The Executive Vice President of Operations and Governance of the Information and Electronic Government Authority, Dr. Khaled Ahmed Al -Mutawa, stressed that the Kingdom of Bahrain attaches great importance to devoting partnership with the private sector as a basic pillar in achieving the goals of digital transformation, enhancing the approach of data governance, and ensuring the highest levels of privacy protection, by employing the latest advanced technologies, foremost of which is artificial intelligence, in line with the requirements of the fourth industrial revolution and reflects strategic directions For the Kingdom.
This came during the participation of Dr. Al -Mutawa in the work of the virtual meeting of the global government technology network of the World Economy Forum, which witnessed the presence and participation of a group of senior government officials and international specialists in the information and communications technology sector, and is an open space for cooperation between all leaders of the public and private sectors within the global technology network to accelerate the pace of digital transformation in the government sector, by enhancing cooperation, innovation, comprehensiveness and focus on The future of technology -based governance and enabling flexible and comprehensive digital environments centered on the needs of citizens.
Dr. Khaled Al -Mutawa started his participation by emphasizing the great interest that the government of the Kingdom of Bahrain attaches to the fields of digital transformation and the investment of technology and modern technologies, and its continuous directives in order to adopt these innovative means to upgrade government operations and provide better services that contribute to achieving comprehensive national development.
He also affirmed the efforts and efforts of the Ministerial Committee for Information and Communications technology headed by the first team, Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Minister of Interior in order to implement the government’s directives, especially at the level of continuing cooperation and coordination with all relevant authorities to adopt and implement various technological projects, adding in this aspect that technology investment to achieve national development is a shared responsibility and effort that brings together the governmental, private, civil society, and individuals.
On the challenges and digital opportunities, Dr. Khaled pointed out that with the changing and rapid technology developments and the implications of the fourth industrial revolution and the sudden and noticeable transformation in the expectations of citizens, the digital government has evolved from digitizing government services to developing and providing services and advantages focusing on the citizen himself and giving them a personal nature, indicating that this constitutes a challenge to the government sector in the world as a result of a set of reasons related to financing and cultural diversity And the digital gap and that the strategic partnership with the private sector, civil society institutions and individuals is the best way to confront this challenge.
In this regard, he pointed to the positive effects of the existing partnership between the government sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain, which plays the role of the organizer and the private sector, which is a major engine for the national economy in building strong frameworks that encourage competition and adopting innovation in government operations, and in taking government decisions faster and more intelligent in addition to its role in developing digital environmental systems in line with the vision of the Kingdom of Bahrain Economic 2030, and contributes to creating a comprehensive digital society, and a comprehensive digital society, And the availability of a strong national structure that provides safe, high -quality and designed services according to what citizens and residents need in the Kingdom.
The Vice President for Operations and Governance, Dr. Khaled Al -Mutawa, also reviewed a set of models that reflect the existing cooperation between the two sectors, including the Gulf Satellite Company, which provides communication centers services for both the governmental and private sectors and cover banking services, communications and biomedics, and the launch of the application (Electronic Developer 2.0) to verify digital identity, with Beyon Connect, which enabled users to safe access to government services The private and without the need to use a password, in addition to enabling them to control the participation of their data with service providers during the authentication process:
Among the models is to empower the private sector in traffic services through partnership with the approved vehicles workshops for the annual technical examination of vehicles and with insurance companies to report simple accidents, as well as partnership with private hospitals to conduct a medical examination of expatriate employees, and to provide special notary services with private lawyers and the server of virtual justice and digital courts.
Dr. Khaled touched on his participation to talk about the aspects that governments in the world can focus on, as he explained that the digital government today has reached advanced levels, especially in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and with the emergence of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, and that the United Nations e -government report for the year 2024 has confirmed that 71% of the countries of the world fall within the development index of EGDI very high or higher, what confirms that there is experience Huge group digital knowledge is available to many governments in the world, and pointed out that in light of this, governments around the world must focus on transferring knowledge in an organized and institutional manner between countries not only to learn from each other but to develop together.
At the end of his participation, it is certain on the importance of holding such meetings and its impact on enhancing the exchange of information and experiences, following up the latest global developments related to the technology sector, and its role in supporting the development efforts and digital transformation.
