intended developmental impacts.
Operation and Maintenance:
20.9 Developing the mechanisms and programs of operation and
maintenance to ensure the quality of goods and services and to
reduce costs.
20.10 Applying the "Project Life Cycle" approach when preparing the
government projects, which incorporates the requirements and
costs of operation and maintenance.
20.11 Improving the "operation and maintenance" contracts so they rely
on performance indicators without predetermination of the size
of required employment.
TWENTY FIRST OBJECTIVE:
Improving the efficiency of public services and facilities provided to
people and increasing their availability in all regions, through:
Urban and Service Planning:
21.1 Developing and adopting an integrated set of urban planning.
21.2 Achieving universal coverage of public services and facilities in
the development corridors and centers in line with the National
Spatial Strategy.
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21.3 Taking into consideration the requirements of the special-needs
groups in the public services and facilities.
21.4 Ensuring abidance of providers of the public services by the
quality and performance standards.
21.5 Developing the services which contribute to urban development,
including the judicial services, and improving their quality and
efficiency, and spreading them in all regions of the Kingdom.
Water and Electricity:
21.6 Implementing the strategy of "storm-water" drainage and
prevention of the dangers of flash flooding in accordance with
the priorities stated in the strategy.
21.7 Increasing the coverage of water and sanitation services and
improving their quality and efficiency.
21.8 Ensuring the requirements of dealing with disasters and
enhancing the capacities of related agencies.
21.9 Raising electricity energy efficiency, rationalizing its
consumption, and providing quality electricity services.
Transport and Communication:
21.10 Extending optical fiber and broadband networks to all regions of
the Kingdom.
21.11 Endorsing and implementing the National Traffic Safety
Strategy.
21.12 Speeding up the development of efficient intra-city and inter-city
public transport systems.
21.13 Improving the efficiency of transportation of pilgrims and Omra
performers.
21.14 Ensuring efficient operation of the intra-city public transport
network.
21.15 Developing a multi-modal transport system and improving the
efficiency of the ports and logistic activities.
21.16 Expanding the railroad network to link all parts of the Kingdom
and accelerating the implementation of the planned railroad
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projects.
21.17 Developing the airports and ensuring competitive air transport.
21.18 Expanding the scope of postal services to cover all parts of the
Kingdom.
TWENTY SECOND OBJECTIVE:
Achieving balanced development among the provinces of the
Kingdom, through:
Economic Development:
22.1 Enhancing the developmental role of the development centers
and corridors in different regions of the Kingdom.
22.2 Ensuring efficient distribution of development projects among
the various regions, and within each region, based on specific
developmental and planning priorities and criteria.
22.3 Providing more investment incentives and facilities to encourage
investment in the least developed regions and in small and
medium-size cities.
22.4 Preparing a map for the investment opportunities which enjoy
comparative advantages in each province.
22.5 Replicating the successful models of public-private sectors
partnerships in all provinces.
22.6 Surveying the current status of industrial and agricultural licenses
and loans, and of saving, credit and human resources to identify
the regions in which they are concentrated.
Science and Technology Development:
22.7 Establishing creativity and innovation clusters in the various
regions of the Kingdom through strengthening the relations
between the private sector, universities and research centers with
a view to promote efficiency and competitiveness of the regions.
22.8 Preparing, and periodically updating, provincial social and
economic studies.
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Services:
22.9 Providing and improving the quality of production and services
infrastructure in various regions, particularly in small and
medium-size cities.
22.10 Completing the preparation of comprehensive plans for intra-city
and inter-city transport.
22.11 Urging civil society institutions to direct their activities towards
the least developed regions.
Organization and Management:
22.12 Enhancing the developmental role of provincial, municipal and
local councils.
22.13 Delegating more powers to branches of ministries in the regions
along with enhancing capacities of such branches, and ensuring
decentralization in granting licenses for economic and services
activities.
22.14 Developing a composite development index, and establishing
necessary databases, in order to evaluate the balanced
development process at the level of provinces and within each
province.
22.15 Developing tools of coordination between sectoral plans and
provincial requirements with a view to achieving balanced
regional development.
TWENTY THIRD OBJECTIVE:
Deepening the principles of accountability and transparency,
protecting integrity and combating corruption, through:
Accountability and Transparency:
23.1 Adopting the latest international standards of governance in
government agencies, funds and companies.
23.2 Enhancing interaction between the various government agencies
and citizens, and creating mechanisms for receiving, reviewing
and responding to citizens' complaints.
23.3 Ensuring that the government agencies provide all information
necessary to enable the citizens get acquainted with these
agencies' tasks, achievements, programs and services, and
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evaluate their plans and activities and interact with them.
23.4 Exerting efforts to ensure efficiency, efficacy and good quality of
the products or services provided to citizens by government
agencies.
23.5 Upgrading the quality of the data provided by the various
government agencies and have them published in line with the
latest international manuals and standards.
23.6 Communicating with international agencies and organizations
which publish reports on countries' performance in social and
economic fields along with providing such organizations with
updated data and information about the Kingdom in these fields.
Integrity and Combating Corruption:
23.7 Exerting efforts to realize the objectives of the national strategy
for protection of integrity and combating corruption.
23.8 Updating the regulations of agencies responsible for protecting
integrity and combating corruption.
23.9 Coordinating efforts of public and private sectors regarding
programs of protecting integrity and combating corruption.
23.10 Enhancing awareness on the concept of corruption,
demonstrating its dangers, and promoting self-control through
religious, ethical and educational values.
23.11 Conducting studies and research in areas related to protecting
integrity and combating corruption.
23.12 Implementing applications of e-transactions, particularly
financial transactions, in all agencies as a requirement to achieve
e-government.
TWENTY FOURTH OBJECTIVE:
Deepening economic integration with GCC and Arab countries,
enhancing the Kingdom's relations with Islamic and friendly
countries, and promoting the role of the Kingdom at the international
level, through:
24.1 Moving gradually towards unity among GCC countries.
24.2 Preparing the organizational and regulatory framework for
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implementation of the agreements and decisions issued in the
context of the Gulf and Arab economic integration.
24.3 Developing Gulf and Arab joint economic work bodies.
24.4 Promoting inter-trade between Arab and Islamic countries to
enhance integration of their economic systems.
24.5 Enhancing the Kingdom's role in the various international
organizations and groups, in a manner that ensures realization of
mutual economic interests and global economic stability.