The minister asserted the need for the centre to improve service conditions of its staff in order to attract national experienced cadres.
Attachment of National Centre for Food Research to said ministry was also discussed at the meeting.
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According to the ministry, this issue was discussed in Baku within the meeting between Azerbaijani Communication and IT minister Ali Abbasov and Sudan's Minister of Science and Communications Issa Bashari.
Sudanese minister said that his country is ready to attract Azerbaijani companies in the privatization process in the ICT sector and participation in major projects implemented in Sudan, in particular close acquaintance with Azerbaijan's experience in creating e-government.
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In a report presented to the council of ministers last month, Sudan’s Minister of Interior Ibrahim Mahmoud said that all financial and technical preparations had been completed to commence the process on Monday, 16 May.
According to Mahmoud, whose ministry will maintain the registry, the technical arrangements include advanced registration methods and ameliorated system of personal ID and civil fingerprint as well as the establishment of the registry’s communication network through optical fiber cables.
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Beyond simply collecting the biometric data of all the population, other aspects of the project include creation of a system for personal ID number and subsequent ID card that makes use of the collected biometric data for citizens and the establishment of a fiber optic-based communication network.
This was announced by the Vice President, Riek Machar, during the official launch of a symposium on Information Technology (IT) under the theme, ‘Mitigating digital transformation challenges.’
In his opening statement which he read on behalf of the President, Salva Kiir, Vice President Machar said it was important for the government to link all the state capitals with fiber optic communication system and transform the government into an electronic government (E-government), which he also said was pivotal for public service reform.
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