Dubai e-Government recently extended its awareness campaign to target specific segments of the business sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with its first presentation to a delegation from the International Society of Petroleum Engineering (SPE).
The 22-member delegation was briefed on the initiatives of Dubai e-Government in keeping with plans to generate online involvement between the government and the various segments of the private sector in the UAE and worldwide.
The SPE is an international organization comprising of engineers working in the oil and petroleum related industry, with various chapters in all the oil-producing countries. The members meet on a periodical basis for free discussion on technical subjects relating to the extraction and refining of oil and oil related products. Membership is open to all professionally qualified engineers with significant experience in the oilfield industry.
“Dubai is a hub for a wide range of industries and businesses all of which need to deal with government in the course of their work. Most vertical industries of the private sector, like the oil-related industries, have specific requirements when it comes to dealing with the government departments. Our primary objective is to identify these industry specific requirements in order for us to provide them with enhanced services,” said Dubai e-Government’s Community Outreach and Marketing Manager Yousef Khalili.
“We have embarked on a series of interactive discourses with these industries, which will provide us with a better perspective about their needs and will guide us in devising and developing a wide range of effective electronic services to suit their requirements. As a first step in this direction, we are targeting the premium industry in the UAE—oil and petroleum,” he added.
Dubai e-Government is a pioneering initiative in the region to provide online services across the spectrum of corporate and community life in the emirate. It also has a vision to integrate individually automated government departments under the single umbrella of the e-government initiative. — (menareport.com)
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