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H.E Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Thani launched Today Qatar Smart Prgoram “Tasmu” during the opening Ceremony of Qitcom 2017 taking place at Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC) on March 6-8.

During his opening remarks, the PM said Tasmu is designed specifically to accelerate the achievement of all pillars of the Qatar National Vision 2030. The programme will serve as a platform for the realisation of a digital economy and a smart future.

“To ensure its success, the State will make every effort to finance the public and private sectors, in which QR6 billion will be spent over the next five years, and enable the development of a necessary technological infrastructure that will activate hundreds of initiatives across many sectors. Qatar Digital Oasis will be established, forming a key pillar for cooperation among multinational companies, small and medium enterprises and research institutes,” he said.

“In this regard, I would like to point out that Qatar Smart Program (TASMU), along with other planned digital enterprises, will generate about QR40 billion for the Qatari economy over the next five years, and will accelerate the development of job opportunities in the Information Technology and Communications sector at a rate of 10% annually,” he added.

There is no doubt that trained human personnel form part of the government’s priorities. From this perspective, since 2013, we have been eager to support about 10,000 Qatari specialist trainees during this brief period. The State also launched more than 1,600 electronic services related to all the segments of society.

“I refer here to the explicit attention of the State given to people with special needs by providing a legislative environment that guarantees all the rights of this category and integrating them into the modern-era organisations within information technology,” he noted.