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Minister Meets with Iranian Counterpart
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Minister Meets with Iranian Counterpart

Doha – QatarMinister of Transport and Communications HE Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti met with the Minister of Information and Communications Technology of the Islamic Republic of Iran HE Mr. Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, at Ministry offices today.The two ministers reviewed bilateral relations between the State of Qatar and the Islamic Republic of Iran on the fields of communications and information technology and ways of further enhancing them.The meeting was attended by the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Doha HE Mr. Hamid Reza Dehghani.

MOTC Conducts Several High-level Meetings at the 2021 Edition of SPIEF
Saturday, June 5, 2021
MOTC Conducts Several High-level Meetings at the 2021 Edition of SPIEF

Doha – Qatar The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) of the State of Qatar participated in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) as part of the State of Qatar participation as a guest country at the Forum. Entities such The Smart Qatar Program (TASMU), the Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail), Qatar Navigation (Milaha), Mwani Qatar, the Qatar Aeronautical Academy and Hamad International Airport participated under the umbrella of the Ministry where they exchanged expertise between Russia and Qatar. The Ministry and its entities hosted several high-level meetings with their Russian counterparts to explore opportunities of bilateral collaboration within the framework of developing economic relation ties and partnership with the Russian Federation, in addition to highlighting the investment opportunities that the country provides in the fields of transportation and information and communication technology, something which can contribute to attracting more foreign direct investments and boosting the State of Qatar’s competitive standing in the region and outside of it. Commenting on the Ministry’s participation, His Excellency Mr. Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti, the Minister of Transport and Communications said, “The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum was an immense success as the first global event of this scale to be held in the post-pandemic world. Under the leadership of His Highness, the Amir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatar has made enormous progress in the field of digital transformation and digital services using innovative initiatives and programs such as the Smart Qatar Program (TASMU) with the Ministry of Transport and Communications for building a diversified national economy and keeping pace with the latest digital skills toward building a smart Qatar, and, in addition to that, the country has taken notable steps in improving its global connection with world-class sea, land and air facilities.” His Excellency the Minister added, “During the Forum, we held a number of high-level meetings with leading Russian entities to enhance the means of bilateral cooperation between the two countries in addition to shedding light on the investment opportunities that the country provides in the fields of transportation and information and communication technology.” The TASMU Program showcased the efforts exerted by the State of Qatar on the path of transforming into a smart country, in addition to pitching a number of investment opportunities to global companies and delegations to contribute to these efforts. This high-profile event year is one of the largest in the world concerned with the sectors of investment and economy. It is organized by the Roscongress Foundation of Russia. It will witness the participation of a number of their excellencies Heads of States, senior political and economic officials, in addition to representatives of leading Russian and international companies and multiple business leaders from around the world.

HE the Minister Meets with Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation
Friday, June 4, 2021
HE the Minister Meets with Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation

Doha –Minister of Transport and Communications HE Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti met today with Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Maxut Igorevich Shadayev at the sidelines of the activities of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) which runs in the period from June 2 to June 5.The meeting discussed aspects of cooperation between the two friendly countries in the field of communication and information technology and means of further enhancing them. The two officials also discussed a number of matters of common interest between the two friendly countries.The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) is participating in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) as part of the State of Qatar’s Pavilion at the Forum.MOTC’s participation in the Pavilion comes within the framework of its keenness to enhance and develop economic relation ties and partnership with the Russian Federation, in addition to highlighting the investment opportunities that the country provides in the fields of transportation and information and communication technology, something which can contribute to attracting more foreign direct investments and boosting the State of Qatar’s competitive standing in the region and outside of it.The Smart Qatar Program (TASMU), the Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail), Qatar Navigation (Milaha), Mwani Qatar, the Qatar Aeronautical Academy and Hamad International Airport are participating in the Forum under the umbrella of the Ministry. 

MOTC Calls for Entries for “World Summit Awards 2021"
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
MOTC Calls for Entries for “World Summit Awards 2021"

Doha – QatarThe Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) is now accepting applications at the national level for the “World Summit Awards 2021”.Companies, institutions and individuals across the country are now invited to join the competition by submitting their best digital content applications to compete in eight award categories, with winners representing Qatar at the world level. Applications will be accepted until July 1st, 2021.The eight award categories are government & citizen engagement, health & wellbeing, environment & green energy, business & commerce, learning & education, culture & tourism, smart settlements & urbanization, and inclusion & empowerment.A National Pre-Selection Committee, established by Qatar’s national expert Ms. Reem Al-Mansoori, MOTC Assistant Undersecretary of Digital Society Development Affairs, will assess the submissions and select one qualified project for each category to represent Qatar.The international competition involves four stages: from local country selection to the WSA online Jury followed by the WSA Grand Jury and then the final stage which is the WSA global congress.  Jury panels consist of renowned international experts. Winners will be announced to the public and will be invited to the WSA Global Congress where they will have the opportunity to pitch their projects to an international on-site panel.All submissions must be no more than two years old (after January 1, 2019) when submitted to the competition. Submissions can contain digital content applications with a clear impact on society, such as: apps, webpages, applications for wearables, kiosk installations, SMS based products, mobile games and interactive mobile productions. There is no limitation regarding the platforms or channels the projects work with.All submissions have to be launched products. No drafts, prototypes, demonstrations or unfinished projects can be accepted. The solution needs to prove that it is a working product and demonstrate local impact. Incomplete trial versions will not be accepted and will be automatically eliminated.All submitters to WSA have to abide by the rules and regulations mentioned in the UN Declaration on Human Rights. Submissions therefore which encourage war, the exercise of violence, fraud, racism or discrimination will not be accepted and eliminated. Similarly, submissions that violate international copyright provisions will be excluded.Those interested in joining the competition are invited to send detailed information on their entry to MOTC via email: wsa@motc.gov.qa . For further details of rules and regulations please visit  https://wsa-global.org/contest/ .The World Summit Awards (WSA) is an international competition that selects and promotes the world’s best start-ups in digital content and innovative applications that are having a significant impact on improving society. Combining an ongoing series of international events and activities with a global network of start-ups, social entrepreneurs, mentors, jurors, speakers, experts, government leaders, academics and civil society, WSA seeks to raise awareness and give recognition to the best digital content applications with a clear impact on society, produced around the world.

TIR goes live in Qatar boosting Middle East trade
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
TIR goes live in Qatar boosting Middle East trade

Brussels – DohaThe TIR system has gone live in Qatar, boosting the country’s position as a strategic transport and trading partner and driving more efficient transport routes in the Gulf region.With Qatar set to host a series of major international events in the coming years, including the 2022 FIFA World Cup, TIR will help speed up supply chains, ensuring the secure and timely delivery of goods and services to and from the state.TIR, the only global transit system, allows goods to be transported from one country to another, via transit countries if needed, in sealed load compartments that are controlled by customs via a multilateral, mutually recognised and UN-backed system.With Qatar, five (Name the countries) out of six Gulf Cooperation Council member states are now running TIR. Transport operators, shippers and business users will benefit from faster, less expensive and more secure transport and trade routes between Qatar and its trading partners in the region and beyond. In addition to moving goods by road, TIR is proven to be an excellent transport and trade facilitation tool for multimodal integrated transports including roll-on roll-off, container shipments and rail.IRU worked in close collaboration with Qatar’s Ministry of Transport and Communications, General Authority of Customs and the IRU member the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to implement the TIR system in the country. On this occasion, Minister of Transport and Communications HE Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti, said:“Deploying the TIR system in Qatar is a step forward for linking Qatar’s transport system regionally and globally with a view to increasing trade exchange and supporting economic exchange between countries and this will back our work on developing a sustainable land transportation in addition to cementing the relations between Qatar and UN organisations in the field of transport.“Putting the TIR Convention in motion will support the Ministry’s plans for making Qatar a vital transit point consistent with its strategic location, and in such a way that contributes to supporting the localisation and development of the national industry in the area of logistics services. Transport with the TIR system is one of the most important investment attraction factors in the area of logistics services and all other relevant industries.“The TIR system supports developing a multimodal transport sector and streamlines the transit of goods, in addition to other preferential features related to facilitating trade, reducing costs and time of freight to and from Qatar. All these are fundamental factors for achieving the Qatar National Vision 2030.” IRU Secretary General Umberto de Pretto said:“IRU congratulates Qatar in achieving this important trade milestone. We are proud to support Qatar in reaching its 2030 National Vision for sustainable trade as well as driving economic and social development. This important development will help drive a successful FIFA World Cup next year. IRU will continue working closely with the Qatari authorities and all TIR users to keep driving trade in the Middle East and beyond.” HE Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Jamal, Chairman of the General Authority of Customs, said:“The activation of international road transport under TIR in the State of Qatar comes within the framework of the importance of developing and strengthening cooperation links between member states in the field of international road transport, and removing restrictions and obstacles in this field, as it aims to facilitate the movement of goods by road to the fullest extent possible, and at the same time maintain security and customs duties for the countries through which the goods transported under this system pass.“This cooperation between neighbouring countries is conducive to reducing the cost of exports and lowering the price of goods in Qatar, as well as decreasing the time of arrival of imports by up to 92%, and ensuring that goods reach their final destination with the highest security standards.“The General Authority of Customs works together with the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry, being the TIR guarantor within the State of Qatar, which is responsible for issuing TIR carnets as a guarantee for customs duties and taxes on goods exported from the State of Qatar, as well as a guarantee for customs duties and taxes for goods in transit until their exit from the state’s territory, in accordance with the provisions of the guarantee agreement signed between the two parties in Geneva in 2019.“The General Authority of Customs has organised a training programme in cooperation with IRU, within the framework of preparing to activate the TIR Convention in Qatar with the aim to train the agencies involved in handling TIR.“The programme included training courses to prepare trainers at the General Authority of Customs, as well as training the employees of FAHES, the company in charge of approving TIR vehicles and issuing certificates of vehicles approval.” HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani, Chairman of the Qatar Chamber of Commerce & Industry, said:“The activation of TIR system in the State of Qatar will streamline the movement of trade and minimise transport and shipping costs for traders and facilitate transport of goods and commodities.“The Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry is the TIR national guaranteeing and issuing association in Qatar and it has worked to raise the awareness of the Qatari private sector about the importance of this system in reducing the cost of exports, ensuring the delivery of goods to final destinations with highest security standards, decreasing the time spent on the delivery of imports, stressing that these benefits will contribute to reducing commodity prices in Qatar.”

MOTC Participates in St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in the Russian Federation
Monday, May 31, 2021
MOTC Participates in St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in the Russian Federation

Doha –The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) is participating in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) as part of the State of Qatar’s Pavilion at the Forum, which runs in the period from June 2 to June 5 under the auspices of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.MOTC’s participation in the Pavilion of the State of Qatar as the Guest Country at SPIEF in its 24th edition, comes within the framework of its keenness to enhance and develop economic relation ties and partnership with the Russian Federation, in addition to highlighting the investment opportunities that the country provides in the fields of transportation and information and communication technology, something which can contribute to attracting more foreign direct investments and boosting the State of Qatar’s competitive standing in the region and outside of it.The Smart Qatar Program (TASMU), the Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail), Qatar Navigation (Milaha), Mwani Qatar, the Qatar Aeronautical Academy and Hamad International Airport will participate in the Forum under the umbrella of the Ministry. The Forum will provide an ideal platform for these companies for the exchange of expertise between the two friendly countries.On this occasion, the Minister of Transport and Communications His Excellency Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti said, “Qatar has made enormous progress in the field of digital transformation and digital services using innovative initiatives and programs such as the Smart Qatar Program (TASMU) with the Ministry of Transport and Communications for building a diversified national economy and keeping pace with the latest digital skills toward building a smart Qatar, and, in addition to that, the country has taken notable steps in improving its global connection with world-class sea, land and air facilities.”His Excellency the Minister added, “The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is a very important global event and during our participation we are looking forward to working with our Russian counterparts to enhance the means of bilateral cooperation between the two countries in addition to shedding light on the investment opportunities that the country provides in the fields of transportation and information and communication technology.”The TASMU Program will showcase the efforts exerted by the State of Qatar on the path of transforming into a smart country, in addition to pitching a number of investment opportunities to global companies and delegations to contribute to these efforts.The TASMU Program has identified more than 100 opportunities that will be available for investment and cooperation during the next four years across the entire scope of work of the Program. Participating delegates will be able to view a number of these opportunities such as participating in developing the Symptom Tracker, the Athlete Performance Dashboard and the Livestock Monitoring & Analytics. These opportunities revolve around developing smart solutions and applications to address the national challenges in the key sectors using advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Big Data Analytics and other advanced technologies.The TASMU Program will also review, with the participating delegates, the TASMU Central Platform, which represents a one-of-its-kind solution in the field of developing smart cities, in addition to more than 20 opportunities that are available for cooperation in the field of providing consultancy and technical expertise during 2021 for supporting the TASMU Program’s 23 initiatives at the national level, including initiatives for developing the digital skills of workforce in the State of Qatar, Digital Inclusion and the Smart Qatar Policies and Standards, and other necessary initiatives that guarantee the transformation of the State of Qatar into a smart country as efficiently and rapidly as required.This high-profile event year is one of the largest fora in the world concerned with the sectors of investment and economy. It is organized by the Roscongress Foundation of Russia. It will witness the participation of a number of their excellencies Heads of States, senior political and economic officials, in addition to representatives of leading Russian and international companies and multiple business leaders from around the world.

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