The recommendation was made at the end of a GCC panel discussion at the Bahrain International e-Government Forum, at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre
It was attended by Bahrain e-Government Agency chief executive officer Mohammed Al Qaed, Kuwait Central Information Technology Agency chief executive officer Ali Sharida, Saudi e-Services Integration Department director Dr Abdulla Al Waheebi, Oman's Information Technology Authority chief executive officer Dr Salim Sultan Al Ruzaiqi, Qatar's Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology deputy executive director Hassan Jassim Al Sayed and Dubai e-Government e-services director Salim Al Shaer.
The panel discussed the challenges and priorities for implementing e-government services in the GCC states, said Bahrain e-Government Agency marketing and awareness adviser Isa Abdulrahman.
Experience
"They discussed ways for capitalising on the experience of each country," he told the GDN.
"Some of the services can be carried out jointly. Such services have to be identified.
"Instead of re-inventing the wheel, each country can start from where the other one has finished."
Among the joint services is a unified Smart card, which is being discussed by another GCC committee. The panelists earlier discussed the joint GCC projects with Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Shaikh Ahmed bin Ateyatala Al Khalifa.
More than 500 delegates from around the world attended the three-day conferences and exhibition, which ended yesterday.
It was held under the patronage of Deputy Prime Minister and Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology chairman Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa.
The forum was organised by the e-Government Agency in co-operation with Bahrain Society of Engineers and the Bahrain Information Technology Society. Under the theme serving the community, the forum discussed and debated key issues and future directions in e-government, said Mr Abdulrahman. Key issues including privacy, security, and information management were the highlights.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Soman Baby
Quelle/Source: Gulf Daily News, 22.05.2008
