Bahrain's ‘Nawras’ electronic system wins UN award

TDT | Manama

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The Kingdom of Bahrain’s “Nawras” electronic system was among the winners in the E-Environment category of the United Nations Prize competition for the World Summit on the Information Society 2021 (WSIS).

Nawras, which was chosen among 1,200 global entries, is a programme for issuing aircraft permits.

The Kingdom is represented in the competition by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

 Nawras was launched in early February 2018 and won the Excellence Award in the Government Forum in 2019.

The programme is a first of its kind in the region and has been fully developed and managed internally by a working group consisting of representatives of the Information Technology Department in the Ministry and the Air Transport Department in Civil Aviation Affairs. Transportation and Communications Minister Eng. Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed said that the Nawras programme has been included in the electronic environment category due to its connection with the sustainable development goals.

The system has transformed the work environment for permits and scheduling of aviation into a fully electronic environment and this initiative comes within the strategy of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

 It supports the vision His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in moving towards a digital economy and implementing the economic vision led by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister.

The Nawras project (www. fps.gov.bh) provides airlines operating at Bahrain International Airport and aircraft operators from all over the world to apply for permits, landing and transit schedules for their flights through this programme and to obtain the necessary approvals from all parties concerned and using the system automatically without any interference.

This reduces paper consumption on all sides, making it environmentally friendly.