iGA to add social media streaming, poll, and other services to portal | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

iGA to add social media streaming, poll, and other services to portal | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

The Information and eGovernment Authority is looking forward to further enhancing the capabilities of the national portal (Bahrain. bh) by adding more services. The current announcement follows the launch of the beta version of the portal in July this year. At that time, iGA had said that the beta version was part of Phase One, and the gradual revamp would continue until early 2022. The new tender document says the authority is “looking to provide better eParticipation platform over the national portal by incorporating live streaming of social media in an effective way within (Bahrain. bh).” iGA also wants to make the platform livelier by adding “polls and surveys platform” and “a subscribe application to handle the full process of website subscription mechanism.” Besides, the authority intends to add a blog platform and allow all government entities to manage the blog topics. All these will work towards creating “an effective eParticipation platform under Bahrain’s National portal ( Bahrain.bh),” the authority said. The tender launched by iGA also calls for completing the works in a year time. During the July launch, iGA Chief Executive, Mohammed Ali Al Qaed, had said the portal’s design, services, and features will be gradually developed over