Oman
Participates in GCC E-Government Executive Committee Meeting

Kuwait,
26 May (ONA) — The Sultanate of Oman participated today in the 27th meeting
of the GCC E-Government Executive Committee, hosted by the State of Kuwait.

Oman’s
delegation was headed by Eng. Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Al Kharousi, Director
General of Digital Transformation and Sector Enablement at the Ministry of
Transport, Communications, and Information Technology.

During
the meeting, the committee discussed several agenda items, including reviewing
the General Secretariat’s report on the implementation of decisions from the
26th meeting, initiatives under the GCC’s guiding strategy for e-government, topics
related to shared e-services among GCC states, the unified software procurement
for GCC countries and initiatives related to artificial intelligence (AI)
and emerging technologies.

The
committee also reviewed the general framework for supporting AI applications in
public services across GCC countries, as well as the general framework for the
climate prediction and disaster management initiative using AI—both of which
were prepared by Oman. Additionally, the meeting discussed the criteria for the
GCC Digital Government Award.

—Ends/AG