The conference, was held under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Ateyatalla Al Khalifa President of CIO, was the first step in an initiative to drive the integration of a common and unified e-Government strategy for the GCC.
The conference was jointly held by the CIO, IBM and GBM and took place in Manama on the 10th March 2004. Speakers at the event included representatives of the British, German and Bahraini governments.
'The UK and Germany started out on the road to e-Government well before we did and we believe that this is the right time for us all to take the opportunity to share their experience and compare it against our own,' said Sheikh Ahmed Ateyatalla Al Khalifa, Undersecretary of the CIO. 'We invited teams from around the GCC to attend this event because we think there is a critical opportunity now for us to unify our work and benefit from the economies of scale that can work together in servicing all our citizens. We believe passionately that we can work together for the benefit of all and this event will be a key step in bringing us together.'
The conference was launched at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Bahrain and speakers included Tom Francese, vice president EMEA of IBM's Software Group, Chris Hancock from the UK's office of the e-envoy, Jeff Rogers, vice president of worldwide government solutions at IBM, Mr. Meyer-Jaekel, development manager at the City of Dortmund and a speaker from the Bahraini e-Government team.
Invitations were extended to e-Government teams and stakeholders from Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
'IBM and GBM are pleased to be able to support this important event,' said Bashar Kilani, IBM Software Group manager, Middle East Egypt and Pakistan. 'We are working extensively with governments in the region to develop national e-Government initiatives, utilizing global, European and regional expertise. It has the potential of forming the basis for bringing the GCC countries closer together to gain new insight into e-Government approaches, challenges and opportunities.'
Bahrain Government invited GCC to share e-Government successes
Bahrain's Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) invited e-Government team leaders from around the GCC who attended a one-day conference in Manama and shared global and regional e-Government experience.
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About CIOThe Kingdom of Bahrain's Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) - the former Central Statistics Organisation (CSO) - runs central government computer systems and infrastructure and is the body responsible for regulating Information Technology within the Government of Bahrain. More information can be found at www.bahrain.gov.bh.
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Posted by Anne-Birte Stensgaard, Senior News EditorWednesday, March 10 - 2004 at 13:20 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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