The electronic package included the services of "submitting a housing application", "inquiring about housing requests", "updating contact information and bank account information", "applying for benefits" and "submitting a financing request"
Kingdom of Bahrain - Manama: Engineer Bassem bin Yaqoub Al Hamar, Minister of Housing, launched, within the first phase of the electronic transformation plan for the Ministry of Housing services, 5 new electronic services that included the provision of a “housing application” service, the “housing application inquiry service” and the service of updating contact and account information The bank “Advantage Application” service and the “Apply for Funding” service via the national e-government portal bahrain.bh, the inauguration meeting, which was held via visual communication technology, was attended by Mr. Muhammad Ali Al-Qaed, CEO of the Information and eGovernment Authority, and Sheikh Khalid bin Hammoud Al Khalifa, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Housing, Dr. Zakaria Ahmed Al-Khajah, Executive Vice President for Electronic Transformation at the Authority, and Dr. Khaled Al-Haidan, Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Housing.
On this occasion, the Minister of Housing affirmed that the launch of these services came within the framework of the commitment to achieve the aspirations of His Majesty the King, may God preserve and protect him, which emphasized the importance of achieving digital transformation and employing modern technologies in various fields in order to improve all services and systems provided to citizens. It contributes to supporting and achieving the sustainable development goals. It also came in implementation of the decisions issued by the esteemed Council of Ministers regarding the importance of working to quickly activate the plans for digital transformation of government agencies, and work to accelerate the pace of transformation of the services provided by these bodies to citizens and residents.
The minister added that the electronic housing services also come in line with the unified framework for government programs in its updated second version, with regard to developing electronic services in order to facilitate procedures for customers, indicating that the bulk of the axes of the Ministry of Housing’s digital transformation plan are scheduled to be completed by the middle of the year. In order to keep adding some electronic services, such as the right to dispose of, the electronic contract, and others, provided that the ministry then begins developing a plan for the application of artificial intelligence in electronic services.
Eng. Basem bin Yaqoub Al-Hamr also expressed his sincere thanks and appreciation to the Information and eGovernment Authority for the efforts made to achieve the digital transformation of the ministry’s services, stressing the continuation of this cooperation and coordination, which aims to complete the stages of launching all electronic housing services.
The minister emphasized that launching this package of services comes to facilitate the procedures for providing services of the Ministry of Housing through accessible electronic channels for citizens, especially in light of the large volume of transactions that the Ministry handles annually, which amounted to approximately 45 thousand transactions, which will be dealt with through electronic channels.
The Minister of Housing emphasized that launching this package of services comes to facilitate the procedures for providing the Ministry of Housing services through accessible electronic channels for citizens, especially in light of the large volume of transactions that the Ministry handles annually, which amounted to approximately 45 thousand transactions, which will be dealt with through electronic channels.
For his part, Mr. Mohamed Ali Al-Qaed, CEO of the Information and eGovernment Authority, expressed his sincere thanks and appreciation to His Excellency the Minister of Housing and the competent teams in the Ministry, for their cooperation and support in order to activate the digital transformation plan for the ministry’s services, indicating at the same time the impact of launching the e-housing services package in Serving citizens, and its effect on facilitating them and enabling them to quickly submit their requests, in a way that contributes to saving their time and effort, in addition to the role of this shift in rationalizing expenditures and keeping pace with the requirements of the current conditions imposed by the Corona pandemic, as it avoids citizens visiting the service delivery offices in the Ministry of Housing building, and verify Social distancing and helps maintain their health and safety.
After that, Dr. Zakaria Ahmed Al-Khajah, Executive Vice President for E-Transformation at the Information and eGovernment Authority, kindly provided a detailed explanation about the inaugurated services, followed by the announcement of His Excellency the official minister about the launch of e-services for the Ministry of Housing, and a renewed emphasis on the aspirations of his happiness and his hope that the largest segment of citizens benefit These services, and the continuous efforts and joint cooperation with the Information and eGovernment Authority, in order to complete the digital transformation of services.
