Communications Director at the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs & Urban Planning Fahad Buallay said the Directorate received 975 requests during the fourth quarter of 2017.
Buallay added that year 2017 witnessed a leap in the performance of the directorate, which resulted in them winning ‘Best Practice in Community Participation’s Award’ of the 2017 eGovernment Excellence Award, which was organized by the eGovernment under the patronage of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Information Technology & Telecommunications Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa.
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The Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Information & eGovernment Authority to implement the third phase of the ‘Tourism Statistics Development’ programme in line with the requirements of the World Tourism Organization.
The ‘Tourism Statistics Development’ programme closely monitors the inbound and outbound tourism movement and provides a detailed overview of the tourism sector and its contribution to the national economy.
Read more: Bahrain to implement tourism statistics programme
The Civil Service Bureau(CSB) said it has launched a new update for its smartphones application "Government Employee" which provides more electronic services to employees of government entities as well as those interested in following up developments of civil service law and regulations.
The application was launched in cooperation with the Information and Informatics and eGovernment Authority and includes a new package of services required by the employee in the Governmnt sector.
The Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA) has launched the Government Directory mobile app, on the eGovernment Apps Store at bahrain.bh/apps, which provides a comprehensive set of officials’ contact details, along with government entities locations and social media accounts.
In this regard, Mr. Mohammed Abdulaziz Acting Director of eServices & Channel Enhancement at iGA stated that the app is part of the direct government communication series with citizens and residents, as it provides contact details of senior public officials – ministers, deputy ministers, undersecretaries, chief executive officers, advisors, directors and acting directors. Such initiative is in line with the wise leadership directives which constantly stresses the open door policy with the public. Mr. Abdulaziz also highlighted that the mobile application comprise contact details of nearly 700 employees from 55 entities.
The Ministry of Health has won a key award for best Government-run electronic website.
Health Minister Faeqa bint Said Al-Saleh was presented with the prize during the eGovernment Excellence Award ceremony, which was held under the patronage of Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology (SCICT) Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa.