The Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) is developing strategy to launch the second generation of the integrated e-government in within the next few months, Assistant Secretary- General at the ictQATAR Hassan Jassim Al-Sayed has said.

Al Sayed said that the new strategy of the e-government, expected to be completed within four months, would bring a quantum leap in the services provided by various ministries and government institutions to the public and will cope with the new requirements in the advanced electronic field.

He said that the e-government strategy, first launched in 2007, would meet the expectations of the public through more open, flexible and advanced electronic services.

He added that government bodies are more interested in providing their services through e-government and developing the services regularly in order to be more comprehensive and accurate.

Sayed highlighted that the advancement in Qatar’s e-government was reflected by the global ranking it had obtained and by the numbers of transactions done through the government portal ‘Hukoomi’.

The e-government in Qatar was first launched in 2003.

The planning process for i-Gov began three years later.

Hukoomi was launched in 2008 and revamped in 2010, giving 24-hour access to all the government services and information that are needed to live and work in Qatar.

Qatar has been recognised for advancements in e-government by securing 27th position in the United Nations e-government Survey, a significant improvement from its previous ranking of 90 in 2010.