Citizens were satisfied with all of these measures because the procedures
were streamlined and simplified.
14. With the spread of Covid-19, the need to use modern technologies by the
Social Welfare Directorate in communicating with beneficiaries in all
sectors increased. In the years 2020 and 2021, the number of children
benefiting from the helpline and support for children subjected to violence
have reached (100) cases, whilst the number of children subjected to
violence and benefited from the Child Protection Center have reached
(594) cases during the same period.
15. Moreover, an online correspondence system with the Ministry of Justice,
Islamic Affairs and Endowments has been introduced in which letters and
reports on children's cases are received and sent to Sharia courts, Batelco
Home and the Child Protection Center. Appropriate programs and smart
phone applications have been used to disseminate awareness and offer
lectures, seminars and training courses, such as (Microsoft Teams Zoom) for all awareness lectures at the Child Protection Center and all the
(15) day homes and clubs.
Section Two: Services provided by the Authority of Information and eGovernment
1. The process of digital transformation in the labor and employment sector
is centered on two axes, namely, the government employee, and job
seekers. The Government has provided (17) electronic services for
government employees, for example, employment application for the civil
service, viewing the employment file, and issuing salary or service
certificates. As for job seekers, (7) electronic services have been provided,
consisting of registering job seekers, updating their files, submitting an
employment application, searching for job vacancies, registering in a
training program for job seekers, and providing unemployment insurance
for job seekers. The number of beneficiaries of the services available
online for the labor and employment sector reached approximately
(255,000) individuals.
2. Regarding the services related to employment rights, approximately (9)
services were transformed electronically, namely: Pension services,
services for the insured, national workforce services, wages and
settlements services, employer services, payment and billing services,
labor complaints services, follow-up the status of complaints and
suggestions service, and finally, workplace injury registration service and
health care.
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