IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

The MOU, signed by H.E. Dr. Hessa Al-Jaber, Minister of Information and Communications Technology and Fadi Chehadé, President of ICANN, focuses on all involved parties agreeing to cooperate with the overall aim of supporting the development of the domain name industry and Internationalized Domain Names (such as those in Arabic script) in the region, as well as to promote the multi-stakeholder model of Internet Governance.

The management of the e-government project an ambitious plan which aims to turn the country's administration from manual to electronic selected 180 proposals of 62 Qatari nationals involved in a four-day project.

"We have received amazing inputs and excellent ideas from the participants," said Mai Al Mansour, administration and finance manager of the e-government.

The website provides businesses and individuals with access to various government services, such as applications for exit permits, driving licences and visas, as well as providing online payment options for traffic violations.

"This project is part of the e-government initiative started in 2000 under the auspices of HH Sheikh Jassem bin Hamad Al Thani. The finance ministry plans to use the latest in Internet technology to provide the best quality of services to people," an AIT spokesman said.

Colonel Saleh Ghanim Al Kubaisi, Director of the Information Systems Department at the Ministry of Interior, told The Peninsula yesterday: "Hopefully, this will happen." Voting, in the Central Municipal Council polls, for example, is carried out using slips of ballots.

She was speaking at a function held at the Ritz Carlton on Thursday which marked the launch of the new body.

Al Mohannadi said the platform is under construction having reached the second of its three development phases, noting that such service will be the first of its kind anywhere in the world.

Colonel Saleh al-Kubaisi, Director of IT Information System Unit at the ministry, told some 150 company representatives that at present only 7% of the total visas were issued through the e-Government system.

The group will be chaired by HH the Heir Apparent, who is also chairman of the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology.

The group will include the Minister of Economy and Commerce, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Civil Service Affairs and Housing, the Minister of State for Interior, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture, and ictQATAR secretary general.

“Now, you have to wait for at least three days,” an expatriate, who has been availing of the facility without any delays for the past three years, told Gulf Times yesterday.

The government has launched a massive advertising campaign to promote electronic government services.

The move is part of the e-government project, an ambitious plan aimed at transforming the country's administration from manual to electronic.

The development would ensure that the building permits are issued without unprecedented delays, said acting director of the e-government project, Hashim Al Sada.

Addressing a press conference yesterday, he said his department was presently coordinating with 13 government bodies to make the above service available.

Kahramaa's acting manager for human resources Abdulatif Khalid al-Mana noted that there has been a significant change in the corporation's functioning after its signing of an agreement with the e-government department.

The symposium titled "e-government challenges" is being hosted by Qatar e-government.

The Zakat Fund channel allows the user to choose the type of Zakat and/or Sadaqat donations he or she wishes to make with the specified amount for each and to pay their donations electronically.