Qatar Chamber joins Advisory Board of GCC Supreme Council meeting

Qatar Chamber recently participated in the co-ordinating meeting of their Excellencies, the heads of chambers the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries, and in the first meeting between members of the Presidency Committee of the Advisory Board of the GCC Supreme Council and members of the GCC Federation of Chambers, via video conference.The chamber’s delegation was led by its chairman, Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani, who is also second vice-president of the GCC Federation of Chambers. He was joined by board members Ali bin Abdullatif al-Misnad and Mohamed bin Ahmed al-Obaidli, as well as economic expert Dr Mohamed Ebrahim.From the advisory board’s side, the meeting was attended by Ahmed bin Abdulaziz al-Hakbani, Dr Ali bin Ahmed al-Essaei, and Saleh bin Mohamed al-Mohannadi, while from the GCC general secretariat’s side, it was attended by the secretary-general of the GCC Dr Nayef Falah M al-Hajraf and the assistant secretary-general for Economic and Development Affairs Khalifa bin Saeed al-Abri.The meeting, which discussed the importance of expediting the completion of procedures of the Gulf common market, stressed the important role that can be performed by GCC chambers.It recommended the importance of supporting the Gulf private sector and that a representative from the advisory board should join the joint coordinating committee from the GCC’s general secretariat and the Federation of GCC Chambers’ general secretariat to identify the priority issues and address obstacles that hinder the Gulf private sector and refer them to the relevant committees of the GCC for finding appropriate solutions. It is noteworthy that the Advisory Board of the GCC Supreme Council was established by a decision of the Supreme Council at its eighteenth session in Kuwait in December 1997 to assist the Supreme Council and provide advice on everything that would support the progress of the council and prepare it to face future challenges.