H.E. Rashed Lahej Al Mansoori; General Director of (ADSIC) has received the awards in Manama during the honoring ceremony of the winners that was held under H.E. patronage; Sheikh Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa; Deputy Prime Minister; and Chairman of ICT. The event was attended by Senior Public Officials, ICT professionals from the Arab world, Heads of e-Government authorities across the Gulf region, top international intellectual leaders, e-Government decision makers, experts from the United Nations (UN) and the WSA, members of Technical Associations and Chambers of Industry and Commerce, and others.
The Arab e-Content Award has gained a high level of regional interest since its introduction in Bahrain last year. This award is considered the qualifying phase to participate in the global WSA competition. Being part of the WSA, the award is sponsored by the UN. The registration, evaluation, and arbitration processes for this competition is based on a global academic framework set by international professionals in the e-Content field.
The regional WSA award assessment followed the international criteria with an emphasis on quality of content in terms of depth, authenticity, comprehensiveness, presentation, design, ease of browsing, searching and accessing required information.
The regional awards considered participants in the national competitions as well as the most advanced e-Content programs world-wide for its candidacy pool. Winners in this regional competition will be nominated to participate in the WSA competition where the final winners will be announced next September in a ceremony held in Mexico city.
This year, over 500 candidates applied worldwide. 21 candidates were selected to participate in the final round (WSA) and 3 special nominations. The selected candidates were from 9 Arab countries and competed in 8 award categories.
UAE represented by Abu Dhabi e-Government was granted two of these awards.
H.E. Rashed Lahej Al Mansoori commented on this achievement saying that "Abu Dhabi Government has established a clear vision to promote the government performance and provide governmental services aligned with the international best practices. This is inline with the wise vision of H.H. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan; President of UAE, and in accordance with the strategy and guidance set forth by H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan; Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Chairman of the Executive Council to make Abu Dhabi one of the top 5 governments in the world."
He also added that "We are pleased and proud of seeing the materialization of such vision and plans into a tangible reality, witnessed and recognized world-wide, while reflected positively on the Emirates society as a whole encompassing nationals, residents, and investors".
Al Mansoori concluded by saying: "God willing, this double victory gives us a strong incentive to renew our willpower to further develop and create new initiatives that set a highly regarded global example in this vital and significant field."
ADSIC programs are highly appreciated due to their notable impact on the various public sectors and their effectiveness in providing an informative environment through rich content platforms that facilitate interactive services and e-transactions. Abu Dhabi e-Government is steadily and consistently moving forward towards improving service delivery and extending their availability. This is achieved through proactive initiatives such as the Abu Dhabi Government Contact Center, the Abu Dhabi e-Government Portal, and Jobs Abu Dhabi, as well as through raising the government efficiency and inspiring the use of ICT as a factor that helps in executing the national modernization process across all Emirate's sectors.
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ADSIC:
The Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Centre (ADSIC) was created as a Committee in October 2005 by Executive Council Decree No. 33, issued by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, and established as Centre in 2008 by Law No. 18. ADSIC's role is to develop, drive and support various initiatives within the Government to transform government services in the Emirate. A key objective of this transformation is to establish a modern, efficient and citizen-centric e-Government platform to match the best in the world.
The Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Centre Mandate
The Centre is considered as the governmental party that owns the ICT agenda of the Emirate, and has the authority to practice the following competences:
- Supervise the implementation of the e-Government program in Abu Dhabi Government entities.
- Sponsor initiatives and mature assets and competencies that it deems of critical importance for the e-Government project.
- Propose policies and technology standards for government and relevant entities to achieve a comprehensive quality in reaching the highest levels of efficiency, confidentiality, and safety in the e-Government project.
- Issue rules and guidelines regarding the implementation of IT policies and the technical specifications, and communicate them to all the Government entities.
- Submit the guidelines to the Council regarding the IT sector and the e-Government.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Batoul Al Husseini
Quelle/Source: Zawya, 25.05.2009
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