The
Arab
Planning Institute (API), organized the training program for
the Institute of Public Administration in the Sultanate of Oman on "Creative
Leadership and Institutional Innovation in Government Management" during
the period 17-21/3/2019. The objective of the program is to familiarize
participants with the basic concepts of the knowledge economy and its
relationship to sustainable development issues. The objective of the program is
to analyze the reality of the Arab countries in indicators of the knowledge
economy and their readiness to transform into a knowledge economy. The program
focused on presenting and discussing the mechanisms, policies and programs
needed to transform into a knowledge-based economy, as well as discussing the vision
of Oman 2040 and its compatibility with building the knowledge society and
economy. Finally, the program presented a reading of Arab and international
experiences, as well as examples of institutional excellence and the
development of individual and institutional capacities to analyze the elements
of the success of these experiences to benefit them at the level of the
Sultanate of Oman.