Ali bin Masoud al Sunaidy, Chairman, ITA Board of Directors, signed the agreements on behalf of the ITA in the presence of Dr Salim Sultan al Ruzaiqi, ITA’s Chief Executive Officer, Talal Sulaiman al Rahbi, Deputy CEO of Operations at ITA, ITA employees and other distinguished guests.
Al Sunaidy said: “Adding another operator to the GITTC project will further help government entities to enhance the IT skills and abilities of government employees. Doing so will benefit the employees so they can better provide e-services to the community”.
He added: “We wish these projects will help further develop e-services in Oman and help to raise even greater awareness about information technology and its importance in society. The PKI project agreement will help to instill confidence in e-transactions and e-services, so the public can complete their electronic transactions in a safe and secure manner.”
The first agreement was signed with Dr Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, on behalf of the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organisation, which will provide the GITTC training at the Arab Omani Institute. This agreement signifies continuation of Phase 2 of the GITTC project and will grant a Cambridge IT Diploma upon completion. Falling under the umbrella of NITTA (National IT Training and Awareness), the GITTC project aims to provide internationally recognised digital literacy certification to all civil service employees.
To date, the GITTC project has trained 44,604 employees throughout the Sultanate, certifying 32,139 employees. According to this agreement, additional 30,000 government employees will receive training under GITTC.
The second agreement was signed with Gemalto Company to setup a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). Representing Gemalto, the agreement was signed by Hisham Surakhi, Director — Government Programmes for Gemalto Middle East.
The PKI agreement will cover the design, implementation and operation of all required policies, regulations and processes to establish an infrastructure of trust which will assist citizens, public and private sector in enabling digital transactions and streamlining the e-government services.
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Quelle/Source: Oman Daily Observer, 29.08.2011
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