Al-Sudani inaugurates the Digital Transformation Center: It will reduce financial costs and fight corruption
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani inaugurated the Digital Transformation and Automation Center on Monday, while stressing that the contact between the citizen and the employee is a source of procrastination, and digital transformation will overcome the most important obstacles, in addition to reducing financial costs and fighting corruption.
Al-Sudani’s media office said in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency that the latter “opened the Digital Transformation and Automation Center at the headquarters of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and toured the center, and reviewed the new mechanism for adopting automation and ending paperwork, in implementation of the government’s vision in implementing administrative reform, simplifying procedures, and eliminating bureaucracy and routine.”
He added that ” the Supreme Committee for Digital Transformation was formed under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister and the membership of the relevant ministers, so that the transformation would be an effective decision and not limited to separate steps. It was also decided, based on a study submitted by a technical committee, to establish a (National Center for Digital Transformation) and a (National Center for Cybersecurity).”
Al-Sudani stressed, according to the statement, that “ all transactions, starting from the application procedures for students, up to acceptance, and the transactions of employees and citizens, are moving towards digital transformation, and this includes 2,500 employees working at the ministry’s headquarters, which constitutes a turning point and an achievement for the ministry, indicating that converting citizens’ requests to electronic form will make the process easier in various applications.”
Al-Sudani continued : ” The government program confirmed that the current government is a government of service, and it is directly linked to the digital transformation . We do not want the digital transformation to be just a media show , but the citizen must feel the changes in the service he receives.”
He pointed out that ” we must move within 3 years to the level of an independent body or ministry concerned with digital transformation and cybersecurity , and the plans do not prevent ministries from taking the initiative to improve their service towards digital transformation in order to improve the service provided to the citizen ,” adding that ” the contact between the citizen and the employee is a source of procrastination, and digital transformation will overcome the most important obstacles, and digital transformation provides direct service , reduces costs, and fights corruption .”
He added, ” The more we are able to improve this service and facilitate it for the citizen, the more we will have achieved the slogan of service and follow-up of work, and we will join the world in the field of artificial intelligence and qualitative leaps, and all efforts must be made in the field of electronic transformation and keeping pace with global scientific development .”
He pointed out that ” young students have the capabilities and willingness to make efforts in the field of development , digital transformation and the use of artificial intelligence , and we must choose the qualitative specializations required in the labor market that prepare human capital for the digital transformation process .”
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