The Cabinet yesterday approved a draft law dealing with various aspects of private institutions for public benefit.
The draft law is meant to replace Law No 21 of 2006 pertaining to such institutions within the framework of the modernisation of legislations, the official Qatar News Agency reported.
The draft law identifies such institutions as those created by one or more persons to achieve a purpose, or more, with regard to public benefit, without the aim of earning a profit. It includes provisions related to the terms of establishment of such institutions, which stipulate that the founder must be a Qatari citizen. The consent of the Council of Ministers is required for non-Qataris to become founders.
Further, the draft law provides that the institution must have a minimum capital of QR2mn as well as appropriate headquarters to conduct its activities.
After the regular weekly meeting chaired by HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani at Emiri Diwan yesterday, HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al-Mahmoud said the Cabinet approved a proposal to amend the Council of Ministers’ Resolution No 34 of 2015 on the governmental committee for co-ordinating conferences and events, through the addition of a representative from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as vice-chairman.
The committee will consider government agencies’ proposals for holding conferences and events in the country and express its opinion on their benefits to the State.
It will also co-ordinate with the authorities concerned on hosting conferences, meetings, festivals, exhibitions and various events in the State that have been approved, fix their dates and prepare an annual scheme and schedule, QNA reported.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet approved the Council of Ministers’ draft decision to form a tenders and auctions committee at the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
Further, the Cabinet took necessary measures for the ratification of some agreements between the governments of Qatar and Turkey. These are a co-operation agreement on the development of public finance management, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on mutual recognition of certificates of eligibility for sea workers and an MoU in the field of environment.
It also reviewed a draft decision of HE the Minister of Higher Education on the implementation of some provisions of Law No 18 of 2015 regulating the practice of educational services, and took the appropriate decision.
The Cabinet also reviewed a letter by the Tax Appeal Committee at the Ministry of Finance pertaining to a report on the committee’s work and took the appropriate decision.