Oman Arab Bank in cooperation with the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism has launched a new service through its digital channels. The new development will allow entities in the tourism industry to directly pay their fees to the Ministry’s account.
Khalid Khalaf Al Awfi, Assistant General Manager for Financial & Administrative Affairs, at the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism said, “The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism continuously seeks to facilitate and develop procedures for investors within the tourism and hotel establishments by digitising relevant processes, together with private sector institutions. Through our partnership with Oman Arab Bank, we will see the provision of a suitable technical solution that links the payment of tourism fees via the Bank’s digital platforms, which is also in line with national e-government strategy.”
Read more: Oman Arab Bank launches service for tourism through its digital channels
Companies wishing to submit tenders for projects announced by Muscat Municipality can now access online, instead of going to their offices to do so.
Called Isnad (Arabic for ‘support’), the e-tendering system has been launched in collaboration with the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology and the Tender Board, and is expected to provide multiple benefits in terms of facilitating and simplifying tendering.
Read more: OM: e-tender for Muscat Municipality projects launched
This comes in line with Oman’s 2040 vision, which considered this sector as a supporter and enabler of economic sectors
Dr Ali bin Amer al Shaithani, Under-Secretary for Communications and Information Technology at the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, said the ministry is committed to implementing the eGovernment strategy as a priority goal in line with the Royal Directives of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik.
Read more: Top priority for digital transformation in Oman and eGovernment
Enables employers to register work contracts of employees and more
The Oman Ministry of Labour announced yesterday that a new electronic service has been launched to register the work contracts for non-Omani manpower.
The service which started on 3 November, enables the employers to register work contracts for their expatriate employees through the ministry’s electronic portal.
Read more: OM: Ministry of Labour introduces online service for expatriate work force
COVID-19 has seen a move towards digital services more than ever and has seen a speed up to use Artificial Intelligence technology
Enjoying the 50th global position in e-government in the UN index, the Sultanate’s focus areas now are telecom and human capital, which stand at 63 and 72 positions respectively.
The Ministry of Technology and Communications (MoTC) is studying how to improve these two sectors.
Read more: Oman focuses on raising telecom, human capital scores