Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 13 | Page 74

INDUSTRY WATCH THE WORK WE CARRY OUT AT THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE IS INSPIRED BY THE VISION 2030, WHICH GIVES US THE ROADMAP ON HOW TO REBUILD BOTH THE IT AND BUSINESS STRATEGY OF THE MINISTRY. THIS STRATEGY IS ALSO ALIGNED WITH THE NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM FOR 2020. BASED ON THIS, WE HAVE BUILT OUR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS WHICH ASSIST WITH MEASURING OUR PROGRESS IN LINE WITH OUR GOALS 74 INTELLIGENTCIO Dr. Saleh A. Almurgrin, Vice Deputy Minister and ICT Advisor to HE Minister The work we carry out at the Ministry of Justice is inspired by the Vision 2030, which gives us the roadmap on how to rebuild both the IT and business strategy of the Ministry. This strategy is also aligned with the National Transformation Program for 2020. Based on this, we have built our key performance indicators which assist with measuring our progress in line with our goals. Within the Ministry, we have 14 initiatives that help guide us to these end-goals, many of which are IT projects designed to enhance procedures and processes for the courts and notary services agencies. The successful implementation of a more updated and advanced IT infrastructure is pivotal to the optimistic elements of these vision plans. IT will assist us in speeding up implementations and to achieve maximum efficiency at the same time. As such, we are attending relevant IT events and speaking with the relevant IT companies to ensure we implement best practices and the strongest digital strategy possible. You recently participated at GITEX Technology Week. How important is this regional ICT event to the Ministry and how does it help with planning for future strategies? Dr. Saleh A. Almurgrin, Vice Deputy Minister and ICT Advisor to HE Minister GITEX is a very important event for the Ministry. The conference gives us the opportunity to interact with both local and international IT companies to discover what technology best helps drive, and compliment, our strategy. GITEX also affords us the platform to discuss with other governmental agencies common best practices. We also have the benefit of being able to communicate w