According to Sharifah Hajah Fatmah bte Shaikh Haji Ahmad, the Director of Civil Services Institute (IPA), there are plans to organise similar programmes in future.
"The IPA has provisioned for more trainings to be done, allocating a target of 2,000 officers and staff to participate for the 2011-2012 period," she said, adding that the Civil Services Institute remains committed in ensuring that all programmes are in line with the Brunei civil service's needs and desire to "lessen the skill gap" so as to boost productivity and performance of individuals.
Jake Eo from the National Information Society Agency in South Korea said this as he was at Universiti Brunei Darussalam to deliver a public lecture on Green IT.
Speaking to the Bulletin, he said, "I was invited here by the EGNC (Brunei's E-Government National Centre), and from what I've seen, while Brunei has no manufacturing industries, I see so many opportunities to adopt Green IT technology, such as Smart Grid technology."
Yang Berhormat Dato Paduka Haji Idris queried as to how many projects from last year's budget for ICT have been carried out. According to Yang Berhormat, it was understood that the implementation of ICT projects were somehow slow.
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This observation was made by Awg Abdul Mutalib bin POKSSDP Haji Mohd Yusof, the Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Communications, during a contract signing ceremony for the "Supply, Delivery, Installation, Development, Testing & Commissioning Of The EGBS Inter-Connectivity For All Ministries And Their Departments Under Brunei Darussalam's E-Government Initiatives".
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This observation was made by Legislative Council member, Yang Berhormat (YB) Dato Paduka Awang Haji Idris bin Haji Abas, during the 7th Legislative Council session yesterday.
Reiterating the importance of embracing Information Communications Technology (ICT), he noted that the IT industry could be classified as one of the industries that contribute towards the Sultanate's economic development.
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