The country can certainly learn from Canada’s e-Government initiatives, which have transformed the delivery of information and services over the last 13 years.
The adoption of a multi-channel approach that allows Canadian citizens to take up services online (through web and mobile), by telephone or in person has led to a high level of end user satisfaction. For this reason, Canada has stood out in terms of e-Government initiatives and has ranked amongst the best over the last few years. The initial goal of these initiatives was to provide information via the Internet that citizens could access at any time.
Weiterlesen: ITIL to strengthen Saudi govt delivery of services
More than 184 projects were in the competion for the award.
The category is designed for government agencies that make optimal use of information and communications technology to effectively deliver e-services to other agencies.
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“GCC states have upgraded their performance in the field of information technology which became one of their key national industries,” WEF pointed out in its report.
Saudi Arabia obtained 29th position globally in political and regulatory environment and 25th in business and innovation, according to the forum’s report data.
One of the landmark developments in this context was when Saudi Electronic University won first place prize in the best digital courses, as well as the third place prize in the training quality program to give them sufficient information on how to use this technology and transfer it to the students.
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“The conference will project the vision of the Kingdom in the field of e-health and highlight the progress made in parallel with the global developments in the sector,” said Deputy Health Minister for Planning and Development Dr. Mohamed bin Hamzah Khoshaim. He said his ministry has invited both national and international specialists in the IT field to enlighten the audience about the highlights and advances made in the sector.