* Meeting discusses several topics related to development of post, telecommunications and information technology sectors in GCC member states
* In another meeting, GCC malware analysis platform is launched
HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti has headed Qatar’s delegation participating in the 26th Meeting of the GCC Ministerial Committee for Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology, held via videoconferencing and attended by ministers of communications and information technology in the GCC.
The meeting discussed several topics related to the development of the post, telecommunications and information technology sectors in the GCC member states and means of boosting co-operation in these vital industries, the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) said in a statement on Monday.
The committee also discussed the outcomes and recommendations of the 28th Meeting of the GCC Telecommunications and Information Technology Undersecretaries Committee, and future orientations for work mechanisms against the background of the lessons learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The meeting was attended by president of the Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA), Mohamed Ali al-Mannai, and high-level representatives from the MoTC and Qatar Post.
In a related context, HE the Minister has headed Qatar’s delegation participating in the sixth GCC e-Government Ministerial Committee Meeting. Held via videoconferencing, the meeting was attended by a number of ministers and senior officials of communications and information technology in the GCC.
During the meeting, the GCC malware analysis platform was launched. This is to be used by the computer emergency response centres of GCC member states.
The ministerial committee also reviewed the implementation of the second phase of the joint initiatives of the GCC eGovernment Strategy, the endorsement of new initiatives in order to start activating them, the implementation of a number of shared e-services, as well as going ahead with implementing the information security strategy for GCC member states.
Further, the meeting discussed the recommendations of the GCC eGovernment Executive Committee at its recent meetings, which highlighted several topics relating to egovernment and IT in cybersecurity and information emergency response, as well as issues on Public Key Infrastructure.
Other key topics were the GCC joint procurement for software and equipment and GCC shared eservices.
The ministerial committee stressed the importance of working in line with future orientations based on lessons learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic. The meeting was attended by high-level representatives from the MoTC.
