Details of organizational arrangements for National Center for Oversight and Control

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Umm Al-Qura newspaper published on Oct. 27 the organizational arrangements for the National Center for Oversight and Control, which were approved by the Cabinet this month, and will be effective from their publication date.

The center has an independent legal personality and enjoys financial and administrative independence. Headquartered in Riyadh, the center will be organizationally linked to the Cabinet, and may establish branches and affiliated offices in the Kingdom when needed.

The center aims to coordinate inspection and oversight efforts among government agencies, to boost their efficiency and improve the compliance of individuals and commercial establishments with laws, regulations, and instructions.

Under the arrangements, the center may exercise, in cooperation with the relevant government agencies, the development of necessary policies, plans and programs to coordinate the inspection and oversight work between government agencies.

In addition, the center will review the rules, regulations, instructions, and requirements related to inspection and oversight work, as well as propose the necessary amendments thereto.

It will also determine the areas of inspection and oversight that can be unified, as well as identify the target geographical scope for unifying inspection and oversight work. The center will consider expanding the scope of unifying work or amending it in agreement with the relevant government agencies.

The center's scope of work also includes setting goals and plans to unify the inspection and oversight work, in addition to supervising their implementation and evaluating the results of implementing the unification of inspection and oversight work.

The center will also adopt unified tools, forms, guidelines, and checklists for unified inspection and oversight work.