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e-Government CEO Mohammed Ali Al Qaed today discussed with Thai Ambassador to Bahrain, Chayapan Bamrungphong, ways to promote cooperation in the field of IT and e-Government.

The two sides also discussed creating new joint venture investment opportunities in various areas.

CIO, IBM and Bahrain Business Machines (BBM) jointly set up the centre.

It will help Bahrain and other governments in the Middle East to roll out e-government projects.

Batelco is the first telecommunications company in the Kingdom of Bahrain to have its online e-Services certified with ISO 27001.

A number of Batelco teams, led by the Information Security Team, cooperated to complete the comprehensive process and meet all the set criteria required by the auditing team at Bureau Veritas.

This latest MoU is part of Batelco’s efforts to enhance its network capabilities to achieve future goals for 5G technology, in addition to supporting development programs for new use cases that highlight the potential of 5G for consumers and enterprises

Batelco, a leading telecom provider in the region and Ericsson have signed an agreement to collaborate on next-generation 5G technologies and innovations in line with Bahrain’s digital economy vision.

Limiting the spread of Covid-19 and ensuring public safety are some of the highlighted benefits of Bahrain’s ‘BeAware’ mobile application.

In a short video released yesterday, the Health Ministry explains the app’s contribution in limiting the spread of the coronavirus in Bahrain, along with the contact tracing procedure.

The four-minute video also features citizens and residents speaking on their experiences with the application.

A new option on the 'BeAware Bahrain' app will allow users to upload photos of their COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test results to be submitted to Health Ministry, announced the Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA).

The service is in line with directives issued by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, to maximise the use of technology to respond to COVID-19.

Information Technology Director at the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs & Urban Planning Hisham Sater revealed that the number of users of the Ministry’s 10 electronic services during the first half of 2015 reached 10,284.

The services can be accessed through both the Ministry’s portal www.works.gov.bh, and the eGovernment portal www.bahrain.bh.

According to Sater, statistics revealed that the Materials Testing Results Services targeted the highest number of users with 7,572 users, after which came the Traffic Diversion Request eService with 2114 users, and then the Material/Product Assessment eService with 284 users. The remaining number of users used the rest of the electronic services available which are the report road fault, sanitary maintenance request, sanitary connection request, traffic signals request, abnormal load permission, contractor pre-qualification, traffic diversion request and building maintenance request.

The Director of Information Technology at the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs & Urban Planning, Hisham Sater, said 3995 users accessed the ministry’s 10 electronic services during the third quarter of 2015.

He added the total number of users registered from the beginning of the year until September was 14,515 and that the services can be accessed through both the ministry’s portal www.works.gov.bh, and the e-Government Portal www.bahrain.bh.

According to Sater, December registered the highest number of users; with 1568 users, while April registered a usage rate of 53.2%. The statistics also revealed that the Materials Testing Results Services targeted the highest number of users; with 17476 users, after which came the Material/Product Assessment eService with 517 users, and then the Report of Road Fault with 469 users. The sanitary engineering complaints targeted 239 users, while both requesting permission for unusual loads and contractors qualification service registered 80 users for each.

Al Qaed was speaking as he patronised here today the opening of the Arab e-Content Forum entitled "Prospects and creating new opportunity for development and investment".

The MOF delegation shed light on the crucial role of the CFS in managing the financial aspect of government work by linking ministries and government organizations through a set of Oracle E-Business Suite applications.

Richard Kirby from the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs will give the lecture in the presence of a number of government officials concerned with data and information.

The Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA) Chief Executive Mohammed Ali Al-Qaed held a meeting with the Bahrain Transaction Clearance Society chairman Mohammed Al-Ashoul.

The meeting followed directives from the wise leadership to streamline procedures for citizens and residents and upgrade the smart card services. It was also attended by senior EWA management officials and members of the association.

The Tawasul system has been introduced by the E-Government Authority (EGA) in close coordination with the Bahrain Centre for Excellence and other government entities in order to allow the public to readily share their feedback on the quality of government services by submitting complaints about shortcomings and failures to address issues. In addition, the system is designed to increase government performance and maintain transparency.

The Civil Service Bureau(CSB) said it has launched a new update for its smartphones application "Government Employee" which provides more electronic services to employees of government entities as well as those interested in following up developments of civil service law and regulations.

The application was launched in cooperation with the Information and Informatics and eGovernment Authority and includes a new package of services required by the employee in the Governmnt sector.