Microsoft has discussed the potential of AI for government at the sixth E-Government Forum (EGOV) in Kuwait.
The company was platinum sponsor for the event which took place from 4-6th December in Kuwait City.
Weiterlesen: Microsoft shows power of AI for government in Kuwait
Under the patronage of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah and in cooperation with the Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT), the 6th E-Government Forum (EGOV6) kicked off on Tuesday under the motto ‘Managing Transformation Towards Digitalization’ in the Al-Baraka Ballroom of Crowne Plaza hotel. The forum focused on managing change during the digital transformation journey.
On the sidelines of the forum, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Khaled Al-Saleh said raising the level of digital services in Kuwait is a big concern of the government, adding that the aim of upgrading electronic services is to confront corruption through e-services that remove the human element in the completion of any transaction.
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South Saad Al Abdullah city in Kuwait is billed as the Middle East’s first development to be both green and ‘smart’.
Construction work on the site, which will cover 64 square-kilometres and cost an estimated US$4 billion, is expected to start late next year.
The smart city is part of the country’s 30-year vision to transform itself into a hub for trade, finance and tourism - cutting its dependency on oil revenues.
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The Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority and Amazon Web Services (AWS) were putting frameworks and policies for cloud service to develop e-government services in Kuwait, CITRA said in a statement Monday.
CITRA said it was coordinating with Amazon to organize workshops inside Kuwait to provide solutions for the government sector in general, the health and educational sectors in particular, to provide state-of-art e-services for public.
Weiterlesen: Kuwait, Amazon to put framework for cloud services in gov't sector
The Kuwait Knowledge Economy Forum Feb 7-8 is focused on the theme “Government Knowledge”. Some would say that such a theme is an oxymoron. However, since I am a 3rd generation technocrat, I continue to hope that “knowledge” and “government” can co-exist. On the other hand, as I consider the work that I did for the Kuwait government nearly 24 years ago, bringing the earliest eGovernment prototypes to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) and to the Council of Ministers Government Services (CMGS), I must confess I am struggling with cynicism.
In 1994-95 I was part of a United National Development Program (UNDP) team with a mandate to support the democratization of Kuwait government. I was privileged to deliver the earliest eGovernment system prototypes in Kuwait, intended to enhance the government services offered to the people and businesses in Kuwait. The first of those two system prototypes was a Contact Center for the MOCI; the Client Inquiry Services system. That initiative was the brainchild of Dr Waleed Abdulwahab who is now with Islamic Development Bank.