Kuwait’s Sahel wins two Gulf awards as best electronic application
Kuwait has achieved a dual Gulf accomplishment, with itsunified government application for online services, “Sahel”, by winning the award forBest Comprehensive Government Application, and (Rehlat Al-Mawloud) or “NewbornJourney” service receiving the Excellence Award in the category of Best GovernmentDigital Service within the GCC Digital Government Award.
The accomplishment was announced during the seventh edition of the award,hosted by Bahrain on Wednesday, reflecting the success of the Kuwaiti experience indigitizing government services, enhancing integration among entities, and advancinguser experience.
Speaking to KUNA, Minister of State for Communications and InformationTechnology and Acting Minister of Information and Culture Omar Al-Omar expressedhis pride and honor in this double Gulf honoring.
He underlined that the victory of “Sahel” and the distinction of the “NewbornJourney” manifest Kuwait’s progress in enhancing digital government services andsignal the success of joint government work in delivering more integrated andefficient services.
“Winning two Gulf awards in a single day is a source of pride and honor, and itshows the success of the vision from which the ‘Sahel’ application was launched,” theminister said. Al-Omar stressed that this honoring marks a shared national achievement for allgovernment entities participating in the “Sahel” application.
In a similar statement to KUNA, Chairman of the Executive Committee for the”Sahel” application, Colonel Bashar Hashem said that winning the award for BestComprehensive Government Application and the distinction of the “Newborn Journey”reflect the success of the joint government work system.
He added that the “Sahel” application managed to gather the services of 42 government entities within a unified digital platform, while the “Newborn Journey”gave a practical model for state entities turning from offering separate services toacting within an interconnected digital journey.
Bahraini Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Ministerial Committee forInformation and Communication Technology, General Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah AlKhalifa, and GCC Secretary-General Jasem Al-Budaiwi were present at the awardingceremony.
Addressing the event, the Bahraini minister said that experience and real-worldexpertise affirm that security, development, and investment in technology are “twosides of the same coin”. He underlined that digital security has become an integral part of states’ security,resilience and sustainability, something that necessitates closer Gulf cooperation inthe field of cybersecurity.
For his part, the GCC chief emphasized that the GCC digital government prize is ofparamount significance, given the fact that it is a Gulf platform to find excellent ideasand spur innovation. – KUNA
