Bahrain participates in GCC eGovt meeting in Oman

Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) Chief Executive Mohammed Ali AlQaed headed the 20th GCC eGovernment Executive Committee Meeting – hosted during 24th and 25th of March by Oman. The highly esteemed meeting was attended by chief executives and general managers of GCC eGovernments. During the meeting, the implemented resolutions of the General Secretariat’s report were viewed.

The committee also discussed the status of the eGovernment Strategic Guidelines- second phase. Bahrain presented a study in the field of eGovernment Strategic Guidelines where Dr. Khalid Ahmed AlMutawah – Enterprise Architecture & Information Technology Director at iGA – addressed the measures and requirements of the next phase.

The committee presented - during the meeting - a study of utilizing framework agreements with ICT suppliers – provided by the Sultanate of Oman. It also discussed a proposal on developing the GCC Portal that the United Arab Emirates presented. After viewing the agenda of the 15th meeting for the National Center of Computer Emergency Response Committee, the committee approved the recommendation put forward.