Kuwait minister arrives in Dubai to attend government summit

Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce and Industry Minister Dr.Abdul-Muhsen Al-Mad'aj arrived here on Tuesday to attend the Government Summit 2014.More than 60 international speakers at the summit will lead comprehensive and insightful sessions on ways to shape the future of government services that meet and exceed the expectations of citizens and promote their happiness. A total of 3500 personalities from 60 countries are attending the summit which started yesterday and will end tomorrow. The international speakers include high-level government officials and key decision-makers, who will lead an interactive discussion agenda to further enhance government services around the world.The Summit, which is the largest of its kind in the world, reflects an up-to-date vision on the future of government services which leverages the power of advanced technology and smart services, in addition to strengthening closer collaboration between the public and private sectors to deliver excellence in government service delivery.The summit will end its functions tomorrow by awarding a prize for the best government service via the mobile phone for the year 2014.Kuwait qualified for the prize competition through its offer of an app that links the public with government ministries and agencies, by means of which the public can send complaints and follow them up to a satisfying resolution.Only 42 apps were selected from Arab participants for the grand prize competition and among these only 3 reached the finals, among them the app from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Kuwait. An app from Oman enabling people to send donations to charities also qualified for the finals as did one from the Lebanese army.