Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC), an advanced e-Government services platform, has won the Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah Informatics Award 2014, for the Arab World’s Most Browsed Category.

Rashed Lahej Al Mansoori, director-general Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre, ADSIC, said: "We are very proud to see the Abu Dhabi e-Government Portal take home this prestigious award.”

“This is a major recognition of the commitment and effort of all those involved in this initiative since its launch and illustrates ADSIC’s contribution to making Abu Dhabi Government one of the best in the world," he added.

The award was introduced in 2001 with the aim of making the Arab World an integrated, advanced informatics community, building human capabilities in IT development, promoting the role of social institutions to keep pace with technological advancement, boosting IT skills and innovations, developing and highlighting the Arabic digital content and preparing Arab youth to establish an advanced IT culture while upholding spirit of competition, excellence and creativity, said a statement.

“I am positive that this award will further motivate ADSIC to achieve more progress and launch more innovative initiatives in the field of Information Technology to better serve our public and consolidate the UAE’s leading global position,” added Al Mansoori.

Abu Dhabi e-Government Portal was commissioned and launched by ADSIC, the government entity in charge of Abu Dhabi’s ICT agenda, back in 2007, to support the government’s continued initiatives to upgrade its online services. – TradeArabia News Service