About eGovernment
A Message from H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa
Deputy Prime Minister - President of the Supreme Council of Information & Communication Technology (SCICT)
August 2007 witnessed the creation of the eGovernment Authority (eGA) to play a central role in strengthening the Kingdom’s status and pushing its economic growth forward in accordance with the Bahrain Vision 2030. In addition, the eGA was tasked with overseeing the coordination and execution of the eGovernment program put forth by the SCICT which aims to build Bahrain’s capabilities and make the transition to a pioneering knowledge economy that is immune to the ever-changing landscape of an increasingly globalized world.
What globalization has done in effect is create a new world of countries that are economically, politically, and socially intertwined. This system in turn puts out an enormous amount of data that can be extracted analyzed, and utilized to match the specific requirements of each country. And when this information is turned to knowledge, it can, provided it is utilized properly, present a huge advantage to a wide segment of the population and result in profound positive changes in the fabric of the civil community in general.
Therefore, national priorities have shifted towards strategies and programs focused on gaining knowledge and how to disperse this knowledge and manage it. Due to this shift, UNPAN was created in order to build regional capabilities in the field of public administration and finance by developing efficient and effective public administration systems and promoting of the exchange of expertise and sharing of experiences and lessons learned between the member nations. The network uses the points of strength built over the years and marries that rich tradition with modern technologies to become the foundation of all the services the network provides.
This foundation represents one of the main goals of the eGovernment program in Bahrain, which is “ensuring the effective delivery of government services to citizens, residents, businesses and visitors” by using cutting edge ICT to offer all basic governmental services to everyone via various electronic channels that are high in both quality and value addition.
This vision is also in perfect harmony with the Bahrain Vision 2030, which was designed to outline Bahrain’s transition from an oil reliant economy to a productive globally competitive one.
At its core, the Bahrain Vision 2030 is based on three overriding principles: Sustainability, Competitiveness, and Fairness. These principles will put the Kingdom’s private sector economy on solid footing from which all policies are drawn, underscoring the government’s commitment to provide every citizen with the opportunity to benefit from this program and its services.
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