Electronic voting for the seventh edition of the Government Innovation Competition (Fikra) has been launched through the Prime Minister’s Office website at www.pmo.gov.bh to determine the winner of the “Public Vote” category. Voting will remain open until Sunday.
This follows the qualification of 12 concepts, which were selected after a rigorous evaluation of the initial 40 concepts by four specialised committees.
The outcome of the vote will be announced alongside the results from the Ministers’ evaluation committee, which will determine the winning concepts in the other competition categories.
The 12 finalists are:
1. Tawazun by Maha Bader Abdulla Bader Alsada, Ahmed Hasan Abdulrahman Bucheeri from the Social Insurance Organisation and Nayla Musaad Matar from the Industry and Commerce Ministry.
2. Takamul by Captain Abdulla Waheed Almannaei and Alaa Ahmed Albalooshi from the Interior Ministry.
3. Tameni by Ali Husain Darwish, Maha Majeed Almaarej, Narjes Yusuf Sabt, Fatema Ateya Alaradi from Government Hospitals.
4. Secondary Education Curriculum Enhancement by Abdulla Mohamed Abdulla Badow from the Education Ministry.
5. Floating Oases by Bassam Mohammed Alshuwaikh from the Supreme Council for the Environment.
6. Wasalt by Manal Ali Alhashemi from the National Communication Centre.
7. Savings and Investment Program by Ahmed Ridha Sanad, Ali Khalil Ebrahim Fadhul, and Abdulla Ali Sultan Alshamlan from the Finance and National Economy Ministry.
8. Ata’a – The National Giving Platform by Ahmed Saleh Mejairan from the Labour Fund (Tamkeen).
9. Annual Leaves Exchange Platform by Mohamed Ebrahim Alhasan, Asma Naser Almosawi, and Noof Ali Fakhro from the Information and e-Government Authority (iGA).
10. Smart Employment Advisor by Jalal Jaafar Maki from the Legal Affairs Ministry.
11. Rahma by Salamah Hashel Zayed Alkobaisi from the Finance and National Economy Ministry.
12. MindForward by Walaa A.Hadi Ahmed Albaqali from Government Hospitals.
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