The establishment of the Public Authority for Craft Industries came as a means to revive traditional crafts in a modern context in order to suit the requirement of the contemporary modern world.

The approach of the Authority is to develop the craft industries sector with the intention being to achieve the objectives and employ human, financial, technical and other resources.

The Authority endeavors to produce updated traditional crafts that have the inherited traditional Omani identity with new modern methods and highly qualified and skilled Omani craftsmen.