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Monday, 1.07.2024
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Kuwait Airways official website www.kuwaitairways.com has attained the award and “Shield for E-Government Websites for 2014”, as well as the certificate of “Golden Excellence for Structural Creativity”. The recognition was attained during the activities of the fifth Session of the ‘Arab E-Government Award’ which is granted by the Academy of Excellence Awards in the Arab region, based in Dubai, and under the supervision of the Economic and Social Commission for East Asia, affiliated with the UN.

In a statement Rasha Abdulaziz al Roumi, Chairperson/Managing Director, Kuwait Airways stated that the technological achievement at the level of international and regional establishments was an honour for staff of the national carrier as well as a great recognition. She pointed out that Kuwait Airways website was assessed by specialised committees for proficiency and creative elements. Kuwait Airways had possessed the technical and commercial characteristics that enabled it to win the certificate of “Golden Distinction”.

Read more: Kuwait Airways website ranked among the best in region

Kuwait's efforts to develop systems and standards and applications for telecommunications purposes, such as the launching of its e-government portal, are to be highly commended, said head of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Hamadoun Toure, at an IT meeting here on Thursday.

Addressing The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), being held here today, Toure praised the work being done in Kuwait by the Central Apparatus for Information Technology (CAIT) in promoting the merits of telecommunications and IT services among the populace.

Read more: Kuwait commended on its IT development efforts

Up to KD 15 million worth of fees and fines were collected as a result of finalizing bureaucratic work via Kuwait's e-government website last year, said a Kuwaiti official here.

Director General of the Central Agency for Information Technology Center Abdul Latif Al-Suraya told KUNA on Tuesday said this amount of paid money also covered various paper work for individuals and institutions.

Number of government services, provided online, has increased to more than 800, in addition to 200 others, available on smart phones, Al-Suraya added.

Read more: Kuwaiti gov't collects charges easily online

Kuwait University (KU) won the E-Government Excellence Awards, member of Pan Arab Excellence Awards Academy, the university has unveiled.

In a press statement, the KU Spokesperson Faisal Maqseed said the KU official Twitter account, is run Electronic Publishing Section, won the best interactive platform of the category of official institutions and agencies' websites in Kuwait.

Read more: Kuwait University wins Arab E-government Excellence Award

Deputy Director General of the Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT) for auxiliary services Mubarak Al-Quwaidhi said Monday the public service fees collected via the official gateway (Kuwait Government Online) amounted to KD 15 million (USD 53 million) in 2013.

"The number of visitors of the gate topped nine million last year," he told KUNA at the conclusion of the 13th meeting of the executive committee of the GCC e-government.

"The two-day meeting outlined the tasks of the two ad-hoc committees on e-government and information filtering belonging to the ministerial committee of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries," he pointed out.

Read more: KW: Fees collected via gov''t gateway hit KD 15 mln ''13

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