Official Partners and Sponsors

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry is responsible for overseeing commercial and industrial activities for the State of Qatar and directing these activities in accordance with the requirements of national development. The Ministry’s mandate includes business development, contributing to attracting investments, as well as supporting and developing exports. Other responsibilities are developing methods and procedures for providing public services to the business and investment sector, regulating the practice of trade professions, registering commercial and investment establishments, issuing the necessary licenses to carry out their activities, and supervising the regulation and control of markets in its area of competence. The Ministry is additionally responsible for taking the necessary measures to protect consumers, combat commercial fraud, safeguard competition, and prevent monopolistic practices, as well as protect intellectual property rights. Moreover, the Ministry seeks to devise general policies to promote industrialization and national industries, developing and exploiting its existing industrial zones, and proposing the establishment of new ones.

A Catalyst for Next-Generation Media
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry is responsible for overseeing commercial and industrial activities for the State of Qatar and directing these activities in accordance with the requirements of national development. The Ministry’s mandate includes business development, contributing to attracting investments, as well as supporting and developing exports. Other responsibilities are developing methods and procedures for providing public services to the business and investment sector, regulating the practice of trade professions, registering commercial and investment establishments, issuing the necessary licenses to carry out their activities, and supervising the regulation and control of markets in its area of competence. The Ministry is additionally responsible for taking the necessary measures to protect consumers, combat commercial fraud, safeguard competition, and prevent monopolistic practices, as well as protect intellectual property rights. Moreover, the Ministry seeks to devise general policies to promote industrialization and national industries, developing and exploiting its existing industrial zones, and proposing the establishment of new ones.

QRDI Council is a government entity with the mission to support research, development and innovation (RDI) activities as well as to develop RDI talent in Qatar. The Council strives to make Qatar a top destination for global talent and a pioneering research, innovation, and development hub with its motto “locally