His Majesty’s Words
We have always emphasised the importance of learning and knowledge
and we have always been open to the adoption of new developments
in this field. Information technology and communications have now
become the main elements that move forward the development process
in this third millennium; therefore, we have accorded our attention to
finding a national strategy to develop the skills and abilities of citizens in
this domain with the aim of further developing e-government services.
We are closely following the important steps that we have made in this
regard. We call upon all government institutions to speedily enhance
their performance, and to facilitate their services, by applying digital
technology in order to usher the Sultanate into the constantly evolving
spheres for applying knowledge.
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said
The Annual Session of the Council of Oman
November 2008