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Main Expectations: 1: Increased knowledge of senior e-Government Practitioners and Decision-makers on strengthening e-government policies and legislations
To meet this expected accomplishment, operational modality (a) above will be utilized
Indicators of achievement (IA):
IA1.1 Number of senior e-government practitioners and decision-makers with greater understanding, knowledge in order to support future e-government initiative;
In support of EA1,
Activity 1.1: The “Government ICT Market Research 2012” project will track developments in ICT Landscape on a national level and provide an objective basis on which ictQATAR will measure progress. The research will contain a more in-depth analysis of Qatar’s ICT environment, readiness and usage and growth estimates in government sectors.
Indicators of Achievement:
IA2.1 The e-government decision-makers of the Government of QATAR have acquired a greater understanding of national e-strategies, content development and management, whole of government approach (one-stop shop) and citizen-friendly portals, as evidenced by the feedback from the respective Government agencies, and based on replies to questionnaires upon the completion of the four activities as per below.
IA2.2 The e-government decision-makers of the Government of QATAR have acquired better knowledge about the latest trends in e-government, e-service life cycle, data standards, data sharing, e-services assurance level, citizen surveys and feedback mechanism. These officials are enabled to facilitate the introduction and marketing of new e-services.
Objective/Purpose of Project: This specific project’s objective primarily aims to provide international best practices for appropriate assessment of current levels of ICT infrastructure, usage and status of online services within core government organizations in Qatar through the “Government ICT Market Research 2012” project; and lead development of actionable insights based on research findings. It will lay down solid foundation for tracking developments in ICT Landscape on a national level and provide an objective basis on which ictQATAR will measure progress. The study will contain a more in-depth analysis of Qatar’s ICT environment, readiness and usage and growth estimates of ICT resources in core government sector.
Outputs from the market research may also be used to provide relevant information on emerging indicators that maybe due to be submitted to international organizations.
Key Accomplishments (to-date): • Align ictQATAR’s research on e-government sector with key established and emerging international indicators
• Increased knowledge of senior e-Government Practitioners and Decision-makers on strengthening e-government policies and legislations;
• Enhanced technical capacity of the Government of Qatar to improve on e-content and e-service delivery;
• Key Government 2.0 trends and practices effectively introduced
• Identify improvement areas for continually improving rankings in the UN e-Government Survey
Cooperation Partners: Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR)
Time Frame: January 2013 - April 2013
Funding: XBTC
Proposed Budget: US$16,950
Division: EGB