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Under the patronage of Deputy Premier and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, the Bahrain International e-Government Forum will be held on March 15-19, 2015.

The forum, organised by the e-Government Authority in partnership and cooperation with the Bahrain Society of Engineers, the Project Management Institute – Arabian Gulf Chapter, Bahrain Branch and Youth Tech, will be held at the Isa Cultural Centre and the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC).

Read more: Deputy Premier to patronise Bahrain International e-Government Forum

The eighth Bahrain International eGovernment Forum 2015 will be held next month at the Isa Cultural Centre and Bahrain International Circuit, a report said.

It will be held from March 15 to 19, under the patronage of Deputy Prime Minister and Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology chairman Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, reported the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication.

Read more: Bahrain eGovt forum set for next month

Central Informatics Organisation (CIO), in cooperation with e-Government Authority, tomorrow will hold a workshop on (Open Data).

Richard Kirby from the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs will give the lecture in the presence of a number of government officials concerned with data and information.

Read more: BH: CIO holds workshop on Open Data

Information Technology Director at the Ministry of Works, Municipalities & Urban Planning Hisham Sater revealed that the number of users for the Ministry’s electronic services during the last quarter of 2014 reached 4366, while the total number of users throughout year 2014 amounted to 18992 users. The services can be accessed through both the Ministry’s portal http://www.works.gov.bh, and the eGovernment portal http://www.bahrain.bh.

According to Sater, December registered the highest number of users; with 1568 users, while April registered a usage rate of 53.2%. The statistics also revealed that the Materials Testing Results Services targeted the highest number of users; with 17476 users, after which came the Material/Product Assessment eService with 517 users, and then the Report of Road Fault with 469 users. The sanitary engineering complaints targeted 239 users, while both requesting permission for unusual loads and contractors qualification service registered 80 users for each.

Read more: BH: 18,992 users benefited from MoW’s e-services in 2014

As part of the 2nd study tour of the UN delegation which represented 21 States, organized and funded by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) in an aim to maximizing benefits from Bahrain’s experience in areas covering eGovernment and Public Service, the eGovernment Authority organized a consultative meeting on the United Nations report for eGovernment 2016, which focuses on sustainable development and was presented by Regional Advisor on eGovernment at UNDESA, Mr. Richard Kerby.

The meeting was attended by Mr. Jean Marie Kozya, Head of Public Administration and Governance in the department of Economic and Social Affairs, as well as a number of representatives from the eGovernment Authority from the Gulf States, including Deputy Chairman of Kuwait Information Technology Society Mr. Qusai Al-Shatti, as well as Advisor of the eGovernment Program ‘Yesser’ in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mr. Mustafa Khan, as well as representatives from the Information Technology Authority of Sultanate Oman.

Read more: BH: Consultative Meeting with experts on preparatory process for the 2016 UN eGovernment Survey

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