Gulf Cooperation Council

Procurement cooperatives increases efficiency. Regional and sub-regional procurement schemes can become a credible option for ensuring medicines supplies. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Procurement Services (OECS/PPS) successfully organize pooled procurement for six and eight countries respectively. 

Sponsored by the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science, the Kuwait National Petroleum Company, the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, Kuwait University, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, the Petrochemical Industries Company, and the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries. 

The Middle East will be described in chapter 7.6.2. The Arabian countries Jordan, Iraq, Sudan and the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Bahrain, Quatar, Kuwait, Osman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arabic Emirates have founded the Arabian Standardisation and Metrology Organisation (ASMO). Naturally Israel is no member. 

Wiseman, A. W., Anderson, E. (2012). ICT-integrated education and national innovation systems in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Computers Education, 59,607-618. 

The Development of the Polyolefin Industry in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)... 

Gulf Cooperation Council consists of six countries Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (Fig. 47.1). Saudi Arabia was the prime actor in setting up the Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) in 1981. A GCC common market was instigated on 1 January 2008. The population of the region is about 3.8 million who live on 2.66 sq km (1 million mi ) of land. 31% of the Gulfs total population and 65% of the workforce consist of expatriates. The composition of the expatriate workforce population in GCC countries is presented in Fig. 47.2. 

The Gulf construction sector is growing very fast but it is facing a shortage of skilled workers and materials. The Gulfs biggest country now accounts for 25% of all construction projects in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Due to a limited... 

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