Three Saudi Arabian Agencies will describe the successful implementation of some of their projects related to the WSIS outcomes: Saudi eGovernment Program (Yesser),the Ministry of Finance (MoF), and the Ministry of Education (MoE).
Yesser will highlight the activities that the Program has embarked in developing the Human Capital within the eGovernment domain among government entities throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in addition to the raising the awareness and competencies of the public. Since the initiation of the Program in 2005, substantial progress has been made and the Kingdom has advanced impressively relative to other countries as indicated by the United Nations eGovernment assessment. The work and achievements of the Saudi eGovernment Program has also been recognized across the GCC and internationally.
MoF will describe their e-Procurement Project “Monafasat” which falls under the e-Government initiative in the Kingdom. The main goal of the project is to have a unified platform that is used by all government agencies for their tendering and procurement activities, allowing suppliers and vendors to collaborate and participate in government tenders and various procurement activities online. MoF is the project sponsor and is responsible to prepare, execute and monitor the strategic plan of the project; while Saudi eTabadul Co. has been mandated to execute, develop and operate, and the first set of services were launched in January 2014.
MoE will describe King Salman Scholarship Program (KSP) which was established to provide Saudi students with higher education degree at reputable international universities, thereby, provide an essential source of highly qualified national workforce to the Saudi labor market, both in the private and the public sectors. So far, KSP has been successful in managing thousands of scholarships around the world with no discrimination of gender, age, social or physical status.