Winners of the fifth edition of Sultan Qaboos Award for Excellence in eGovernment 2016 were announced on Tuesday evening in an award ceremony held at the Grand Hall of Sultan Qaboos University Cultural Centre, under the auspices of H E Dr Abdulmunim bin Mansour bin Said al Hasani, Minister of Information.
Organised by the Information Technology Authority (ITA), the ceremony saw the Ministry of Manpower (MoM) winning three awards while Omantel got the private sector award.
In the government sector category, the Best Public Service - G2C Award was granted to Ministry of Manpower Advanced Management System. The Award of the Best Public Service - G2E was withheld by the jury committee. The Best Mobile Service G2C Award was granted to Muscat Municipality for their Baladiyeti mobile app, while the award of Best Mobile Service G2E was withheld by the jury committee.
In the category of the Best Whole of Government, the award went to Manpower Integrated Service of Ministry of Manpower. The Award for the Best E-Participation for Decision Making was given to Solaf program of the Public Authority for Consumer Protection. Invest Easy portal of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry won the Best Service Supporting doing Business award while the award for the Best e-Transformation Achievement went to Manpower e-Transformation of the Ministry of Manpower.
The award allocated for the Best Private Sector Service category was withheld by the award jury committee.
The Best Private Sector Mobile Service award was given to Omantel Mobile Application of the Oman Telecommunication Company. For the SMEs, the category of Best SME Service was withheld as no submitted projects complied with the award criteria.
Dr Hamdoun Toure, former secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) was the guest of honour.
In his speech at the award ceremony, H E Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Salim al Futaisi, Minister of Transport and Communications, and chairman of the ITA Board of Directors, emphasised the importance of the cooperation between the private and public sectors.
In his speech on the occasion, Dr Toure said, “I would like to congratulate ITA for its patronage.
“I also congratulate the award jury that has worked tirelessly to make the difficult choice of selecting the best of the best.”
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Quelle/Source: Muscat Daily, 07.12.2016
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