Role
Under the Chairmanship of His Highness the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, ictQATAR has been invested with two authorities:
- ictQATAR is the country's independent and fair telecommunications regulator and consumer advocate. As regulator, ictQATAR is mandated to protect consumers and business from unfair practices as our country transitions to a competitive telecoms market.
- ictQATAR is the government body that supports the take-up of innovative technologies, by ensuring people of all ages and income levels are comfortable with technology. Through technology ictQATAR aims to foster citizen's involvement in important government processes.
Working with government entities, industry bodies, and commercial enterprises ictQATAR is developing and guiding initiatives in a range of sectors including e-Education, e-Business, e-Health, e-Government, Infrastructure and Information Security.
On May 10, 2010, H.H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani ratified cabinet decision no. 18 for 2010 pertaining to the implementation of e-government policies.
The decision included items stipulating that ministries and other government agencies must cooperate with the Supreme Council for Information and Communications Technology (ictQATAR) as they advance the country's e-government strategy.
The decision endorsed four specific policy areas of government-wide collaboration:
- Integration and linkage policy for common e-government systems and services.
- Hukoomi content management policy
- Documentation and registration policy in e-government services.
- ICT architecture and standards policy
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