The event aims to raise awareness of population-related issues and to focus attention on the urgency and importance of these issues in the context of comprehensive development plans and programmes, and the need to find solutions to these issues.
Qatar's interest in population issues stems from its continuous approach to building an advanced society based on the principle of respect for human rights, which translates into the improvement of the living standard of Qatar's residents, citizens and expatriates alike, and is anchored in the country's adoption of the Qatar National Vision 2030 (QNV2030) with the aim of "Investing in the people of Qatar, for them to build a prosperous society."
The QNV2030 provides the general framework for drawing up successive national development strategies. It also formed the basis for population policy that aims to bring about a quantitative and qualitative change in population variables and other relevant issues, through a set of executive plans and programmes.
In his speech on this occasion, HE the President of the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) and Chairman of the Permanent Population Committee (PCC) Dr Saleh bin Mohamed al-Nabit stressed that the population policy of Qatar is a continuous project that is subject to review and reformulation given the rapid changes that the country is witnessing, and the ambitious development plans it adopts.
He said that the main objective of the population policy in Qatar is to achieve a balance between population growth and the requirements of sustainable development, in a way that guarantees a decent life for the population, enhances their capabilities, expands their options, and raises the levels of their participation in the progress and advancement of Qatari society.
He explained that to achieve this end, a number of axes were adopted, with each axis having the main goal (or goals) that represent the purpose behind this specific policy, to be achieved according to the given timeframe (by 2030). Additionally, each axis has sub-goals whose achievement contributes to reaching the main goal of every axis.
Al-Nabit said that the state's population policy draws the demographic features of tomorrow's Qatar, in light of an ambitious development agenda, in a politically ever-changing world.
Qatar's population policy focuses on managing rapid population growth rates and addressing its repercussions, including demographic imbalance.
He added that perhaps the most prominent mechanism to deal with this repercussion is through the gradual shift towards a knowledge-based economy.
Qatar's interest in population issues stems from its continuous approach to building an advanced society based on the principle of respect for human rights, which translates into the improvement of the living standard of Qatar's residents, citizens and expatriates alike, and is anchored in the country's adoption of the Qatar National Vision 2030 (QNV2030) with the aim of "Investing in the people of Qatar, for them to build a prosperous society."
The QNV2030 provides the general framework for drawing up successive national development strategies. It also formed the basis for population policy that aims to bring about a quantitative and qualitative change in population variables and other relevant issues, through a set of executive plans and programmes.
In his speech on this occasion, HE the President of the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) and Chairman of the Permanent Population Committee (PCC) Dr Saleh bin Mohamed al-Nabit stressed that the population policy of Qatar is a continuous project that is subject to review and reformulation given the rapid changes that the country is witnessing, and the ambitious development plans it adopts.
He said that the main objective of the population policy in Qatar is to achieve a balance between population growth and the requirements of sustainable development, in a way that guarantees a decent life for the population, enhances their capabilities, expands their options, and raises the levels of their participation in the progress and advancement of Qatari society.
He explained that to achieve this end, a number of axes were adopted, with each axis having the main goal (or goals) that represent the purpose behind this specific policy, to be achieved according to the given timeframe (by 2030). Additionally, each axis has sub-goals whose achievement contributes to reaching the main goal of every axis.
Al-Nabit said that the state's population policy draws the demographic features of tomorrow's Qatar, in light of an ambitious development agenda, in a politically ever-changing world.
Qatar's population policy focuses on managing rapid population growth rates and addressing its repercussions, including demographic imbalance.
He added that perhaps the most prominent mechanism to deal with this repercussion is through the gradual shift towards a knowledge-based economy.
