Best e-services honoured

Amidst the Kingdom celebrating excellence in embracing the latest technologies, some of the best e-services were awarded during a ceremony held yesterday.

The event held at Gulf Hotel in Adliya was organized by the Information and eGovernment Authority. His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology, patronized the eGovernment Excellence Award 2019 Ceremony in the presence of heads of Shura Council and Council of Representatives, along with other Deputy Prime Ministers, a number of dignitaries, ministers and guests.

Government Sector winners of the award included the Ministry of Interior, Supreme Council for Women and the Ministry of Finance under the ‘Best Government-to-Government eService (G2G) category. 

The award for ‘Best eGovernment Integrated Services for Individuals or Businesses’ was won by the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning (Municipalities Affairs) for its Benayat Building Permit System. Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities’ social media accounts won the ‘Best Practice in Community eParticipation’ award, and the award ‘Best Application for Smart Devices’ was granted to the Electricity and Water Authority for its EWA App. The ‘Best eGovernment Website’ award was granted to the Central Bank of Bahrain for its website. Private Sector winners included the Bahrain Airport Services for their iBAS Service, which won the ‘Best eServices’ award; AlRawi Media WLL won for its AlRawi App in the ‘Best Application for Smart Devices’ award.

Individuals sector winners comprised Mohamed Ahmed Al Buainain for the ‘Best eConcept’ award, which was granted for his submitted project which enhances contact with the government through the implementation of artificial intelligence in ‘Tawasul’ system. The second winner for the ‘Best eConcept’ award was given to Zainab Jaafar Akwaid for her automated solution for obstructed traffic between involved parties. The third winner for the ‘Best eConcept’ award was given to Ahmed Mohamed AlBuainain for his concept eBelediye project. 

The eCitizen award was given to the two citizen winners Mohammed Abdulraheem Hasan Bucheeri for obtaining the highest value of transactions across all eGovernment channels during 2018 and Mohammed Abduljalil Ebrahim Jassim Shehab for achieving the highest number of transactions across all eGovernment channels during 2018.