The FANAR QATAR Blueprint

Qatar’s Industrial and Economic Backbone.

Where Visions Become Industries and Industries Become Exports.

Strategic Objectives

  • Accelerate Innovation – Enable rapid R&D testing and product certification.

  • Localize Value Creation – Shift from imports to indigenous high-tech production.

  • Develop Human Capital – Train engineers and technicians via FQ–AII.

  • Expand Exports – Build “Developed in Qatar” global brands.

  • Strengthen Positioning – Make Qatar the Gulf’s innovation hub.

Transforming Qatar into the industrial nucleus of The Middle East —

The place where R&D becomes companies, and companies become global exporters.

MASAR QATAR

From Innovation to Industrial Replication

Fanar Qatar’s core function is to convert innovation into scalable industrial reality.

The in-house Innovation-to-Commercialization Unit provides evaluation, prototyping, and certification pathways for technologies entering Qatar.

However, FQ’s vision extends beyond incubation—its true strength lies in industrial replication, where proven foreign technologies are localized, licensed, and produced in Qatar for export to Asia, the Subcontinent, and the Far East.

FQ’s coordination with national financial institutions shall ensure that approved foreign partners are fully compensated through sovereign and PPP structures, depending on project scope and national priority.

Operating Framework

  • Innovation & R&D Hubs – Partnerships with QF and QSTP for applied research and testing.

  • Commercialization Clusters – Pilot manufacturing in QFZ zones with ISO/GMP facilities.

  • Education Integration – FQ–AII training aligned with industry projects.

  • Trade Enablement – Hamad Port and air freight for exports.

  • Governance & Facilitation – Single-window PMO for approvals and coordination.

Operating Framework - The Six Pillars of MASAR QATAR

  • QAHDI - Applied Health & Devices Institute.

    Where translational research meets real-world impact — turning laboratory breakthroughs into Med-Tech products, devices, and spin-out companies that strengthen Qatar’s applied-science ecosystem.

  • DIMD - Doha Innovation & Manufacturing District.

    The engine room of industrial excellence, housing GMP pilot lines, robotics, automation, and additive manufacturing.
    A hub where global innovators prototype, test, and scale production within Qatar’s free-zone infrastructure.

  • QIF - Qatar Innovation Fund + Qatar Innovation Authority.

    Powered by the multi-billion-dollar Innovation Sovereign Fund and guided by the Qatar Innovation Authority, this pillar shall ensure transparent governance, fast-track approvals, and investor confidence through a Singapore-modeled 90-day decision framework.

  • QSC - Qatar Sector Clusters

    Five high-impact clusters—Med-Tech, CleanTech, Agri-Tech, Aerospace, and Digital/AI—forming Qatar’s industrial backbone.
    Each cluster links R&D, pilot production, and market access under a unified innovation

  • QEG - Qatar Export Gateways

    Qatar’s export spine to the world—providing fast-track market access across the GCC, Subcontinent, Asia, and the Far East.
    Enabling 50–80 export-ready companies within a decade while reinforcing Qatar’s economic sovereignty.

  • QTG - Qatar Talent Gateway

    A magnet for brilliance—attracting PhDs, postdocs, and skilled professionals from across the globe to collaborate with Qatari researchers and SMEs, building a generational knowledge economy for the Arab world.