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No
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Authority |
Survey / Study |
Objective |
Year of conduction |
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1
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Ministry of Civil Service |
Appointments and service leave of non-Omani study
|
Provision of data on non-Omani employees appointed and those left service is important to define and highlight changes in expatriate work force in civil service |
Annual
|
| Study on seconded staff to Arab and foreign governments, institutions and organizations. |
According to directives of H.E Minister of Civil Service to prepare a statistics on number of Omani employees seconded to Arab and foreign governments, institutions and organizations. |
Annual
|
| Analytical study on civil service employees for the last ten years |
To identify changes on number of service staff through a time series |
September 2010 |
|
2
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Central Bank of Oman |
Foreign assets and liabilities survey
|
Improve some items in current and fiscal accounts of balance of payments |
2010-2011 |
|
Portfolio’s investments survey |
Improve portfolio investments and international investment status in the Sultanate |
2010-2011 |
|
3
|
Ministry of Social Development |
Statistical survey on orphan children in the Sultanate |
Survey of orphan children and service provided to them |
2012 |
|
4
|
Ministry of Agriculture |
Multi-purpose survey (annual) |
- Estimate areas cropped with seasonal crops and forages and their production
- Updating prices of agric. products at farm gate
- Follow-up number of permanent agric. workforce , greenhouses and honey bee hives
|
From 2011 to 2015 |
|
survey to estimate Local production of dates (annual) |
- Estimate of local production of dates according to type and Wilayat
- Estimation of domestic consumption of dates and surplus of table and processing dates
|
From 2011 to 2015 |
|
The agricultural census |
- Numbering agric. holdings and defining their geographic coordinates
- Provision of detailed data on agric. sector components according to administrative units
- Provision of additional training chances to statistical cadres on data collection
- Provision of frameworks for sample surveys
- Provision of additional indicators for estimation of the statistical surveys data
- Provision of data for computing livestock growth indicators
|
2011-2012 |
|
5
|
Ministry of National Economy |
Household expenditure and income survey |
Define expenditure, income, living standard and provide a framework for poverty study |
Annual |
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Manpower survey |
Identify labour force status in the Sultanate |
Annual |
|
Culture survey |
Prevalence of cultural aspects |
Annual |
|
Living standard survey |
Define living standards level and well-being indicators |
Annual |
|
ICT survey |
Identify IT indicators |
Annual |
|
Disable survey |
To know number and needs of those of special needs |
Annual |
|
First economic survey |
Improving national accounts data |
2012 |
|
The annual economic survey |
Provision of needed data for preparation of national accounts |
Annual |
|
Arrivals and departures survey |
Provision of data for preparation of tourism accounts |
2011-2013 |
|
Kharif Salalah survey |
Define size of tourism in Dhofar Governorate |
2010 |
|
Dhofar Governorate accounts survey |
Identify share of tourism to Dhofar Governorate |
2013 |
|
Returns of tourism investment survey |
Ways of employing tourism investment returns |
2013 |
|
Improving economical establishments framework |
To improve establishment so as to create updated frameworks |
Annual |
|
Foreign investment survey |
Establishing database for foreign investment database inside and outside the Sultanate |
Annual |
|
Provision of data on prices inflation |
Consumption commodities prices survey |
monthly |
|
Wholesale price survey |
Provision of data on prices inflation in whole sale markets |
Quarterly |
|
IT survey for establishments |
Provision of data on users of computers and networks |
Annual |
|
Building material prices survey |
Provision of data on prices inflation |
Quarterly |
|
Wages survey |
Define directions of wages and compare with prices change |
Quarterly |
|
Production quantities survey |
An index to measure production size |
Quarterly |
|
Production prices survey |
Provision of data on products prices inflation |
Quarterly |
|
Land prices survey |
Provision of data on prices inflation |
Quarterly |
|
6
|
Ministry of Tourism (in collaboration with Ministry of National Economy) |
Tourist establishments survey |
Provide a statistical database on tourist establishments activities and share of each activity in domestic product |
Annual |
|
Kharif Salalah survey |
Provision of statistical database on number of visitors, nationalities,
rate of spending and duration of stay in Dhofar Governorate during Kharif |
Annual |
|
Arrivals and departures survey |
Provision of statistical database on number of arrivals and departures
through boarders outlets according to nationality and purpose of visit |
2013-2015 |
|
Survey of computing tourism share in national product in Dhofar
Governorate |
Identify the share of tourism in the national product of Dhofar
Governorate |
2011 |
|
Fast-tracked surveys |
Define tourism sector share in national product |
2011 |
|
7
|
Ministry of Fisheries Wealth |
Sites and times of fisheries’ landing survey |
- Defining data of landing
sites with coordinates
- Defining times of landing at
fisheries landing sites and monitoring changes
- Description of facilities
available in landing sites
- Knowledge of number of
artisanal fishing boats and ships by landing sites
- Redistribution of artisanal fishing boats and ships to landing sites to
estimate production of sites from collected samples |
2011 |
|
Fisheries’ markets survey |
- Studying and assessing
marketing efficiency of fisheries markets in the Sultanate
- Establishing a database of
fisheries’ markets in Sultanate with coordinates, number of working in
them, describing facilities available at fisheries market
- Study of the mechanism of the periodic data collection related to prices
and quantities of fisheries and possibility of application |
2012 |
|
Costs survey through artisanal and coastal fishing production |
- Estimation of total cost of
fishing according to area , type of boat, fishing equipments and fishing season
for one ton of main kinds of fisheries caught
- Provision of data regarding
reality of fishing in the Sultanate to facilitate government units task
operating in national accounts to define the real share of fisheries sector in
GDP
- Provision of statistical
data and information for policy makers, planners , researchers and those in
private sector about costs and physical returns of artisanal fishing
- Completion of statistical data for fisheries wealth sector |
2013 |
|
Assessment of preference of options of management of fisheries resources
by artisanal fishermen |
-The survey contributes to
achieving an effective participation of fishermen in management of fisheries
resources and a better understanding of economical and social characteristics of
fishermen’s community
|
2012-2014 |
|
Carrying- out some fisheries surveys |
- This type of survey assists
in studying kinds of fishes and resources defined according to that indicated by
the evaluation studies on status of these kinds and resources( e.g sharks)
- The survey will assists in addressing shortage of fisheries information
about stock of these kinds |
2011-2016
|
|
Survey of fisheries resources in Arabian sea and Sea of Oman |
- This type of survey assists
in study of aquaculture and available kinds of fishes in Arabian sea
and Sea of Oman.
- It contributes in addressing shortage of information regarding stock
status of these kinds and estimation of exploitable quantities |
2016 |
|
Artisanal and coastal fishing boats and ships survey |
- Survey of the current
real number of artisanal fishing boats and collecting directly related
statistical data and information such as type, size, condition, ownership,
possession of fishing permits, fishing means used and other data that will be
used for statistical and planning purposes
- Provision of accurate
database and its redeveloping follow-up to set programs and projects related to
support and improvement of the sector and provision of requisites
and services needed by fishermen and those working in the sector
- Provision of a dependable
reference to facilitate boats’ registration, granting fishing licenses and
decide on eligibility for certain privileges and facilities by region
- Assists in estimation of
fisheries to be caught through comparing these quantities with stock size at
each region. Hence, enable the Ministry to take accurate balancing between
fishing and stock to secure the required balance and ensure continuance of
fisheries resources and fishing profession as income source for those involved
- It is considered as the main mainstay for protection of fisheries
wealth, raising fishing efficiency , improving caught fishes quality therefore
increasing the sector’s share in GDP and improving living standard of fishermen |
2015 |
|
8
|
Ministry of Manpower |
Study of wages levels received by national and expatriate work force in
labour market |
- Monitoring Omani and
expatriate wages level and comparing them with their education qualifications
and professions.
- Knowledge of wages changes
of the different careers at the same activity
- Evaluation of living level and work conditions for hired employees and
linking it to inflation |
During Plan period |
|
|
|
Manpower survey |
- Identifying number of
employed and unemployed either had worked before or not. This according to the
different variables related to them such as gender, age, education and marital
status and their distribution by Governorates and Regions.
- Identifying period elapsed
on searching for work and procedures undertook by them during that period
- Knowing type of work that
unemployed are looking for and the preferred sector and the training courses
they has attained
- Identifying the monthly
salary received by employed, their careers, establishments and activity of
the establishments.
- Verification of rumors circulating about unemployed such as preference
for office work, do not accept to work in certain professions, preference to
work in government sector to private sector, not staying in one work in private
sector which means continuous movement from one institution to other |
Carried out annually by Ministry of National Economy in collaboration with
Ministry of Manpower |
|
9
|
Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
The annual industrial survey: Comprehensive survey for all industrial
establishments in the Sultanate including establishments with less than and more
than 10 workers |
Updating the database of industrial sector and provision of industrial
information and data useful for investors, planners, decision makers ,
researchers and businessmen |
2011 - 2015 |
|
Trade exchange statistics between the Sultanate and various world
countries |
Provision of data for officials ,decision makers and researchers to define
and open multi-markets for Omani origin exports |
During five years |
|
Assessment of the one-stop shop performance |
Development and facilitation of obstacles |
During five years |
|
Comprehensive survey for mining activity in the Sultanate |
- Defining number and surveys
of mining sites
- Defining type of extracted
raw or materials
- Classifying extracted
materials (metallic, non-metallic, building materials, marble …etc)
- Defining quantities
extracted from each site
- Defining production cost/ton
or m3
- Defining price of
product/ton or m3 and comparing with current sale prices
- Defining value added in case of establishing industry based on raw
metal |
During five years |
|
Small and medium -size projects survey |
Acquiring accurate figures and statistics to be used in the database that
will be established by the Ministry |
2010-2011 |
|
Periodic survey of some private sectors related to small and medium
projects |
To set the appropriate solutions to develop the sector |
During five years |
|
Second : Surveys and studies which are not related directly to
statistical analysis :
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|
10
|
Ministry of Manpower |
Study of wages levels received by national and expatriate work force in
labour market |
- Monitoring Omani and
expatriate wages level and comparing them with their education qualifications
and professions.
- Knowledge of wages changes
of the different careers at the same activity
- Evaluation of living level and work conditions for hired employees and
linking it to inflation |
During Plan period |
|
11
|
Ministry of Fisheries Wealth |
Assessment of preference of options of management of fisheries resources
by artisanal fishermen |
- The survey contributes to
achieving an effective participation of fishermen in management of fisheries
resources and a better understanding of economical and social characteristics of
fishermen’s community
|
2012-2014 |