Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Description
Management of water and soil.

Targets
Ggathering, analyzing and distributing geographical data related to Bahrain’s soil to support Bahrain’s agriculture.

Our Relation to the SDG

• Launched the ‘Soil Mapping Project’.
• Provide geographical (GIS) data for national projects.

Our Achievements

• Soil Mapping Project which presents geographical maps by analyzing satellite images and relying on remote sensing techniques and field surveys.

Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation


Description
Investment in digital infrastructure to provide technological solutions for industrialization and innovation.

Targets

• Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, focusing on affordable and equitable access for all.

Our Relation to the SDG

• Enable access to government services on various digital channels.
• Provide infrastructure for digital government services.

Our Achievements

• Partnership with Amazon Web Services to provide cloud infrastructure in Bahrain.
• Establish new digital policies for the Kingdom.
• New version of the National Portal Bahrain.bh with personalization features.

Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development


Description
Establish a Partnership for Sustainable Development.

Targets

• Facilitate and organize access to science, technology and innovation.

Our Relation to the SDG

• Planning, designing, organizing and managing the ICT central government network that connects the Information & eGovernment Authority network along with the external network of the other government entities’ telecommunications and services.

Our Achievements

• Establish a new digital government policies, eParticiption policy, and open government data policy for the Kingdom.
• Guide and assist government entities in migrating servers to the cloud.