This was disclosed in a statement issued by the e-Government Authority Bahrain in light of the 8th GCC e-Governments’ heads committee meeting held in Kuwait.
"The aim of these efforts is to promote cooperation among the gulf states with regard to information technology and communications," said the e-Government Authority Bahrain in a statement.
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The e-government committee comprises heads of e-government authorities and programmes in the GCC countries. The meeting that concluded on Monday, 31st January, was held under the chairmanship of the UAE represented by H.E Salem Khamis Alshair Al Suwaidi, Director General of the General Information Authority (GIA) and Salem Al Housani, Deputy Director.
In its last meeting, the committee has approved the request by the Secretariat General to the Ministerial Council demanding establishment of the e-government ministerial committee.
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The Foundation is involved in many projects that reflect its mission of further developing a digital society; among these projects is the recently launched ICDL summer camp 2010 with the support of the governments, universities, and a few from the private sector. This program has helped more than 10,000 youngsters from across the Gulf region to become IT skilled and it is considered an initial step to create a safe and efficient IT literate youth.
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As a result, healthcare systems must offer more complex care to more demanding and informed patients, at higher levels of quality, while also trying to control costs.
This is particularly true in the GCC, where many countries suffer from high rates of chronic lifestyle diseases, including obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular ailments. GCC residents still seek treatment abroad. In the UAE alone, this cost the Government US$2 billion (Dh7.34bn) in 2007. GCC countries are focused on improving the provision of health care and this was one of the highest areas of government spending last year.
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The GCC governments still face key challenges as they strive to increase ICT adoption and effectiveness — a problem rooted in the lack of key enabling resources, inadequate infrastructure, and, at times, transient funding and oversight, said a new study by Booz and Company.
The environment dimension involves the conduciveness of the regulatory and ICT environments to delivering e-government services, while the readiness dimension focuses on governments’ ability to capitalise on opportunities created by an e-government programme, particularly in terms of common or shared resources or platforms.
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