Role of Private Sector in Sustainable Development

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1 Role of Private Sector in Sustainable Development May 2015 External Document Mohamed Ali Al Qaed, CEO

2 Introduction - Sustainable Development SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. To build a truly sustainable way of life, three key areas are in focus: Economic Growth & Equity: Social Development: Conserving Natural Resources & Environment: An integrated approach to foster long term growth while ensuring that no nation or community is left behind Meeting the need for jobs, food, education, energy, health care, water and sanitation while ensuring that culture, social diversity and the rights of workers are respected and the communities are empowered to determine their own future. To conserve our environmental heritage and natural resources for future generations. ICT has been used as a main tool in supporting the society to create a sustainable way of life. Source: World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED). Our common future. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987 p External Document

3 ICT as a main tool for Sustainable Development ICT Drives Productivity & GDP Growth Comprises a significant share of GDP Create High Paying Jobs Helps Build High Growth Companies Creates new sectors and ways of doing business Source of Competitive Advantage Drives Innovation Promotes employment and job creation Widens Access to Education & Primary Health Care and reduce Physical Barriers to Education Provide Timely and Improved Access to Information Communication and Knowledge Products and Resources Prevent Food Insecurity Promote Governance ICT-enabled solutions offer the potential to reduce GHG emissions by 16.5% by 2020 Private Sector plays an important role in promoting ICT to address the key areas for sustainable life. Source: GeSI Smarter 2020: The role of ICT in Driving a sustainable future External Document

4 Private Sector Participation in promoting ICT for SD* ICT SD* Sustainable Development Source: Internet Gartner External Document

5 Bahrain s support for private Sector in promoting ICT for SD* Government of Bahrain recognizes the importance of the growth of private sector in promoting ICT in ensuring the sustainable development of the Kingdom. Hence, the egovernment Strategy of Bahrain envisages an equal and important partnership with the private sector to ensure a better life for its citizens. Bahrain egovernment Program The egov Program commits itself to the development of private sector and promote ICT for sustainable development Source: External Document

6 ENCOURAGING ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INNOVATION Non-Financial Support through Training, Coaching, Mentorship, and Logistics Provide Financial Support BD 178,360, Mentorship, Selection & Assessment Committee ega and BDB share common vision to support entrepreneurship & innovation in the ICT sector

7 To facilitate increased entrepreneurship & innovation, an Open Government initiative enabling public apps development has been initiated.. Increased Transparency Relatively Low Startup Costs Increased eparticipation Public Engagement and Innovation Citizens Citizens and businesses can develop and access applications Public Apps Development ww w Public Data and Reporting National data sets of publicly available Government data, exposed through APIs to allow application developers to leverage Kingdom Public Data Application Interfaces (APIs) Kingdom Public Data Sets Kingdom data.gov.bh/ Web Portal Data sets are exposed and downloadable in standard formats from the web portal for reporting and analytics External Document

8 KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE & MARKET DEVELOPMENT BITEX brings all ICT companies under one roof to display the latest trends in their field. It also aims to bring together the ICT community for business building as well as researching for more powerful solutions in the sector. Since its launch in 2008, the Bahrain International egovernment Forum has become a continuous success story which aims to bring in the latest international practices and tactics in information and communication technology to the Kingdom of Bahrain through.

9 BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE Citizens are being trained annually Bahrain egovernment More than 15,000 Bahrainis were provided basic ICT training NGOs Qudurat Training Program

10 CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT & PARTICIPATION Social CRM tools / solution are used to monitor customer / citizen reactions to guarantee appropriate response in case of bad customer experiences JOINT VENTURE In Bahrain, Social networking sites are strategically used for awareness campaigns and brand communication of egov Services 19,000 + Followers 7,500 + Followers

11 ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES Public Private Partnership egovernment Portal ekiosks egov Program obtains support from Private entities in application development, IT infrastructure management and technical consultancy eservices Centers National Contact Center Mobile Joint Venture

12 ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE Public Private Partnership (BOOT Model)

13 CONSERVE ENVIRONMENT egov Program obtains support from Private entities in: 1 Energy Efficient Data Center Facilities, Servers, Storage 2 Energy Efficient IT Equipment Desktops, Printers Greening IT 3 Greening IT Lifecycle Mgmt Plan, Build, Run, Recycle... Others: Connectivity (LAN, WAN, Telephony), Energy Procurement & Production, Communication & Awareness

14 egov Program & Private Sector in Sustainable Development Government of Bahrain believes that PRIVATE SECTOR contribution in the development of egov and ICT agenda would result in a providing better life to its citizens. We will continue to: 1 Mobilize new private sector investments in order to leverage private funds required in the development of egovernment networks, including both underlying information and communications technology infrastructure and equipment, as well as the public services being delivered on these networks 2 Attract private sector experience, technology, and innovation in the design of electronic networks, channels and services, and to benefit from private sector creativeness and ingenuity 3 Utilize private sector marketing channels and customer service expertise in the commercial delivery of services to customers of the egovernment system 4 Reduce costs in the delivery of public services or the execution of public administrative procedures by leveraging the cost efficiencies of the private sector 5 Transfer key risks away from the public sector s limited resources and onto the private party that can best manage them External Document

15 Advancing Bahrain to New Heights Thank You Internal Document