Department on verge of opening e-govt laboratory, says Al-Mutairi
KU to introduce doctorate in Public Admin
KUWAIT CITY, Feb 14: Head of the Department of Public Administration at College of Business Administration in Kuwait University Dr Haleel Al-Mutairi indicated that the department is on the verge of opening an e-government laboratory, reports Al-Shahed daily.
He explained that the proposal of the e-government laboratory project was presented by the department and is its brainchild with support from the college administration and Civil Service Commission (CSC). The laboratory will provide all programs required by new government employees. The database will be available at CSC for researcher to conduct researches and studies with the aim of improving the efficiency of governmental work.
In an interview with the daily, Dr. AlMutairi said, “There is no going back in terms of the standard of scientific researches. However, there is a wave of pessimism sweeping the society in general with effects extending particularly to the College of Business Administration”.
He revealed about a plan to introduce doctorate program in Public Administration following the execution of the masters’ degree program and evaluation of the experience, adding that this will contribute to meeting the needs of the labor market.
Dr Al-Mutairi affirmed that Kuwait University is one of the best universities in the world, indicating about some question marks concerning the rating criteria of the best universities worldwide.
He pointed out that donations collected will be handed directly to the affected areas, and that authorities in Iraq will receive nothing. He added donations will be distributed according to the desire of donors, and Direct Aid will seek permission from donors in case it wants to change the destination of any donation.
For his part, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Islamic Heritage Revival Society (IHRS) Tariq Al-Essa stated their participation is in response to the Amiri request to reduce the suffering of Iraqis going through pain for many years. He noted over two million refugees and thousands of widows and orphans are in urgent need of humanitarian support.
He pointed out that IHRS
has pledged USD 10 million to improve humanitarian conditions in Iraq, and it seeks to collect the aforementioned sum within the next five years. He added the donations collected will be handed to the recognized charities in Iraq under the supervision of the Kuwaiti Embassy in Iraq without the involvement of Iraqi government.
Meanwhile, the Iraqi government
did not set up a mechanism for receiving donations from humanitarian and charitable organizations or start the implementation of projects, reports Al-Rai daily quoting Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Prime Minister of Iraq Dr Abdulkarim Al-Faisal.
Speaking to the daily, Al-Faisal explained this move aims to guarantee transparency, combat corruption
and utilize funds properly.
He revealed the Iraqi Cabinet formed a higher committee tasked to provide facilities to accredited international organizations. He added these international organizations should coordinate with Iraqi organizations registered in the local government in order to choose the program and project they want to implement.