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Riyadh– The Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP) celebrates World Intellectual Property Day under the slogan “Your Ideas, Our Future” with the aim of motivating creators and emphasizing that the creations of young citizens contribute in building a better future by displaying achievements and inspiring stories in the fields of intellectual property of the youth group, and maximizing its impact in addition to many awareness events in various regions of the Kingdom.

The CEO of SAIP, Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohammed AlSwailem confirmed that SAIP is pleased to provide services that aim to support innovators in intellectual property fields, and IP clinics is one of the services provided by SAIP to establish a continuous communication channel with innovators. From which, more than 1200 beneficiaries have benefited from the service, in addition to the programs provided by the Intellectual Property Academy which reached more than 8,500 beneficiaries so far.

Al-Swailem also stated that SAIP will contribute this year in spreading awareness among society members under the slogan “Your Ideas, Our Future”, in cooperation with both public and private sectors. The slogan is a message to the young citizens who are the future of our country through the vision of our leaders which contributes to supporting and encouraging the youth by launching initiatives and strategies leading to a brighter future with the ambition and creativity of the young citizens. He also mentioned that the National Network of Intellectual Property Support Centers (TISCs), which is one of the SAIP’s initiatives in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), targets entities working in the innovation system within the health, academic, governmental, non-profit and business sectors, in order to facilitate access of Innovators and inventors to technical information, related services and support of the generation, use and management of intellectual property assets, which have a membership of 43 entities from various sectors.

SAIP also announced the issuance of the Statistical Report on Intellectual Property Information, which displayed growth in the number of applications filed through the Authority during the year 2021, compared to the year before, where patent applications filed increased by 11% and trademark registration applications by 26%. In addition, industrial designs registration applications grew by 48%, and optional registration of copyright works grew by 57%. This year also witnessed the issuance of the first two documents in the history of the Kingdom to protect layout designs of integrated circuits.

The World Intellectual Property Organization and its member states participate in the celebration of this day by launching events and initiatives that highlight youth and their creativity in order to encourage their ideas and innovations. It is worth noting that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia joined as a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization in 1982. SAIP also participates with its membership to keep up with the developments for various fields of intellectual property, which will have a positive impact on intellectual property activities in the Kingdom.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Aden– King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) yesterday distributed 4,750 cartons of dates to the needy families in Sheikh Othman District, Aden Governorate, benefiting 28,500 individuals.

This aid comes as an extension of the relief and humanitarian efforts provided by the Kingdom, represented by the Center, to affected countries and peoples around the world.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Riyadh– The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has ordered the disbursement of Ramadan aid for beneficiaries of the social insurance with SAR 1,000 for heads of family and SAR 500 for dependants.

It is expected for the aid amount, which is estimated at more than SAR 2 billion, to be deposited to the bank accounts of beneficiaries directly over the next few hours.

Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Eng. Ahmad bin Sulaiman Al-Rajhi extended his gratitude and appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on this generous initiative.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Niamey– King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) yesterday distributed 101 Ramadan food baskets in the village of Bokoki 2 in Niamey, the Republic of Niger, benefiting 505 individuals, as part of the Ramadan feeding initiative for the year 1443 AH.

It is noteworthy that the project aims to distribute 9,000 food baskets to benefit 45,000 people in Niamey, Dosso and Tillabri regions in Niger.

This comes within the framework of the efforts made by the Kingdom, represented by the Center, to provide food security for the needy in 19 countries around the world during the holy month of Ramadan.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Madinah– Crowd organization administration, affiliated with the general administration for crowds at the Prophet’s Holy Mosque, is exerting big efforts to receive guests and worshippers throughout the last 10 days of the Holy month of Ramadan, especially during the Taraweeh and Qiyam (night( prayers to facilitate the movement of crowds and their access to prayer locations easily.

The crowd administration has allocated 322 employees divided into four shifts to facilitate the entry of visitors and worshippers from entrances, passages and praying areas at the yards of the Prophet’s Holy Mosque and inside it round the clock. Other duties of the administration include guiding and organizing human crowds inside the mosque, its roof and yards, in addition to following up on these procedures continuously to ensure the flexibility of crowd movement, avoid closing passages by worshippers, and restrict wrong behaviors, such as begging, and tampering with luggage and children, so as to facilitate the movement of visitors of the mosque.

The employees concerned with organizing crowds round the clock follow up on crowds constantly to avoid congestions, where the percentage of smoothness inside the passages and yards of the mosque stood at 100%, where more than 800 barriers were used to organize crowds and the entry and exist of worshippers easily and smoothly.

Director of crowd organization administration Abdulkarim Al-Ahmadi said that crowd organization is implemented through sending worshippers to internal praying areas then to the roof, and after ensuring it is full, worshippers are sent to the external yards until they are full, before worshippers are directed to go to the new western yards.

He added that the participation institutions at the Prophet’s Holy Mosques are asked to help depending on field needs to ensure the organization and safety of crowds.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Riyadh– The General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information (GASGI) and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed the third phase of a project to offer consultation services, which entails providing support to the authority in the fields that were endorsed in its new bylaw focusing on enhancing and developing work in the fields of survey and geospatial information, and improving and building the national capacity.

The authority, through this agreement, seeks to expand the scope of marketing its products and services and increase the level of public awareness on its works, where the basic fields of this agreement include: geodesy, geospatial information, marine survey, map production, planning and development, and the geospatial academia of the authority.

UNDP Resident Representative for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Dr. Adam Bouloukos stressed that this partnership aims at providing consultation services concerned with developing the national capacity to conduct survey and geospatial works effectively and efficiently, providing the necessary infrastructure for the national geospatial data, and receiving diversified and multi-purpose knowledge from these survey works so as to support the national efforts aimed at realizing the targets of the Saudi Vision 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals.

GASGI President Dr. Mohammed bin Yahya Al Sayel expressed his satisfaction with UNDP support, in particular the latest training arranged by UNDP and delivered by the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea which received significant positive feedback.

GASGI Head of Human resources and National Project Manager of the project Eng. Bader Althiyabi said: “This project will contribute to achieving the objectives of the organization’s regulation Resolution No. (90) in the field of surveying and geospatial information and will contribute to developing and building national capacities in the sector.”

The General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information, according to its mandate, seeks to organize, develop and improve the sector of survey and geospatial information, and supervise it in a way that realizes quality and improved performance.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Jeddah– The Chairman of the Transitional Military Council of the Republic of Chad, Mohamed Idriss Deby, arrived in Jeddah today.

At King Abdulaziz International Airport, the Chairman was received by Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Governor of Makkah Region; Minister of State for African Countries Affairs Ambassador Ahmed Qattan, and a number of officials.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Al-Mahrah– King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) distributed yesterday 32 tons and 100 kilogram of Ramadan food baskets to the needy families in in Al-Mahrah Governorate,Yemen, benefiting 1,800 individuals, as part of the Ramadan feeding initiative for the year 1443 AH.

This aid comes within the relief and humanitarian efforts, provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the KSrelief, to the affected countries and peoples around the world.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Riyadh– The General Authority for Awqaf today signed a cooperation memorandum with the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Holy Mosque and Prophet’s Holy Mosque to establish guest houses for children at the yards of the Grand Holy Mosque.

Deputy Governor of the Authority for the sector of banks and development programs Abdulrahman bin Mohammed Al-Iqayyel and Deputy President of the General Presidency for projects and engineering studies Eng. Mohammed bin Suleiman Al-Waqdani represented their respective institutions in signing the memorandum remotely.

The deal includes establishing, operating and designing programs and activities offered at the center with identifying the requirements and preparations that match the nature of the designed model, in addition to training the operational team on the establishing and operation systems.

This center contributes to providing a safe place for the children of visitors of the Grand Holy Mosques, so that they can perform their rituals easily. This center is designed according to the best practice and models that take into consideration the safety requirements and social, educational and entertainment aspects that suit the needs of children. Implementing and operating these centers are the responsibility of specialized consultative institutions, where this center will be the first step for a series of centers that will be established successively.

The project is part of strategic partnership between the authority and the presidency, which seeks to enable visitors of the Grand Holy Mosque to realize a comforting spiritual experiment that matches the targets of the Saudi Vision 2030 in making a comprehensive trip that reflects the civil image of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its services to guests of the Two Holy Mosques.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Hajjah– Al-Jada Health Center clinics have provided treatment services to beneficiaries, in Hajjah Governorate, Yemen, with the support of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief).

During March 2022, the clinics and departments of Al-Jada Health Center received 21,675 beneficiaries.

The laboratory department also received 1,962 people and the health center provided 6,322 individuals with medications.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Jeddah– The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance has started a project to distribute copies of the Holy Quran to Umrah performers upon their return from performing Umrah rituals, at the King Abdulaziz Airport in Jeddah in a bid to feel the spirituality and blessings of the holy month of Ramadan, especially during the last 10 days of the month.

The ministry, through this project that is implemented in cooperation with Ehsan Platform and the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran, targets distributing 50,000 copies of the Holy Quran through two stages in Ramadan.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Riyadh, The Assistant Secretary for Political Affairs and Negotiations at the Secretariat General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Abdulaziz Hamad Al-Owaishek received today the UK Ambassador to Yemen Richard Oppenheim..

During the meeting, they discussed the humanitarian, economic, and development situation in Yemen and the outcomes of the Yemeni consultations held at the GCC Secretariat General, as well as the latest regional developments and issues of mutual interest.

Source: Saudi Press Agency