Baghdad Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Hamid Al-Ghazi, chaired the meeting of the advisory group for the Committee for Coordination and Management of Government Activity towards the establishment of e-governance.
Al-Ghazi said, according to a statement by the Cabinet Secretariat, that “the Iraqi government attaches great importance to the governance project, as it will contribute to modernizing the work of state institutions, developing their performance, eliminating red tape and controlling data, dismantling corruption networks, and directed several technical and administrative directives, most notably: Urging ministries it should be part of their annual financial allocations to support the departments and the e-governance project.
The meeting discussed, according to the statement, the topics on its agenda, which included the presentation of the proposed structure for the National Data Center, the project management mechanism and the distribution of staffing sharing data with ministries, in addition to listening to the presentation on the two electronic municipal projects and the map of Iraq.
The meeting also discussed the recommendation to establish a team for digital laws and policies for e-governance.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency