Bahrain's eGovernment Authority (eGA) is developing a platform to measure the interaction on different channels such as social media, a top official said.

eGA deputy chief executive Dr Zakareya Ahmed Al Khaja said it was observed that Bahrain's market is recognising the mobility aspect and based on such observation, the authority is focusing on providing services through its mobile channel, reported the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication.

He said this while presenting Bahrain's National eGovernment Strategy 2016 on the second day of Bahrain International eGovernment Forum 2015 at the Isa Cultural Centre.

Dr Al Khaja said the authority was cultivating innovation, adapting creative ideas and supporting entrepreneurship within the ICT and eGovernment sectors.

eGA is continuing the second strategy which initiated in 2011; however, placing more focus on making the strategy more citizen-centric by utilising mobility '“ in line with the Government National Work Plan, he said.

The second day of the forum consisted of a plenary session along with six sessions in which Amazon Web Services head of worldwide public sector Teresa Carlson said Amazon is currently trying to reach all users of cloud computing and has enhanced its security levels and consequently became the go-to provider of innovative cloud computing solutions for many public and private entities.

She said that the cloud computing services have increased drastically within the last seven years to meet users' needs.

The topic 'Urban Lifecycle Management' was presented by expert Professor Claude Rochet of Aix Marseille University - Head of Research Laboratory in Competitive Intelligence at the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Paris.

He emphasised the need to engineer a modern technological system that serves citizens and stated that a system's basic operations must be designed in a comprehensive, intelligent and interactive way.

The system should have the ability to reproduce itself, the potential to continue and should not be complex so as to not collapse.

He admitted that though this system is intangible, it reflects real life needs and therefore must be fortified by laws that make it viable.

Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa will officially inaugurate the Bahrain IT Expo 2015 today at the Bahrain International Circuit Paddock Hall, which will run with eight parallel ICT-related workshops until Thursday. – TradeArabia News Service