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On the registration
system, can more than
one person login to one
account at the same time
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Yes it is possible that
more than one person
login to one account at
the same time. |
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If
there were no sufficient number of
projects per criteria will you wave the
award ? |
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The final
decision to wave a category of the award
is left to the jury. |
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Can we participate with
one project in many
categories ? |
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No, you could
participate with each
project once only.
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Can we participate in
certain category with
more than one project ? |
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No, you can participate
with only one project
per category. |
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Can last year winners
projects participate
this year under a
different category ? |
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In order for last year’s
winner to participate
again this year (whether
it’s under the same
category or a different
one) the project will
have to have had
substantial changes. |
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Why is
the registration form in English and not
in Arabic ? |
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Due to
having international jury members and
the common language that is spoken and
understood by all is English. The
language selected for the form is
English in-order to have a fair and good
evaluation. |
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Will
there be any chance of participating
projects owners to meet with the jury ? |
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Yes,
Owners of the shortlisted projects
(under eProject and eReadiness
categories only) will get the chance to
meet with the jury to present their
projects and answer some questions.
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How
will my project be evaluated if some of
the sub-criteria are not applicable to
my entity/project ? |
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You need
to provide clear justification for
non-applicability and this will be
evaluated by the jury. |
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Project
Maturity should be ≥ 12 months? Don’t
you think that it’s a long time ? |
No it is
not. It is an excellent period to show
how mature the project is and its impact
on society
It allows good time for the project to
be fully mature giving it a better
chance to display the kind of features,
strengths and development areas which
the criteria specifies (e.g. customer
feedback). |
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Define
eParticipation: |
Is
adopting public engagement, develop
effective evaluation tools such as
e-engagement, e-deliberation,
e-involvement, e-legislation and
e-voting, as well as e-decision, e-rule
and e-policy-making, examples:
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E-Informing is one-way communication
that provides citizens with
information concerning policies and
citizenship online.
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E-Consulting is a limited two-way
channel that has the objective of
collecting public feedback and
alternatives.
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E-Involving is about working online
with the public throughout a process
to ensure that public concerns are
understood and taken into
consideration.
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E-Collaborating is a more enhanced
two-way communication between
citizens and government, a full
partnership enabling citizens to
actively participate in the
development of alternatives and the
identification of preferred
solutions.
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E-Empowerment is the delegation of
final decision-making rights to the
public, and implementing what
citizens decide.
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If I
knew for a fact that my project only
needs to be in one language (Arabic or
English), will I lose marks for not
having it in both languages ? |
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Clear
justification on using one language
should be provided, bearing in mind your
target users. |
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Is
accessibility going to be a mandatory
requirement this year ? |
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Accessibility is a mandatory requirement
for this year, however, evaluation will
depend on the level of implementation,
level A partial implementation of the
levels is accepted. For more information
on each level kindly
click Here . |
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We have
a film that exceeds 4 MB, what are the
other ways that we could submit it in ? |
You can
link your video through You Tube.
(Please contact us for guidance if
needed).
And again, remember that the jury will
have a limited time to view it, so don’t
make it too long |
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What
are the file formats allowed to be
uploaded ? |
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All
formats are allowed, but for videos .wmv
is recommended. However, if your file
requires a special software to load,
kindly contact us prior to the jury
session to insure it’s been installed in
jury’s machines. |
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Can
offline materials be submitted this year
(2011) ? |
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No offline
material will be accepted. Materials can
be submitted only online. Hence, content
must be focused, clear and straight
forward. |
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What
does the criteria: “Compatibility: Level
of compatibility with other
internal/external functional
environments and applications.” Mean ? |
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It is how
compatible is your system/service with
other internal (internal systems e.g.
ERP)/external (other entities e.g.
government entities) functional
environments and applications allowing
exchange of data and/or completion of
transactions). |
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