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be’ah SECTOR BUILDING STAGES

The Corporate Strategic Plan prioritized projects that should be addressed on the early stages of the
plan implementation, followed by long-term implementation strategies to achieve be’ah’s long-term goals.
be'ah’s strategic direction is divided into several stages, where Phase I (2012-2015) focused on building
the infrastructure, Phase II (2016-2020) focuses on the operations and moving forward, and Phase III

(2021- 2025) will highly focus on excellence.

be'ah Business Excellence

Infrastructure Esablishment (2012-2015):
be’ah worked towards Sustainable Waste Management Practices to address specific urgent issues, while
establishing the required infrastructure and support system for the industry. Government of Oman’s 8th

five-year Plan was mainly allocated to water infrastructure, construction of roads and airports, seaports,
agriculture, marine fishing, sanitary drainage systems, sports and youth as well as communication and in-
formation technology. Even though waste management utilities were not specifically mentioned, it was as-

sumed that these are covered under various urban development programs. Substantial capital investments
from government have been allocated to improve and develop the current waste management system in
Oman.
The first phase of be'ah's development had been directed towards restructuring the sector and establish-
ing an infrastructure designed to meet the best standards of global waste management hierarchy, which

starts by reducing waste generation, recycling, waste value recovery and finally, disposing the rest of it
safely. be'ah’s main focus at this phase lies on the insistence to eliminate traditional waste dumping pro-
cesses and random dumpsites deployment across the Sultanate as they are considered to be a source of

environmental damage to the biosphere.
Therefore, be’ah developed a plan to close all major traditional dumpsites and accelerating the process of
rehabilitation and reclamation of these sites.

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