The historic move to transform the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) into a Gulf Union inched closer yesterday with the announcement of the plan to discuss the final proposal by GCC foreign ministers within a few weeks from now.
Saudi Arabia has entered the elite club of 21 nations possessing all the essential components of e-readiness that enable a nation to offer an effective e-government and empower it further to render all types of e-services for public and private sectors. “The presence of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain appearing in the top 21 rank is a feat,” read a new UN e-government survey released in Riyadh yesterday.
Saudi police are searching for a man and his son in connection with the rape and torture of a Filipino woman in Turaif, a small city in northern Saudi Arabia. Saudi police are searching for a man and his son in connection with the rape and torture of a Filipino woman in Turaif, a small city in northern Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh-based King Saud University (KSU) has established a Water Desalination Research Chair funded by UNESCO. The chair’s aim is to evaluate and study the water desalination program comprehensively and recommend the necessary technology required by the Kingdom to ensure the cost-efficient production and supply of desalinated water in the future.
The drive toward e-governance for Saudi Arabia, which is now benefiting both public and private sectors alike, received a major boost from the Saudi government after the e-government program “Yesser” launched its second edition of the Saudi e-Government Achievement Award (Enjaz). The award will serve as a major tool to encourage, inspire and value government agencies’ efforts for advancing e-government services in the Kingdom.
The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has emerged as “a strong alliance capable of facing all kinds of internal or external challenges,” GCC Secretary-General Abdullatif Al-Zayani said this week.