The Capital Market Authority has organized an introductory meeting on the Smart GCC Investor Award in collaboration with the Directorate General of Education, Governorate of Muscat. The meeting, which targeted the teachers of plastic arts in the Governorate, comes in the framework of the GCC investment awareness program supervised by the GCC capital market commissions.

The meeting included introductory presentation on the capital market and its importance in the economy presented by Huda Rashid Al Maamariyah, Director of Internal Audit Department at the CMA on the role of the sector in boosting the economic development in the country.

Huda Salim Al Aisaei, member of the executive committee of the GCC investment awareness program “Mulim” presented a paper on the GCC Smart Investor Award which included explanation on the initiative launched by GCC awareness program with the aim of encouraging the citizens and residents to produce creative content enriching the awareness content in the financial culture to enhance sound financial practices.

The award aims to open the participation for the citizens an resident in the GCC states to participate with creative ideas in three categories i.e. video, painting and photography in subjects related to financial planning, saving, investment and investor protection.

The award was launched in March and continues until August this year, and then will be subject to arbitration under evaluation standards for each category of arts and the winners will be announced in October. Participation via the website of the campaign www.mulimgcc.org