A new document for home-run businesses is expected to revive work in many fields. Workers in fashion, decoration, accessories, food, beauty, hospitality, concerts, handicrafts, perfume, photography, prints and others could develop as the government is adopting a new document to revive home-run businesses.

Labor Minister Adel Fakeih revealed that the ministry is about to issue a new document in the next few days to activate work from home, also known as productive families project. The proposed project is expected to serve more than 300,000 families.

Fakeih told Arab News that a qualified team is working to develop mechanisms to regulate the work of productive families.

He added that the team includes many specialists from several bodies alongside the Ministry of Labor.

“The team consists of representatives from the Council of Saudi Chambers, the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs, academics from Saudi universities and representatives from the Ministry of Social Affairs and other relevant parties,” Fakeih said, adding that this team would research the situation of home-run businesses and know their needs and the best way to support workers in that field.

Fakeih said that this project will empower women as it offers them the possibility of making money and sustaining their families with jobs that meet their needs. “Having specialized fairs would support these women and help them market their products and expand their businesses,” he added.

He pointed out that supporting productive families comes as a part of the royal directives of the wise leadership that emphasized the need to encourage productive families and help them turn their ideas into a reality, adding that a time would come when workers from home would have their share in the market.

Fakeih noted that the ministry has commissioned a local consulting firm to prepare a comprehensive and thorough study regarding home-run businesses. The firm would also propose solutions in terms of regulations, legislation and training mechanisms as well as marketing schemes of productive families’ products.

Adviser Ahmed Hamdan, supervisor of the fourth exhibition for Productive Families, which will be held at the Jeddah Hilton between Jan. 11 and 14, said the event was expected to attract a wider participation from productive families this year than in previous years.

Around 700 productive families will display their products for around 400,000 people in Makkah alone.

He predicted that the new moves made by the Ministry of Labor and other government agencies would lead to a growth in the productive families’ products.