Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday opened the fourth edition of QITCOM Exhibition and Conference (QITCOM 2017) at the Qatar National Convention Center and launched the ambitious Qatar Smart Program (Tasmu) that aims to accelerate Qatar’s progress towards a digital economy.
Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane and UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan were present, along with ministers and other dignitaries.
In his opening address, the Prime Minister said that Tasmu is specially designed to accelerate the achievement of all the pillars of the Qatar National Vision 2030. "This programme will serve as a platform for the realisation of a digital economy and a smart future," said the Premier, adding that the state will finance the public and private sectors as it plans to spend QR6bn over the next five years in order to develop the required technological infrastructure and activate hundreds of initiatives across many sectors.
The Premier said that Qatar Digital Oasis will be established to form a key pillar for cooperation among multinationals, start-ups, small-and medium-sized enterprises, and research institutes. The Qatar Smart Program, along with other digital initiatives, will generate a revenue of up to QR40bn to the national economy over the next five years as well as accelerate the growth of job opportunities in the communications and information technology sector by 10 percent every year, he added.
"There is no doubt that trained human personnel form part of the government's priorities. From this perspective, since 2013, we have been eager to support about 10,000 Qatari specialist trainees during this brief period."
"The state also launched more than 1,600 electronic services related to all the segments of society," said the Premier.
Source: https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/07/03/2017/Ambitious-Qatar-Smart-Program-launched