Qatar successfully participates in the World Summit on the Information Society Forum
Gulf Times
The activities of the World Summit on the Information Society 2022 concluded at the headquarters of the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva, in which the State of Qatar participated with an official delegation that included representatives of several authorities in the country. Over five days of the event, the plans of the International Telecommunication Union in the field of advancing the ICT sector were reviewed, in addition to presentations made by member states on the progress made in the digital transformation sector. The State of Qatar in the forum, which is considered the largest annual gathering around the world for information and communication technology, was represented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology with the participation of several authorities in the country, including the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the Communications Regulatory Authority, the Planning and Statistics Authority, the Mada - Qatar Assistive Technology Center, and Ehsan Center. The State of Qatar participated in the forum this year as a golden strategic partner, where the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology reviewed, through the sessions of the World Summit Forum, Qatar's strategy in the field of digital transformation and its ambitious and innovative programs in the information and communications technology sector.
The Qatari participation was crowned by winning the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology the "Heroes" award for the World Summit on the Information Society 2022, in the category "Building confidence and security in the use of information and communication technology", for its project "Safe Space", which aims to instill a culture of digital security and safety. The Ministry of Communications project won after outperforming 5 other projects that were submitted to the competition to win this category of award. Mashael Ali Al Hammadi, Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Information Technology Affairs at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and head of the State of Qatar's delegation to the forum, said that Qatar is keen to participate in these annual forums with the aim of learning about global experiences and initiatives in the field of digital transformation and information technology, in addition to reviewing the successes achieved by the state in this regard. Al Hammadi added that the Qatari participation in this year's forum achieved great success, especially after winning two prestigious awards, the first for the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the second for Ehsan Center, which indicates that the development in the field of information technology is progressing at a steady pace in the State of Qatar through many programs and ambitious plans in this important sector.
