Components of Sanad Program

1. Sanad Fund for the Support and Development of Small Projects (Ministry of Manpower):

This fund supports job seekers among the skilled and craftsmen to establish individual and family self- employment projects by offering required finance and guidance, according to the terms and regulations drafted for this propose. The fund also trains applicants who seek finance to establish private projects, in the training and qualifying establishments available in the country.

2. Sanad Fund for the Finance of Earning Living Projects (Ministry of Social Development) :

The fund supports job seekers among the families of social security and persons with special needs to establish their own productive projects which help them secure an appropriate income to meet their life requirements.

3. Sanad Offices :

These offices spread all over the Sultanate’s regions and governorates and affiliate to the directorates of the Ministry of Manpower which hosts the executive body of Sanad programme. These offices are distributed as follows:

Sanad office in Muscat Governorate.
Sanad office in Dhofar Governorate.
Sanad office in Musandam Governorate.
Sanad office in the Dhakhiliyah region.
Sanad office in the Wusta region.
Sanad office in the Sharqiyah region.
Sanad office in the Batinah region.
Sanad office in the Dhahirah region.

Sanad Offices Exercise the Following Tasks:

Receiving applications of job seekers and individual initiatives and transferring these applications to the main office and guide them on the steps taken in connection with their applications.
Providing those who wish to establish small projects with vocational guidance.
Contributing to the implementation of required procedures to establish individual and small projects.
Regular follow-up of individual and small projects owners and assisting them in minimizing the difficulties facing their projects.
Supervising the small investment projects whose management is awarded to Omanis with individual initiatives.

4. Sanad Incubators :

Sanad incubators are set up with the purpose of providing small projects with transitional care. Such incubators are established with the participation of government authorities, private associations and the private sector. These authorities provide the premises for the projects along with required equipment for establishing the incubators and training candidates who will work in these incubators, offering advice and technical and administrative support, drafting required terms and regulations and following up and assessing the incubator's activities.