9th Five-Year Development Plan (2016-2020).

9th Five-Year Development Plan is a national multi-sectoral plan of the Sultanate of Oman for the period of 2016-2020. Its main objective is transformation from a single main resource-dependent (oil) economy to a diversified one in which other promising sectors contribute.
Among others, the Plan provides for environmental sustainability and confronting natural disasters. To this end, it aims for (1) revising, updating and executing the plans and programs currently available such as for biodiversity, marine life protection, agricultural lands protection and the national strategy for protecting the environment in coordination with concerned authorities; (2) formulating and executing plans and strategies in other areas that were not developed, such as the national strategy for management and improving protectorates, and the strategy of efficient use of energy and water; (3) upgrading energy and facility usage efficiency in industrial areas in particular, and executing awareness programs focusing on the efficient usage of energy and water in the society in general; (4) expansion in use of renewable energy; (5) introduction of efficiency standards in new establishments; (6) study of the possibility of generating energy through other alternative energy sources (clean coal, bio-fuel); (7) establishment of more efficient new desalinization plants in order to increase the quantity of desalinized water; (8) launching a campaign for spreading environmental awareness targeting all community segments and decision makers; (9) support and development of a package of incentives for clean production to limit green house gas emissions; (10) preparation of national policies and protocols related to potential emergency and crisis cases; (11) preparation, updating and follow-up of the national plan for disasters management; (12) cooperation and coordination with regional authorities to limit impacts resulting from disasters, and ensure readiness for emergency cases; (13) setting up a national effective liaison strategy and cooperation with the media to increase awareness pertaining to risks and measures of readiness to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters and responding to emergency cases; and (14) awarding of projects directed to mitigate the impacts of climatic conditions and floods the priority and laying down execution plans for these projects by the competent authorities.
For the implementation of the Plan, the Secretariat General of the Supreme Council for Planning launched an execution mechanism known as the “Tanfeedh” program, which has been guided by successful international experiences that were developed in 2009, and includes designing and executing a system for the follow-up and evaluation of plans, procedures and economic and social programs.