Sanaa: Acting Prime Minister Mohammed Miftah launched the unified government website project on Tuesday, as part of the strategic direction of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. During the launch, the Acting Prime Minister commended the completion of the unified website project, which represents a unified platform for government services and procedures, enabling citizens to easily and conveniently complete their transactions and access services.
According to Yemen News Agency, the Acting Prime Minister praised the efforts of the Ministry of Communications leadership and its technical team in completing the project, which in its first phase includes five ministries: Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources, Transport and Public Works, Local and Rural Development, and Communications and Information Technology.
Mohammed Miftah emphasized the necessity of completing the integration of the remaining ministries into the unified website by the new Hijri year 1448 AH, noting that the launch of the website streamlines the automation process and standardizes data entry. He noted that the website will be under continuous evaluation and development, explaining that Yemen, in light of its direct confrontation with the Zionist enemy, requires protecting data on the unified website from cyberattacks targeting government data.
He pointed out that countries surrounding Yemen are targeted by the Zionist enemy through infiltration of banking and corporate systems and the theft of data from them without any protection for the systems used. The Acting Prime Minister considered the unified logo and identity of the website a general framework, while preserving the privacy of each entity in defining its identity, which contributes to facilitating and simplifying procedures.
At the event, which was attended by the Minister of Civil Service and Administrative Development, Dr. Khaled Al-Hawali, the Minister of Health and Environment, Dr. Ali Shaiban, and the Minister of Transport and Public Works, Mohammed Qahim, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Engineer Mohammed Al-Mahdi, explained that the unified government website represents a national project to unify the websites and electronic platforms of government entities under a single site, identity, and enhanced cybersecurity.
He pointed out that the unified website focuses on enabling government entities to efficiently manage and operate their websites, ensuring the standardization of mechanisms for entering and publishing government content, transferring data from old websites to the new one according to the unified template in an organized and secure manner, and enhancing integration between media and technical departments and ministerial offices.
Minister Al-Mahdi indicated that the website represents the unified identity for all ministries, and work will begin on adding the remaining ministries to it during the next Hijri year. He considered the launch of the unified website a significant step forward in digital transformation and a practical implementation of the slogan of the martyred President Saleh Al-Sammad, "One hand protects... and the other builds," as part of completing the plan and matrix of the government's program for change and development.
The Minister of Communications and Information Technology explained that the project aims to simplify procedures and facilitate access to the services of ministries and government agencies through websites operating with a unified identity, without compromising the privacy of each entity. During the inauguration, which was attended by the Deputy Minister of Communications, Engineer Ali Al-Makni, and the Undersecretaries of the Ministries of Communications for Financial and Administrative Affairs, Ahmed Al-Mutawakkil, for Technical Affairs, Engineer Taha Zabara, and for Foreign Affairs for Political and Consular Affairs, Abdullah Sabri, a report and a presentation were shown about the stages of the project, its objectives and its advantages.