In 2005 when the Government of Saudi Arabia set a goal of moving toward a Knowledge Society little was in place to enable success. A Royal Decree directed Min. of CIT to formulate a plan for providing government services electronically and established Yesser, the e-Government Program: Within 7 years more than 750 eServices are now enabled by a Government Service Bus to the National Portal www.saudi.gov.sa, crossing gender, age and income barriers with a growth rate of 250 services each year. Yesser offers training programs (7000 in 2011); Facilitates PPP and develops highly participatory National eGovernment Plan.
Partners:
Yesser is a department within the Ministry of Communications and IT. There are multiple partnerships with all agencies in KSA government, vendors and universities.
Additional Information on National Implementation Mechanism
Strategy for coordinating WSIS Implementation at the national level: N/A
