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Emirates eGovernment to Hold Orientation Workshop on GCC eGovernment Award for Federal and Local Government Bodies |
| Source: |
ameinfo.com |
| Source Date: |
Saturday, July 23, 2011 |
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ICT for MDGs
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| Country: |
United Arab Emirates |
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Jul 25, 2011 |
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Emirates eGovernment is holding an
orientation workshop for the UAE federal and local government entities
on the GCC eGovernment Award 2011. The workshop will be held on Monday,
July 25, at Grand Hyatt Dubai Hotel.
All UAE government bodies have been invited to attend the workshop. Emirates eGovernment will brief the entities on the GCC
eGovernment Award and familiarise them about the rules and other
conditions of participation and criteria for selection and evaluation.
All details relating to the GCC eGovernment Award can be found on its dedicated portal, which will be launched at the workshop.
H.
E. Salem Khamis Al Shair Al Suwaidi, Director General, Emirates
eGovernment, urged the federal and local government agencies to attend
the workshop.
He said, "It is due to the able guidance of our
wise leaders that we have been able to be the forerunner in many areas
including eTransformation. We are keen to maintain our status of
vanguard in the field of eGovernment. GCC
eGovernment Award provides us with a constructive platform to review
our achievements and honour those amongst us who have raised the
benchmark through dedication and innovation. We seek to share this
opportunity with our brothers in the various government agencies by
participating in the awards."
Emirates eGovernment is responsible for receiving nominations from the UAE
federal and local government bodies, reviewing them to ensure they
conform to the entry criteria as specified and then submitting the
nominations for evaluation by the jury.
This year, the GCC
eGovernment Award will be presented in five categories. These are Best
eService, Best eContent, Best Federal Portal, Best Portal in Development
Sector and Best G2G Project. The winners will be announced and the
awards will be presented at the second GCC eGovernment Conference and Exhibition to be held from November 13 to 15 in Kuwait.
The conference is held biennially in one of the GCC countries. The first conference was held in the Sultanate of Oman from December 21 to 23, 2009.
General
Civil Aviation Authority, Abu Dhabi Government Portal, Dubai
Electricity and Water Authority and Roads and Transport Authority have
won awards at the first GCC eGovernment Award.
Some of the objectives of GCC eGovernment Award are to create a positive competitive culture within the GCC nations to promote the eGovernment projects and initiatives and strengthen the GCC
information society and to establish standards and references in
compliance with international standards measuring Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) development. The award also aims to
highlight successful examples and best practices adopted while aiming to
raise the level of standing of the GCC countries in the field of eGovernment.
Emirates
eGovernment works in line with the strategy of the Telecommunications
Regulatory Authority and is responsible for formulating and overseeing
the implementation of the eGovernment strategy on the federal level,
ensuring robust shared infrastructure for federal government entities
and enhanced government services.
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Emirates eGovernment to Hold Orientation Workshop on GCC eGovernment Award for Federal and Local Government Bodies Emirates eGovernment is holding an orientation workshop for the UAE federal and local government entities on the GCC eGovernment Award 2011 The workshop will be held on Monday July 25 at Grand Hyatt Dubai Hotel
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