IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

In line with its vision of promoting economic development through eService provision, the Ministry of Economy (MoE) has recently started conducting a series of eService Focus Group workshops that aim to review the Ministry's online applications from a customer's perspective and encourage greater levels of eGovernance transparency and adoption.

He said the strong response to the Ministry of Economy's showcase at Gitex highlighted the public's awareness on the importance of e-services. "This year, the Ministry of Economy presented a new cross-section of high quality and efficient online services which will be made available to residents and businesses alike. We also aimed at building strategic partnerships with global IT companies to enhance the efficiency of our e-services. At Gitex, we also strengthened cooperation opportunities with many partners from the local and federal sectors to share best practices and experiences," he added.

The portal which is built on Microsoft MOSS technologies has been designed to handle more than 500,000 simultaneous users.

The visiting delegation included Faisal Al Mansouri, Director of Revenue Development Department at the Ministry of Finance, Emad Ahmed Abdul Wahabm e-Dirham Project Manager at the Ministry, Ahmed Al Naqbi, Senior Manager, Channels and Electronic Banking Services at National Bank of Abu Dhabi and Rania Al Fayed, e-Dirham Project Manager at NBAD.

H.E. Salem Khamis Al Shair Al Suwaidi, Director General of the General Information Authority welcomed the visiting delegation and expressed readiness of GIA to work closely with the Ministry of Finance to enhance electronic payment in the UAE and support the adoption of the second generation of e-Dirham in all government entities in the UAE.

As part of its efforts to introduce users to the numerous e-government services and their function, the Ministry of Finance and Industry (MOFI) yesterday held a workshop on e-messaging in cooperation with e-Company and federal government technical managers.

Senior federal government officials and members of the E-government coordination committee are to attend the one-day even which is being held at the Beach Rotana Hotel in Abu Dhabi.

The announcement came during a seminar organized at the Ministry in Dubai. The new system targets the bank guarantees that businesses and private institutions need to provide as part of the procedures of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Bank guarantees aim to protect the rights of employees against their sponsors.

The new e-Dirham cards are expected to raise public service standards, enhance efficiency, innovation and professionalism of Government services. National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) is the official MoF partner for the cards and STS is the developer of the card system.

Meetings were held recently at the Ministry of Health involving representatives of the technical company working for Etisalt and the directors of departments in the ministry to discuss the switch to e-systems.

The signing, with the Global Information Technology Company, was held under the supervision of Ministry of the Governmental Sector Development.

The national housing plan includes the construction of new cities on par with international standards in order to achieve a balanced and sustainable development and provide a higher standard of living for the citizens.

While 750,000 transactions used to be completed every year earlier, with the introduction of the new portal 2.5 million transactions are completed.

Ahmed Kajoor, Assistant Undersecretary of the ministry, said the move is meant to speed processing of permits and curb forgery and trading of them.

A delegation from the MoF and NBAD included Faisal Al Mansouri, Director of Revenue Development Department at the Ministry of Finance, Emad Ahmed Abdul Wahabm e-Dirham Project Manager at the Ministry, Ahmed Al Naqbi, Senior Manager, Channels and Electronic Banking Services at National Bank of Abu Dhabi and Rania Al Fayed, e-Dirham Project Manager at NBAD recently visited General Information Authority office to discuss more about the issue.

The appointment of the special e-HRMS teams took place at the first of a series of meetings between the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) and the UAE Ministry of Finance and Industry (MOFI) that will eventually witness the e-Human Resources Management System being implemented across the federal ministries in the UAE.