26-02-2025
3 digital platforms to improve government work
Muscat: His Highness Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham al Said, Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, patronized the third edition of the 'Together We Progress' Forum, organized by the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.
Sayyid Theyazin bin also launched the three national platforms to improve government work and raise its efficiency.
These unified platforms include an
electronic platform
dedicated to receiving complaints and suggestions in government institutions to improve government services and enhance beneficiary satisfaction, a
national digital system
for planning, evaluation, and performance monitoring of strategic targets, and programs, to ensure annual plans are carried out in line with Oman Vision 2040.
The third one will be a
portal
to provide all government services in the Sultanate of Oman without the need to go to the headquarters of government units to complete transactions, whether for individuals or the business sector.
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The forum is aimed at enhancing interaction and communication between the government and society, reviewing policies, development programs, and government initiatives, and providing citizens with the opportunity to express their opinions and suggestions and share their concerns and challenges with officials in a participatory environment.
The two-day forum includes two discussion sessions on the economy and development, which address the features of the upcoming five-year plan and economic diversification efforts, investment and its role in developing the national economy, and five dialogue sessions on topics of governorate development and its role in developing the national economy, the future of professions and jobs, the retirement system, culture, sports and youth, and the future of economic diversification sectors.
The Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers said that the 'Together We Progress' Forum aims to enhance community partnership through direct dialogue between the government and society, which is based on listening to the opinions and aspirations of society in various fields and consolidating the principle of community participation in comprehensive national development as per the Royal directives of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik.
The first day of the forum will also explore the future of energy, digital economy, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, Oman National Spatial Strategy, investment and its role in developing the national economy, in-country value (ICV,) and entrepreneurship.
The evening session will focus on the development of governorates and their role in boosting economic growth.
The second day includes three dialogue sessions that address the future of employment, the system of retirement, and matters related to culture, sports,s and youth.
The first and second editions of the forum, held at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre, saw a turnout of more than 2,400 participants from different governorates of the Sultanate of Oman.
