The Innovation and Creativity General policy aims to enhance the business environment, enable small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurship, support competitiveness in innovation, establish an environment that encourages innovation, and enhance partnership in innovation.
The policy focuses on:
- Developing an integrated system for innovation management from the Ministry's strategy according to ISO 56002;
- Establishing a culture of innovation and providing and using all supporting resources and enablers to achieve the benefit, continuous improvement, and development of innovation processes;
- Providing an ecosystem for innovation that allows employees and concerned entities to participate and engage with the innovation management system and encourage, reward, and celebrate them for submitting creative suggestions and ideas;
- Adhering to the principles of innovation in creating value and developing future leaders to profit from visions and strategic directions based on creativity, change adaption, and technical system development;
- Protecting employees' ideas and preserving their intellectual rights according to the approved procedures and applicable laws;
- Facilitating the exchange of information and knowledge to create an enabling environment for the production of innovative ideas;
- Managing, analyzing, and using the knowledge and access to information;
- Maintaining sustainable relationships with partners to achieve common objectives and share expertise, resources, knowledge, and innovative solutions;
- Adhering to legal, regulatory, and other requirements related to business ethics and sustainability
- Developing the employees’ skills to enhance innovation processes, the Ministry's services, self-development, and teamwork; and
- Complying with continuous improvement of the innovation management system.