Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce is hosting the first Arab Forum for Consumer Protection, which will be launched in its first edition in the Arab world and West Asia in the Kingdom of Bahrain from 20 to 21 February 2024, in cooperation with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and representatives of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). 

The Forum will be attended by a group of experts, lawyers, academics and technicians in the field of consumer protection from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Arab and West Asian countries, in addition to high-level representation from (ESCWA) and the (UNCTAD).