QNA
Doha
Qatar participated in the‘Arab Consumer Protection Week’ forum under the title ‘Small Consumer and Sustainable Consumption,’ which took place in Muscat . The event, which started on March 8, concluded on Tuesday.
Director of the Consumer Protection and Combating Commercial Fraud Department at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Mohammed Abdul Karim Al Emadi, representedQatar at the forum.
The forum discussed several working papers on topics that concern the small consumer and reviewed the experiences of the Sultanate of Oman and the Arab countries in this aspect, in addition to organizing several various awareness programs and activities for small consumers.
The forum aimed to identify the reality of legislation for the small consumer and the role of legal systems and legislation in protecting him from traditional and electronic commercial fraud cases, achieve sustainable consumption, reveal the media’s role and impact in raising awareness of small consumer issues in the Arab world, and benefit from local and international experiences in the field of developing the services of the consumer protection authority for the small consumer.
Also, it identified Oman’s policies and efforts to achieve sustainable consumption for the small consumer, its applicable practical proposals and recommendations to raise awareness of the importance of the segment of small consumers and improve legislation and awareness methods.
