Press and Publications Sector
The press and publications sector is one of the oldest sectors in the Ministry. It comprises the Office of the Assistant Undersecretary for Press and Publications and the following directorates that are attached to it:
-- Directorate of Press and Publications.
-- Directorate of the Government Printing Press.
-- Media Services Department
-- Huna Al-Bahrayn magazine
-- Official Gazette
-- Information Department \r\n
The sector supervises these departments that carry out their work in accordance with the policies and plans that are drawn up. The sector supervises the enforcement of the law regulating the press, printing, and publishing as well as the Copyright Law through the work of the Directorate of Press and Publications which draws up and implements action programmes and consolidates and strengthens the principle of copyright and making the public aware of the concept. The Directorate also encourages investment in the media fields of all audio, video, printed, and electronic fields, including computer software, registration of copyright, and supervises the follow-up and implementation of relevant international treaties. The sector also supervises the work of the Government Printing Press, and the publication of the Official Gazette and Huna Al-Bahrayn magazine, and follows up the work of the Information Department.
