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Roads and Transport Authority – Majdi Abu Zaid:
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has bagged the (.Gov Award) at the local level sponsored by ITP Media Group in the Government IT Infrastructure Project of The Year category. The Award recognized iCollaborate Project, a creative initiative focused on improving the smart interaction & communication between RTA employees.
HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA has accepted the Award presented by Abdullah Al Madani, CEO of Corporate Technology Support Services Sector, and Mansour Al Marzooki, Director of IT at the Sector.
Al Tayer was delighted with the Award as it reflects RTA’s efforts in nurturing a great environment for IT, which is considered a symbolic capital for investment in leveraging the corporate performance of the Dubai Government. “This award prompts us to enhance the effective communication between RTA’s staffs and other parties of relevance to our business. Thus, it would assist us in taking non-conventional decisions to serve our interest in a short time span. It fits well with the Smart Government initiative aimed at ranking Dubai as the smartest city worldwide that requires adopting best-in-class techniques to enhance the government performance,” he said.
“Winning the .Gov award in the Government IT Infrastructure Project of The Year category underscores the importance and pioneering nature of the project as it provides a solid and smart communication platform. The project provides can easily provide effective assistance to RTA’s teams at any place, with any entity by using any device. It enables sharing share ideas and taking decisive decisions in the interest of the RTA,” said Al Madani.
“The winning project had been developed over eight months and has several features highlighted by cost effectiveness, and reduced employees travel expenses. Employees can communicate at any time from their offices or any place with any entity or individual to discuss the optimal way of realising RTA’s objectives & strategy.
“The project is also characterized by its operational efficiency as it provides audiovisual support to the management of crises, accidents and emergencies. It can also improve the employment of human resources by introducing video interviews and dedicated rooms for the meetings of teams and committees.
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© Press Release 2017
