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Under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, the Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC) is hosting the Sport Business Opportunities Forum today, Sunday the 22nd of May, 2016 in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Sports (MCS), the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC), Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF).
 
In an effort to promote transparency, the forum will feature the launch of a Registration and Pre-qualification Window (R&P Window), a program that is set to be launched in October to bring suppliers and government entities closer by providing companies with a single point of contact, thereby offering users a clear understanding of the supply chain in the sports sector while identifying investment opportunities for local and international companies.
 
The window has been designed to better match supply and demand and will transform spending into real investment opportunities for the local private sector, which will reflect positively on the growth of the non-oil sector in Qatar.
 
The user interface is characterised by simplicity and ease of use for both the private sector and requesting authorities from the sports, enabling companies to register, qualify and access sports sector committee tenders easily. It will also provide a clear understanding of available investment opportunities offered by major companies in Qatar’s sports sector.
 
The program offers users a variety of important and useful tools, for instance it can classify available investment opportunities, as well as specify the risks involved pertaining to the registered company according to its activity, through e-mail and text message, and send company offers and proposals directly to the requesting party, for tender considerations.
 
 
The system also provides management reports on spending, supplier performance as well as other types of analysis.
 
It is worth mentioning that the Ministry of Economy and Commerce, in collaboration with its strategic partners, will prepare an annual report on investment opportunities in the sports sector in order to ensure transparency on available opportunities in addition to providing detailed information on future plans in the sports sector.
 
The report will also clarify registration and pre-qualification procedures to promote local private sector investments and provide a list of the companies that are registered in the system.