Supreme Council for Health (SCH) President Lieutenant General Dr. Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa held a coordination meeting with the owners of pharmacies which import and distribute medicines.
The meeting focused latest developments of the planned National Health Insurance scheme, stressing particularly complementary functioning between the public and private pharmaceutical sectors.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched the upgraded and entirely developed version of its smart phone application (Wejhaty), which includes multi-services provided by the ministry for users, Assistant Undersecretary of Human and Financial Resources and Information System, Khalil Y. Alkhayyat said.
The Arabic and English services are part of the ministry's efforts to facilitate communication with the public and provide advanced quality services with emphasis on the leading role of Bahrain in the field of e-government services.
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Shaikh Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Deputy Premier and Chairman of Ministerial Committee for Urbanisation and Infrastructure launched the updated Phase II of the unified "Permit" licensing system in the presence of ministers, officials and members of the committee.
Launched at the directives of His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa the Prime Minister and with support and follow-up of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, the 'Permit' licensing system links the various ministries and directorates and had been launched by the Informatics and e-Government Authority in 2013 aimed to ensure the policy of governance, transparency adopted by the government in all of its transactions positions the Kingdom of Bahrain on the right track of sustainable economic development through development of policies and regulations capable of accomplishing top-notch quality and efficiency.
General Director of Traffic Colonel Shaikh Abdulrahman bin Abdulwahab Al Khalifa today announced that the hard copy of vehicle registration certificate was canceled to reduce the e-registration process. This will enable drivers to finalise the process electronically through the e-government portal and smart phone traffic application.
Shura Council and Parliament Affairs Minister Ghanim bin Fadhul Al Buainain met CEO of Informatics and e-Government Organisation, Mohammed bin Ali Al Qaed.
The meeting reviewed the advanced stages of the "Zajil" e-correspondence system which after it was officially approved by the Ministry resulted in the achievement of considerable progress in speeding up the exchange and follow up of e-correspondence.