On November 2, 2025, the Osoul Organization for Economic Development and Sustainable Development held a discussion session titled “Reviving the Value of State Assets (Public Companies): From a Fiscal Burden to a Development Engine.”
The session was attended by Dr. Abdulhussein Al-Anbaki, Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister; Dr. Mudhher Mohammed Saleh, Financial Advisor to the Prime Minister; Dr. Falah Al-Amiri, Advisor to the Prime Minister for Oil Economics; as well as a group of economic analysts, experts, and prominent figures from economic media. The session was moderated by Mr. Khalid Al-Jaberi, Chairman of the Osoul Organization for Economic Development and Sustainable Development.

The session discussed practical approaches to transforming state-owned assets from a financial burden weighing on the federal budget into an effective driver of economic development. This includes restructuring public companies and activating operational partnerships with the private sector—while maintaining state ownership of the assets.

The discussion also covered several key pillars, including diagnosing the current state of public companies, the operational challenges they face, the importance of adopting a management-driven operating model based on professional governance and value maximization, and establishing an institutional framework for managing state assets away from short-term accounting solutions. The session also highlighted the need to activate operational partnerships with the private sector while preserving public ownership, and to redefine economic reform by clarifying the roles between the public and private sectors.

The session concluded with a set of key recommendations, emphasizing that reviving the value of distressed assets requires:

• Clear institutional governance

• Sustainable operating models

• Balanced partnerships with the private sector

• Shifting assets from administrative stagnation to productive, value-added activity

By doing so, public assets can become a genuine development lever that contributes to improving internal debt management and enhancing the efficiency of the national economy.