The Bahrain Investors Centre (BIC) wasestablished in order to provide investors with the most cost effective and efficient incorporation procedure. All Ministries and other entities involved in the incorporation process have come together under the BIC roof, using a common web-based and parameterized interface, to provide a customer focused service, which is based on the propositions of ‘no wrong door’ and ‘single visit’. In the time since its establishment, the BIC has enjoyed a high level of success in speeding up incorporation time, encouraging new investment, and bringing about a new level of cooperation among the various entities involved. The BIC has also enjoyed many accolades for its performance in providing customers with a good experience and efficient process. We expect that as we move into the next phase of development, which at the system level we have named as E-Investor, customers will benefit from a truly virtual process. As the incorporation process has developed, we together with our technology partners have been continuously innovating so that today the BIC has become a state-of-the-art one stop facility, admired by many, and has become the model for some other countries, both in the Region and elsewhere, by which their own future services will be based. The story does not end here, as we look to the future to enhance our services by offering a completely virtual incorporation process. This Guide is intended to introduce customers and potential investors to the commercial registration system and to complement the services provided at the Centre in steering visitors through the process. On a final note I would like to acknowledge the hard work of all the Ministry’s staff, and the central role and valuable contribution of the Economic Development Board (EDB) in putting this Guide together. Dr Hassan Fakhro Minister of Industry and Commerce Kingdom of Bahrain

Dr Hassan Fakhro
Minister of Industry and Commerce
Kingdom of Bahrain