Gazette staff
The world is experiencing a real communication and information revolution.
Every country works to develop its communication and information technology sector to achieve sustainable development.
Egypt does the same by moving ahead on the road to digital transformation to improve the quality of services offered to citizens in all fields.
Minister of Local Development, Mahmoud Shaarawi, said recently that the national digital transformation strategy aims to build digital capacities and competencies through training programmes.
This will be done, the minister said, by developing the skills of all workers.
He cited the anti-corruption Watani Programme as a case in point.
The minister also referred to programmes aiming at bridging skill gaps around the nation.
The minister noted that the same strategy works to digitise documentation processes in all ministries.
This, he said, would make processes inside these ministries digital in preparation for relocation to the New Administrative Capital (NAC).
“Digital transformation will improve the quality of services provided to citizens, simplify procedures to obtain them and better the operational efficiency of workers,” the minister said.
“It also creates opportunities to provide innovative services away from traditional and bureaucratic methods,” Minister Shaarawi added of digital transformation.
The Ministry of Local Development has already launched the geospatial portal to provide a collection of common geospatial data, services and applications that will be used by the ministry’s sectors, governorates, other entities and the public.
The portal will also establish investment maps for industrial zones in co-operation with the different governorates, Industrial Development Authority and the National Centre for Planning State Land Uses.
This map will contain information about plots of land available inside the nation’s 70 industrial zones so that investors can pinpoint opportunities in these zones.
Minister of Petroleum, Tarek el-Mulla, also referred to strides taken by the petroleum sector on the road to digital transformation, especially in the fuel distribution system.
This, he said, comes within the framework of efforts by the ministry to meet the daily needs of citizens and enhance the services offered them.
The minister explained that the digitisation of petrol stations follows a number of tracks in the light of the Egypt Vision 2030.
“Cash withdrawal services are now being expanded in the stations of Co-Op and Misr Petroleum companies,” the minister said.
He noted that 2,231 of the two companies’ stations would be provided with cash withdrawal services.
According to Minister el-Mulla, 400 petrol stations have already been provided with these services.
He said the same stations were provided with e-payment services, which enable motorists to pay for car refueling by visa or debit cards.
These services complement the mobile application, MOP STATIONS, which helps motorists locate gas stations across the nation.
The Ministry of Finance is also taking measures to digitise its different services and operations.
Minister of Finance Mohamed Maeet has referred to progress in the application of the Government Financial Management Information System (GFMIS).
The system, he said, is being linked to the payment and collection system and treasury single account.
The minister revealed that the GFMIS would be applied as of the next fiscal year, which will start in July 2023, to connect all government bodies electronically.
The Egypt Digital Platform is one of the most important digital transformation projects at present.
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