The official was speaking to KUNA on the sidelines of the 11th meeting of the team tasked with implementing the Arab communications and information strategy which kicked off here Tuesday with the participation of Kuwait and delegates from ten other Arab states.
Al-Shareeda, who described Kuwait's input in the meeting as "enthusiastic," considered the "digital gap" one of the main challenges facing e-projects in Kuwait, underlining the necessity of raising public awareness in this regard.
On the meeting, he said the strategy went hand-in-hand with international efforts for the purpose of developing by 2015 an international plan for constructing a comprehensive information society.
Al-Shareeda added that the Arab strategy was based on principles that were approved at the World Communications Summits held in Geneva in 2003 and in Tunis in 2005, contributing to global information.
He noted that topping the conference's agenda was discussing a Qatari proposal on establishing a regional IT emergency center, in addition to an initiative for placing an Arab framework for information privacy.
In Kuwait, the Information Technology Center was launched last year with an Amiri decree for the purpose of laying down the country's information technology policy as a prelude for setting up the e-government.
The center is also aimed at laying down standards and measures associated with this sector, he said.
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Quelle/Source: KUNA, 30.08.2007
