Bahrain eGovernment forum opens.Byline: Manama Manama Arabic Al-Manamah City (pop., 2001: 143,035), capital of Bahrain. Situated at the northeastern tip of Bahrain island, it is Bahrain's largest city, with about one-fifth of the emirate's population. A large number of eGovernment See e-government. and IT officials, experts, and decision-makers from Bahrain Bahrain or Bahrein (both: bärān`, bə–), officially Kingdom of Bahrain, constitutional monarchy and archipelago (2005 est. pop. 688,300), 266 sq mi (689 sq km), in the Persian Gulf. and abroad will take part in the Bahrain International e-Government Forum 2009, which opens today (May 25) in Bahrain. The forum will run until May 27 at the Isa Cultural Centre. Winners of the eGovernment excellence awards and the Arab e-Content awards will also be announced at this inaugural session, and Shaikh Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister A Deputy Prime Minister or Vice Prime Minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting Prime Minister when the real Prime Minister is temporarily absent. and chairman of the Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology will present the awards to them. The session includes several other activities and presentations. At the start of the event, Shaikh Mohammed and forum chairman A Majeed Al Gassab and director of the division for public administration and development management at Undesa Haiyan Qian, will deliver brief speeches on the forum's objectives and the role it plays in realising the objectives of Bahrain's eGovernment. They will review Bahrain's experience in this field and discuss the pivotal role that the ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. sector plays in achieving prosperity for countries and raising the standards of living for their peoples. eGovernment Authority chief executive officer Mohammed Al Qaed will deliver a presentation on the eGovernment programme, its achievements and future plans. In the second part of the session, a short film about the eGovernment program will be presented and Peter Bruck, World Summit Award chairman, will deliver a speech on Bahrain's experience in organizing eContent and ICT awards and the international standards followed. At the conclusion of the session, the patron of the forum will honour Honour or honor (see spelling differences), is the evaluation of a person’s trustworthiness and social status based on that individual's espousals and actions. the winners of the Arab eContent Awards and the eGovernment excellence awards. He will also present Appreciation Awards to all speakers, official sponsors, and organizers of the Forum. The forum is organized by the e-Government Authority in cooperation with the Bahrain Society of Engineers, the Bahrain Information Technology Society, and the Bahrain Internet Society (Internet Society, Reston, VA, www.isoc.org) An international membership organization dedicated to extending and enhancing the Internet, founded in 1992. It supports Internet bodies such as the IETF and works with governments, organizations and the general public to promote Internet . -- TradeArabia News Service Copyright 2008 www.tradearabia.com Copyright 2009 Al Hilal Publishing & Marketing Group Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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