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Monday, 8.07.2024
eGovernment Forschung seit 2001 | eGovernment Research since 2001
Director of General Directorate of Traffic, Shaikh Nasser bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa, said that within the Traffic Department's efforts to facilitate all traffic procedures concerning citizens and residents, the Traffic Department in cooperation with the e-government provides a range of electronic services aim to enable citizens and residents to carry out traffic procedures smoothly and efficiently.

The move aims to cope with the future increasing demand expected by 6% on traffic services which is equivalent to 20,000 vehicles per year.

Read more: BH: Traffic electronic services launched

The e-Government Authority's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mohammed Ali Al Qaed has affirmed that the Arab content on the Internet is below the expected because of the limited interest of individuals, organisations and governments in it, stressing the importance of developing it through the establishment of research centers specialised in the advancement of Arab content on the Internet.

Al Qaed was speaking as he patronised here today the opening of the Arab e-Content Forum entitled "Prospects and creating new opportunity for development and investment".

Read more: BH: Arab e-Content Forum kick-starts

A high-level delegation led by the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's secretary Lalith Weeratunga and Sri Lankan Ambassador Anura Rajakaruna visited the eGovernment Authority (eGA) yesterday.

The visit was within the framework of strengthening bilateral relations between Bahrain and Sri Lanka as well as boosting co-operation within the eGovernment and information and communications technology (ICT) fields between both nations.

Read more: Bahrain seeks to boost ICT ties with Sri Lanka

A vast number of international participants hailed the organisation and impact of Bahrain International eGovernment Forum 2014.

The event was held under the patronage of Deputy Prime Minister and Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology chairman Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain Hotel and Spa.

The Bahrain IT Expo 2014, along with eight parallel workshops, was held at the Bahrain International Circuit.

Read more: BH: eGovernment forum is a major success

Specialized workshops were launched yesterday (Tuesday) at the Bahrain International eGovernment Forum 2014, and will be conducted over two days to discuss the most prominent topics related to Enterprise IT Governance for Control and Value Creation, Social Media Toolkit, Leadership in Information Technology, eContent Management, eGovernment Success Stories and Global Trends, Mobile Apps, along with Agile Business Analysis & Improvements. While the 8th workshop entitled Innovation and Entrepreneurship in ICT Environment Forum will be conducted today.

The Mobile Apps workshop revealed that the number of smart devices sold worldwide every day outweighs the number of born babies. Workshop speakers Ilie Ghiciuc, Founder & COO of Thinslices; and Vlad Bodi, CEO and Founder of Hppy highlighted rising penetration of tablet devices that surpasses the sales of smart mobile phones; they recommended that specific design criteria features must be taken into account, in addition to observing the most important global trends in mobile phone.

Read more: Effective participation in the Bahrain International eGovernment Forum 2014 workshops

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