Quality of Life Program (Saudi Arabia)
 | This article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information. (May 2023) |
| Formation | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Type | Governmental program |
| Affiliations | Saudi Vision 2030 |
Budget | $34.6 billion |
| Website | vision2030.gov.sa |
The Quality of Life Program (QOLP) is a charitable, governmental program that is one of the Saudi Vision 2030 Realization Programs. It was launched in the middle of 2018.[1][2]
History
[edit]In 2018, QOL launched the first cinema; the number has reached 55 cinemas in different regions. QOLP also launched an electronic tourist visa. More than 400,000 visas have been issued so far until March 2020.
The program established the Tourism Development Fund with a capital of ر.س 15 billion to the tourism sector. The project has funded more than 67 tourism projects with more than ر.س 200 million.[3]
The Quality of Life program launched the Hobbies Sector. The Hobby Clubs Association's (Hawi) bylaws were approved, with the membership of 11 government agencies, to become the entity responsible for establishing hobby clubs governed by the Quality of Life Program Centre. Hawi is the organizational entity for the establishment and registration of hobby clubs for residents. In addition to holding seminars, lectures, and training courses, Hawi established hobby clubs and the management of their members.[4]
Indexes
[edit]The QOLP has an indexes evaluated, this includes:
- The Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Liveability Index
- Mercer Quality of Life Index
- Monocle Magazine Quality of Life Survey
- UN World Happiness Report
- OECD Better Life Index
- AARP Liveability Index
Some of the QOLP's key performance indicators include: Number of Saudi cities in the top 100 liveable cities in the world, number of restaurants and cafes, percentage of shopping malls' area (square meter per individual), amount of green spaces per capita, number of hobby clubs, percentage of people practicing sports, and number of places for practicing sports.
References
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- ^ "Quality of Life Program | Saudi Vision 2030". vision2030.gov.sa. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ Mpoke Bigg, Matthew, ed. (4 May 2018). "Saudi Arabia launches initiative to improve country's lifestyle". Reuters. Reporting by Sarah Dadouch. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "متهيد" (PDF). vision2030.gov.sa (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "عام / إطلاق منصة الهوايات "هاوي" في نسختها التجريبية ضمن مبادرات برنامج جودة الحياة وكالة الأنباء السعودية" [Launching the "Hawi" hobbies platform in its experimental version within the Quality of Life Program initiatives.]. Umm Al-Qura. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 27 July 2021.