المملكة: The Shura Council discusses the danger of energy drinks on children and youth
At the beginning of the session, the council reviewed the agenda of its thirty -second regular session, and the items that made it the necessary decisions in this regard. The Shura Council issued a decision regarding the annual report of the National Center for the Development of the Non -Sector for the Financial Year 1445/1446 AH.
Shura Council
The council made its decision after listening to the view of the Human Resources and Social Development Committee, which was followed by the council member, Vice -Chairman of the Committee, Abdulaziz Al -Jaloud, regarding the members ’notes and opinions that it appeared in a previous session regarding the annual report of the National Center for the Development of the Non -Performing Sector.
In his center, he called for creating effective mechanisms to exchange economic data and information on various non -profit sector patterns, and expedite the development of the digital structure; To highlight the performance of non -profit organizations in the Kingdom.
During this session, the Shura Council issued a decision in which the General Authority for Regulatory of Media demanded to work to build a national plan to develop the Saudi media economy, and to provide a possible environment to invest in its various sectors.

Media Organization
His decision was taken after this session discussed the annual report of the General Authority for Media Regulation for the fiscal year 1445/1446 AH, after he listened to a report submitted by the Information Committee, followed by the council member, Chairman of the Committee, Fahd Al -Tayyash, regarding what was included in the annual report of the General Authority for Media Regulation.
In its decision, the Council called for the development of initiatives to support entrepreneurship in the creative media sectors, support the owners of leading media projects, and work to develop a forward -looking plan; To follow the skills resulting from digital developments in the media sector, organizing and qualifying for national competencies on these skills.

In the same decision, he stressed that the authority should study the means to develop, quality and control media content specialized in the areas of upbringing, youth, and sports.
Technical connection operations
The Shura Council issued another decision in which the alimony fund called for the completion of the technical links with the relevant authorities.
The council made its decision after listening to the view of the Islamic and Judicial Affairs Committee, which was followed by a member of the Council and Chairman of the Committee, Ali Al -Shahrani, regarding the members ’observations and opinions that it appeared in a previous session regarding the annual report of the alimony fund for the fiscal year 1445/1446 AH.
Attracting new resources
In its decision, the Council called for the authority to attract new resources; To develop endowment donations, enhance financial sustainability.

In the context of the decisions of this session, the Shura Council issued a decision regarding the annual report of the sustainable agricultural rural development program for the fiscal year 1445/1446 AH, in which he called for the sustainable agricultural rural development program to study the distribution of its services to include all regions of the Kingdom in a balanced manner and in accordance with technical and development standards.
The council made its decision after listening to the view of the Water, Agriculture and Environment Committee, which was followed by the council member, the head of the committee, Khaled Zubair, regarding the members ’observations and opinions that it appeared in a previous session regarding the annual report of the sustainable agricultural rural development program.
Innovative digital techniques
In its decision, the Council called for coordination with universities; To cooperate in providing extension services, research and studies in the field of development, production, manufacturing and marketing, and working to find mechanisms that guarantee the expansion of the use of innovative digital technologies by stakeholders in the areas outside the scope of experimental sites and farms.
In another decision issued during this session, the Shura Council called on the Saudi Post Corporation to expand its technical services provided to electronic stores.
The council made its decision after discussing during the session the annual report of the Saudi Postal Corporation after he listened to a report submitted by the Transport, Communications and Information Technology Committee, followed by the council member, the head of the committee, Issa Al -Otaibi, regarding what was included in the annual report of the Saudi Post Corporation for the fiscal year 1445/1446 AH.
Diversification of revenues
In his decision, he called for a comprehensive evaluation of the performance of its subsidiaries or in which it has stakes and settlements in it, calling on the Foundation to adopt an integrated plan to diversify revenues, enhance the efficiency of collection, raise competitiveness, and adopt a comprehensive policy; For environmental sustainability in its logistical operations, it transforms the institution’s practices into an environmentally friendly.
To that, the Shura Council discussed the annual report of the General Food and Drug Authority for the fiscal year 1445/1446 AH, after the council listened to a report submitted by the Health Committee, followed by the council member, Chairman of the Committee, Hassan Al Musaoum, regarding what was included in the annual report of the General Authority for Food and Drug.
The danger of energy drinks
After the report of the committee for discussion, the members of the Council expressed a number of notes and opinions regarding what included in the annual report of the General Authority for Food and Drug, and a member of the Shura Council, Muhammad Al -Jarbaa, asked about the validity of the studies published from international research centers about the seriousness of energy drinks and what are the measures taken by the authority towards selling them in stores to consumers, especially the category of children and youth.
For its part, the council member Arwa Al -Rasheed asked the commission, in coordination with the relevant authorities, to increase control to ensure detailed disclosure of the components of food products; To avoid any causes of food allergies.
In his intervention on the report, Council member Muhammad Al -Aqil called for the establishment of a standardized endowment fund to support the authority’s needs of devices and others, and to benefit from the health fund and research and scientific endowment funds, calling for partnerships with donors to support the authority’s research.
In turn, a member of the Shura Council, Khaled Al -Saif, called on the Food and Drug General Authority to set performance indicators and the extent of its achievement for its annual goals and control and inspection operations. At the end of the discussion, the committee requested that it be given more time to study the opinions or recommendations offered by the members and return its point of view to the council in a later session.
During this session, the Shura Council discussed the annual report of the Environmental Fund for the fiscal year 1445/1446 AH, after he listened to a report submitted by the Water, Agriculture and Environment Committee, followed by the council member, the head of the committee, Khaled Zubair, regarding what was included in the annual report of the National Center for the Environment Fund.
Development and innovation
After the report of the committee for discussion, the members of the Council expressed a number of notes and opinions regarding the annual report of the Environmental Fund, and the committee asked at the end of the discussion to give it more time to study the opinions or recommendations put forward by the members and return its point of view to the council in a later session.
During the session, the Council discussed the annual report of the Research, Development and Innovation Development Authority for the fiscal year 1445/1446 AH, after he listened to a report submitted by the Education and Scientific Research Committee, followed by the council member, Chairman of the Committee, Musleh Al -Harthi, regarding what the annual report of the Research Development and Innovation Development Authority included.
Establishing emerging companies
After the report of the committee for discussion, the members of the Council expressed a number of notes and opinions regarding the annual report of the Research and Innovation Development Authority, and a member of the Shura Council Abdullah Adas called on the Research, Development and Innovation Authority to prepare an organizational framework to enable faculty and university researchers to establish startups based on their research outputs through coordination with the relevant authorities.
In turn, a member of the Shura Council Ghanem Al -Ghanem called on the commission to redesign the organizational structure by integrating some similar and consistent administrative units in the goals, which will contribute positively to achieving performance efficiency, decision -making speed, unifying efforts and the effectiveness of the current manpower.
In an intervention on the authority’s report, she called on the Shura Council Member Nihad Al -Omair to be satisfied with the authority to allocate a government portfolio under its supervision, ensuring stable funding for national research and development institutions, and is directly related to the development priorities of the Kingdom, provided that the establishment of investment portfolios will be seen later as a complementary option, after assessing the operational capabilities of the authority and its willingness to manage this type of investment portfolios.
intellectual property
For his part, a member of the Shura Council, Othman Hakami, called on the commission to find a systematic solution through the intellectual property or the corporate system for researching research that enables researchers to benefit from the patent granted to them to establish their entrepreneurial companies while maintaining the entity with a share of returns, pointing to the role of endowments in supporting the authority’s programs as one of the sources of financing for research and innovation and working on its government.
In turn, a member of the Shura Council Ali Al -Ali stressed the importance of the presence of a unified information base for research capabilities, including researchers and specialists, and a unified information base for the infrastructure of equipment, laboratories and laboratories for general research and innovation in all sectors; In order to work to enhance the aspects of strength and fill the gap in the aspects of deficiency or weakness.
At the end of the discussion, the committee requested that it be given more time to study the opinions or recommendations offered by the members and return its point of view to the council in a later session.
Human resources
To that, the Council discussed the annual report of the National Center for Measuring the Performance of the General Devices for the Financial Year 1445/1446 AH, after he listened to a report submitted by the Human Resources and Social Development Committee, followed by the council member, Vice -Chairman of the Committee, Abdulaziz Al -Jaloud, regarding what was included in the annual report of the National Center to measure the performance of public agencies.
After the report of the committee for discussion, the members of the Council expressed a number of notes and opinions regarding what included the annual report of the National Center for Measurement of Public Services, and called on a member of the Shura Council Aisha Zakari the center when developing a measurement guide to include explicit treatment of current variations in the interpretation of indicators, and clear explanations supported by illustrative examples.
For his part, council member Abdul Rahman Al -Jabr stressed the importance of looking at the activities of measuring and managing performance within an integrated system, noting the importance of cooperation and maximizing the benefit of external and internal control services providers regarding the scope of the work of the center.
Best international practices
In turn, the Shura Council member Hind Al -Khammash called for the development of the annual report form for public agencies, ensuring continuous improvement in accordance with international best practices. At the end of the discussion, the committee requested that it be given more time to study the opinions or recommendations offered by the members and return its point of view to the council in a later session.
Within the topics on the agenda of this session, the Council discussed the annual report of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture for the fiscal year 1445/1446 AH, after he listened to a report submitted by the Water, Agriculture and Environment Committee, followed by a member of the Council Chairman Khaled Zubair, regarding the annual report of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture.
Saudi universities
After the report of the committee for discussion, the members of the Council expressed a number of notes and opinions regarding the annual report of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, and a member of the Shura Council, Eng. Khaled Al -Braik, called on the ministry to cooperate with research centers and specialized Saudi universities. Oxygen.
In turn, a member of the Shura Council, Ziyad Al -Attiyah, called on the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture to establish agricultural and food factories in rural areas, noting that this is the best solution to market agricultural products for small farmers at the present time and will limit the problem of marketing their products from those areas to local markets.
At the end of the discussion, the committee requested that it be given more time to study the opinions or recommendations offered by the members and return its point of view to the council in a later session.
In the same context, the Council discussed the annual report of the General Ports Authority for the fiscal year 1445/1446 AH, after he listened to a report submitted by the Transport, Communications and Information Technology Committee, followed by the council member and the head of the committee, Issa Al -Otaibi, regarding what included the annual report of the Ports General Authority.
After the report of the committee for discussion, the members of the Council expressed a number of notes and opinions regarding what included the annual report of the Ports General Authority, and the committee asked at the end of the discussion to give it more time to study the opinions or recommendations put forward by the members and return its point of view to the council in a later session.
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