- SMEs competing this year for the first time in the Award
- 70 projects across 39 governmental entities and private sector organizations vying to win awards
- 13 international independent jury members including 2 Omanis expert in eGovernment
The Jury session for HM Sultan Qaboos Award for Excellence in eGovernment 2014 has started officially yesterday. Jury members convened at the Al Bustan Palace, a Ritz-Carleton Hotel, in Muscat and will continue their deliberations from 1-5 November 2014, during which time 70 submitted projects from 39 government and private entities will be evaluated according to set criteria. The Award recognizes entities' innovation in the field of eGovernment services provision and encourages leading and innovative ideas in the digital arena.
Read more: OM: Jury Panel for the Sultan Qaboos Award for Excellence in eGovernment 2014 commenced
It will evaluate 70 projects which include 39 government ones. The award is to recognise innovation in the field of e-governance and to encourage leading and innovative ideas in the digital arena.
Assessment
On the coming stages of the Award, Fatma Al Riyamia, Director of Operational Excellence, says: "The award committee has already started assessing the submitted projects using different means including Site Visit Review from professional assessors who will communicate their findings to the Jury panel to assist in their evaluation, Public voting for certain projects in which public can vote for these projects from 27th to 29th October through www.ita.gov.om/hmaward and 5 lucky winners will receive OMR 100. The assessment methods also includes eMystery shopping which is an internet-oriented sightless shopping service aimed to assess applications from different aspects, as well as eHealth Checks that aim to analyze and assess websites and online services through regular audits. These methods serve as pre-evaluation that will definitely support the Jury in their task,"
Read more: OM: 70 projects from 39 entities compete for eGovernment Award
They include 58 projects from 27 government firms and seven from an equal number of private sector firms. Another five projects from an equal number of SMEs will compete for the first time in this competition.
With the closing of entries for the fourth edition, the awards will include 58 projects from 27 government entities and seven from an equal number of private organisations. This is in addition to five projects from SMEs participating for the first time, according to ITA officials.