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GCC eGovernment event opens in Bahrain

MANAMA, November 25, 2015

The fourth GCC eGovernment Award Conference and Exhibition was inaugurated today (November 25) by Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister and chairman of the Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology (SCICT).
 
The two-day event, which includes a large number of high dignitaries and diplomatic VIPs, is being held at the ART Rotana Hotel in Bahrain and is represented by the Informatics and eGovernment Authority.
 
Shaikh Mohammed stated that he was pleased to patronise the event on behalf of HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman AlKhalifa - the Prime Minister; also confirmed that such event reflects the keenness of the GCC countries in utilising the latest of innovative trends which are based on the discussions and recommendations concluded during the conference.
 
Since 2005, the country’s government worked on enhancing the eTransformation and through the Informatics and eGovernment Authority – Bahrain was able to deliver large number of online services to citizens and residents, he said. 
 
He further indicated that the country has accomplished honorable achievements within the most recent United Nations eGovernment Survey of 2014 - considering that it excelled by being ranked first in the Middle East and the Arab World in addition to 18th globally within the eGovernment Readiness Index.
 
Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed, Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications, said that the international community looks upon Bahrain as one of the advanced countries - standing side-by-side with other nations in the ICT sector. 
 
Owing to the government’s support and the SCICT’s follow-up, the kingdom was capable of surpassing these countries by providing cutting-edge as well as highly-efficient eServices which reflected citizens’ directions towards electronic utilization. Such outcome resulted in the increase of customer satisfaction index concerning offered public services.
 
The GCC countries have achieved remarkable accomplishments in this sector as they noticeably succeeded doing so during a record time. Moreover, the high ranks of the GCC states enabled them to leave a stamp on the international arena – grabbing the attention of all other countries, said Mohammed.
 
As a result of such endeavours and persistent efforts, several initiatives and significant achievements coincided with the visions and aspirations of the GCC leaders and heads.
 
The 'Best eGovernment Service for Business Sector' category was won by three winning projects – ‘Dubai Trade’ by Dubai Trade of Dubai Customs from United Arab Emirates (UAE); ‘Invest Easy’ by the Ministry of Commerce & Trade from Oman; along with the ‘Business Licensing Integrated System’ project by the Ministry of Industry & Commerce from the Kingdom of Bahrain.
 
The 'Best eGovernment eService' category encompassed the ‘Ministry of Youth and Sports Services’ project by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs, participating from Bahrain; the ‘Commercial License Registration Renewal and Update’ project contributed by the Ministry of Trade & Commerce from Saudi Arabia; together with the ‘Self Service Machines – Kiosks’ project by Public Prosecutor from Qatar. 
 
‘Bayanati’ project by the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, participating from the UAE was the first of two winners in the category Best Government-to-Government eService; in addition to the ‘National Payment Aggregator’ project submitted by the Informatics & eGovernment Authority from Bahrain.
 
The category ‘Best Practice in Community eParticipation’ comprised three winners of ‘Public Authority for Consumer Protection’ by the Public Authority for Consumer Protection from the Sultanate of Oman; ‘eParticipation’ project by the Ministry of Interior from the UAE, as well as the ‘Sahem Fi AlTashree’ project presented by the entity Kuwait National Assembly from Kuwait. 
 
The 'Best Application for Smart Devices' category involved four winners – ‘Darb’ by the Department of Transport – Abu Dhabi from UAE; ‘Metrash 2’ by the Ministry of Interior from Qatar; ‘Ministry of Interior’ app by Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior; as well as ‘Safeer Mobile App’ by the Ministry of Education from Saudi Arabia. 
 
‘Monafasat’ by the Ministry of Finance from Saudi Arabia was the first winner in the category Best Whole-of-Government National eProject; the ‘Personal Hub’ by the Royal Oman Police from Oman; ‘Center for Digital Innovation’ project by UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority; accompanied by the ‘Kuwait Information Network’ project from Kuwait’s Central Agency for Information Technology.
 
Meanwhile, the exhibition included the participation of 18 government entities which sought to exhibit their experiences and projects in the eGovernment sector in a variety of specializations, with the attendance of VIPs and visitors. - TradeArabia News Service



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