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Netways successfully participated as a Gold Sponsor at the Microsoft Experience event, which took place on December 12th, 2012 at the Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut. The company’s new branding proved a huge success among participants who visited Netways’ booth alongside the summit and was eager to know more about Netways’ offerings.

Netways successfully concluded its participation in the Gitex Technology Week, the world’s premier technology event in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia region, which took place from 14th to 18th of October 2012 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Dubai, UAE.The event attracted more than 138000 ICT Professionals from 144 countries and demonstrated an increase in the volume and quality of buyers and C-level executives who visited Gitex this year. During the five days event, Netways has succeeded to increase its brand awareness and establish a deep knowledge of its offerings among local and regional professionals.

The event gathered many technology professionals and key players in the IT industry who discovered and experienced the latest technologies from Microsoft and its strategic Partners. The event provided tailored sessions revolving around technologies offered to the Finance, Retail, Education and Telecom sectors in addition to a special track for developers.

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Netways Continues to Expand its Business with New Major Deals & Events in the Region » Page 2

Netways Empowers Customers’ Efficiency with Successful Go Live Projects » Page 4

Netways Signs New Strategic Partnerships » Page 5

Events & Ceremonies » Page 6

Success Stories » Page 7

Arabic News » Page 8

Netways Successfully Participated at the Gitex Technology Week 2012

Netways Expands its Success with Major Events & Deals in the Region

Netways Reveals its New Branding during the Microsoft Experience Event 2013

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Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, a worldwide provider of comprehensive risk management, compliance, finance and audit solutions for the financial services industry, has organized in collaboration with Netways, the “Integrated Finance, Risk and Compliance: Empowering forward-thinking financial institutions” Seminar in UAE and Lebanon.

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Wolters Kluwer organizes in collaboration with Netways the Integrated Finance, Risk and Compliance” Seminar.

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Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, a worldwide provider of comprehensive risk management, compliance, finance and audit solutions for the financial services industry, has organized in collaboration with Netways, a leading provider of consultancy and high-quality business technology solutions to government and organizations in all industries, the “Integrated Finance, Risk and Compliance: Empowering forward-thinking financial institutions” Seminar in UAE and Lebanon.The half day seminar is part of the Middle East Roadshow which Wolters Kluwer Financial Services is organizing in collaboration with its partners exclusively for financial institutions in the Middle East during January and February 2013.The seminar showcased a great success among participants and has empowered today’s forward-looking financial institutions with the needed knowledge and tools to deal with the complex regulations that they need to comply with over the next few years: Basel III and accounting regulations including IFRS. In addition, the seminar has provided insight in how banks can build advanced internal reporting tools which will provide higher management with strategic insight in the bank’s performance. The financial institutions attending have acquired a better understanding of how they can comply with these requirements, and how to be prepared

In support of Etisalat Group’s business productivity enhancement plans, an initiative has been put together in order to build an automated e-Memo solution where users would be able to submit memorandums for approval and review it in an electronic format. This initiative will minimize costs and improve operational efficiency. Users will be able to connect and contribute within a secure and intuitive technology platform while following industry best practices for such platforms. From a technology perspective, the solution was an extension to the Intranet portal built by Netways on top of Microsoft SharePoint.Forms within the e-Memo solution were builtusing InfoPath, another technology provided by Microsoft that seamlessly integrates with SharePoint. The main target of the e-memo project was to showcase how existing and familiar technologies can improve productivity.

Wolters Kluwer organizes in collaboration with Netways the Integrated Finance, Risk and Compliance” Seminar.

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ADNOC Distribution Selects Netways to streamline Project and Portfolio Management

ADNOC Distribution has chosen Netways to implement an Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solution. Netways Portfolio and Project Management Unit is pioneer in providing Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solutions, with an integrated framework of capabilities from consultancy practices to implementation know-how and professional expertise. Netways has completed many successful implementations of Microsoft EPM in its regional portfolio ranging from basic implementations to advanced custom solutions. The main objectives from this implementation are to reduce costs, increase transparency and accountability, and ensure that the organization is executing projects on time and within the allocated budget. As a first phase, the project is intended to cater to a limited group of users; however ADNOC Distribution plans on rolling out the implementation to the whole organization. This is to ensure the highest return on investment from one side and also to guarantee that the organization as a whole follows standard project management practices within a homogeneous technology environment.

for any further upcoming complex regulations.The sessions in UAE and Lebanon were very interactive and gathered many professionals from several leading banks and financial institutions. The participants were very interested to learn more about Netways & Wolters Kluwer offerings and requested additional one on one meetings and demos.Commenting on the seminar, Jean Moussa, Regional Manager at Netways said: “This seminar was a good opportunity for banks to learn how they can tackle their financial and risk challenges with one integrated solution. Our offerings in partnership with Wolters Kluwer will help financial institutions improve strategic insight through advanced internal reporting tools.”

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Etisalat Group Reduces Paper-based Memos and Approvals by Implementing its New E-Memo Solution Based on SharePoint

Etisalat E-Memo Portal

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Dubai Aluminum (DUBAL) Partners with Netways to Implement its Employee Portal

New Wins

The Lebanese American University (LAU) Partners with Netways for its new Student Management Portal

The Lebanese American University (LAU), one of the leading private higher education institutions in Lebanon, has chosen Netways among several providers to build its new Student Management Portal by integrating information, people, processes and resources across institutional boundaries.The portal will be integrated with the existing systems already implemented at LAU. The solution will be built on Microsoft SharePoint 2010 offering the below features for students: Login to the portal and subscribe to courses. Display courses details. Login to student university e-mail through the portal. Pay online the tuition fees. Display a section for alumni. Display LAU News, Announcements & Events.

Dubai Aluminum (Dubal) is an organization of thousands of employees that realizes the true value of an integrated knowledge-centric community. For that reason, Dubal aims to leverage existing investments and knowledge in SharePoint technologies by implementing aSharePoint 2010 Employee Portal with the intent to increase employee productivity and effectiveness by consolidating and enhancing communication channels, lower information delivery costs with electronic search capabilities, and finally boost employee knowledge in different areas of the work environment. The portal caters to core departments at Dubal with the following features:

First Gulf Bank Enhances Internal Communications

One of the key strategic objectives of First Gulf Bank (FGB) is to leverage people and knowledge by creating an internal environment that supports knowledge sharing and collaboration. Being located in about 6 countries and having around 2,500 employees, this is not a simple task. To support this objective, FGB has chosen to work with Netways in order to study business requirements and implement SharePoint technology to create such an environment.The purpose of the project is to increase employee awareness about FGB, promote information sharing, boost collaboration and support team work, share content and documents, automate business processes and deliver a state of the art enterprise search capability.This is considered as the first step in creating a knowledge-centric community and FGB plans on maximizing the return on investment by getting the most out of the technology.

Kahramaa Upgrades its SharePoint Portals with Netways

After the huge success of implementing Kahramaa, Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation, Internet, Intranet and Extranet portals built on Microsoft SharePoint 2007 that won in 2009 the best GCC website award for E-Services, Netways has been selected again to upgrade Kahramaa portals from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010 using a new design and logical architecture.The upgrade will be implemented based on Netways Information Cube Methodology that describes the interaction between People, Technology and Processes.The Internet portal will enable Qatari citizens to easily check their electricity and water consumption and manage it properly, view and pay their bills online, and stay updated on Kahramaa latest news through connecting to Kahramaa’s social networking communities on Facebook and Twitter.One major addition in the new project is the mobile-friendly site. Netways will make the internet portal available through mobile devices with a very user-friendly interface in order to view and use all services in the online portal. Through the portal, citizens will be able to: Check electricity & water consumption online. View and pay the bill online. Stay connected to Khahramaa’s social networking communities on Facebook and Twitter. Access the portal via Mobile.

Unified brand across all Dubal departments Advanced content management Intuitive departmental Sites Built-in collaboration capabilities Knowledge Sharing & Retention Advanced social engagement tools Enterprise Search Complete integration of Outlook online Personalization Informative dashboards Self-Services Quick Links Meeting Rooms management Large file uploads Contact management News and events Project information management Alerts and notifications And many more

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Netways has successfully implemented “Zajel” the Kingdom’s e-messaging national project that recently won the United Nations Public Service Award (UNPSA) for the Integrated Workflow Management System (IWMS).Zajel is one of the eGovernment Authorityinitiatives to help establish electronic correspondence, enhance G2G communications and improve the exchange of information and services across various ministries and governmental entities. Zajel will be used to automate and archive correspondences between the ministries and several governmental bodies. The government of Bahrain was honored by the United Nations for its Workflow Management System, fully designed, developed and implemented by Netways. The ceremony was held on the 25th of June 2012 at the UN General Assembly headquarters in New York marking the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Public Service Award (UNPSA).

communication. In support of Emirates Aluminum (EMAL) business productivity enhancement plans, an initiative has been put together in order to build an automated e-Memo solution where users would be able to submit memorandums for approval and review it electronically. This initiative will enable EMAL to reduce the amount of paper and time spent processing these memos and to minimize costs and improve operational efficiency. Users would be able to connect and contribute within a secure and intuitive technology platform while following industry best practices for such platforms. As the result of this project, EMAL will be able to:

Al Gihaz was looking to implement an information framework that constitute a communication channel between Al Gihaz and the external audience through an Intranet portal that will automate the process and will allow a transparency of information for the power users and Al Gihaz executives.The Intranet portal implemented by Netways and built on top of Microsoft SharePoint 2010 will help improve Al Gihaz organizational effectiveness by providing comprehensive content management and enterprise search, accelerating shared business processes, and facilitating information-sharing across boundaries for better business insight. The solution consisted of the following areas: Intranet Portal, Procurement process workflow, RightFax, Microsoft Dynamics Great Plain Project Accounting, Human Resources Processes, Business Intelligence and Dashboards.

Sanabil Investments is a closed joint stock company, wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund with its headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Sanabil Investments seeks to realize sustainable superior returns based on long-term investment strategies. Sanabil Investments selected Netways to revamp its existing IT infrastructure into a flexible and reliable platform that can support the company future growth and expansion. The main objective of this investment is to:

Sanabil needed to transform its basic infrastructure into a reliable and flexible platform that can meet the organization business requirements and open new ways of doing business. The new infrastructure would be easy to manage and the information would be adequately protected.Netways has implemented a complete end-to end enterprise solution to Sanabil based on more than 20 products from Microsoft that has transformed Sanabil infrastructure into a more effective platform that facilitates business collaboration and productivity.Sanabil was awarded an ISO 27001 certification for its primary and Disaster Recovery Site operations after the Australian company ISC Pty Ltd conducted an audit on Sanabil in June 2012. Sanabil is the 16th ISO 27001 certified company in Saudi Arabia.

Mohammed Ali Al-Qaed, Chief Executive Officer of the e-Government Authority received the award on behalf of the e-Government Authority.The First phase of the project has successfully started between the various governments agencies offering a highly secured and protection levels which are the most important aspects associated with the operation system Zajel.Netways has strategically contributed in the development of the system which is a pioneering initiative to create an electronic environment for national correspondence, working to transform the processes and means related to the circulation of official correspondence between the various parties. The system offers an enhanced security and confidentiality options that will speed and improve the effectiveness of those correspondences.

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Netways and Zajel Sucess Story at the eGovernment Authority (EGA) of Bahrain

Al Gihaz Holding Goes Live with its Portal and Business Process Automation Solution

Sanabil Investments Revamps its Complete Infrastructure with Netways

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Avoid data redundancy due to having multiple copies of the same content.

Save costs and time by relying on electronic forms.

Adapt to business process changes easily. Maintain a familiar look & feel to enhance

usability. Reduce human-error by relying on electronic

forms instead of paper forms. Enter process data only once. Intuitively and easily track the business

processes.

Facilitate and empower a Unified Communication environment.

Increase collaboration and reduce paperwork.Automate the organization internal workflow

business processes.Enable content management capabilities.Allow integration and reporting capabilities.

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Emirates Aluminum (EMAL) Goes Live with its E-MEMO System

EMAL, an international aluminum supplier based in Abu Dhabi, has partnered with Netways to automate its MEMO

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Strategic Partnerships

Netways, a leading global provider of business technology solutions to government and organizations in multiple industries, is proud to announce its partnership with Dundas the innovative provider of data visualization and dashboard solutions, based in Canada.Being a top regional player providing consultancy and IT enterprise solutions, including Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse, Netways will offer local support to a worldwide client base using Dundas technology to assist enterprises in creating dashboards and other useful visualization. The partnership between Dundas and Netways will provide Dundas with a larger foothold in the Middle Eastern market, where the majority of Netways clients reside,

and will strengthen Netways with a market differentiator in the region.Dundas and Netways partnership will create an unbeatable offering combining the right technologies and market expertise that will provide Netways’ customers with strong business intelligence visualizations tools and dashboards for better decision making. With this new partnership, both Dundas and Netways will collaborate to expand their reach and provide the best possible service in the market using high class visualizations and dashboards.“Dundas is very excited by this new partnership and the opportunities that will rise from this collaboration”, said Scott Benzie, Sales Director at

Dundas. He further added: “Our understanding of data visualizations combined with Netways’ ability to connect millions of people through technology should be beneficial to all parties involved”. Commenting on this partnership, Jean Moussa, Regional Manager at Netways added: “This strategic partnership with Dundas demonstrates Netways commitment to deliver value-added services to its customers while providing them with an end-to-end enterprise solution that will empower executives and decision makers with comprehensive and meaningful dashboards. With Dundas visualizations and dashboards, our customers can achieve effective decisions by better understanding their data”.

Netways and Dundas Sign a Strategic Partnership Agreement for Data Visualization

Netways Signs New Strategic Partnerships

Netways the leading provider of business technology and e-government solutions, signs a strategic partnership agreement with Wolters Kluwer – FinArch, a market leader in risk and compliance solutions, based in the Netherlands.Wolters Kluwer Financial Services provides more than 15,000 financial organizations worldwide with audit, risk and compliance solutions to help them improve efficiency and effectiveness across their enterprise. In July 2012, the company acquired FinArch, a leading provider of integrated finance, risk and performance measurement solutions that enable financial

institutions to manage, measure and report all financial activities and business risk. Netways’ offers Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse solutions to organizations in multiple industries including leading banks and financial institutions. This partnership will provide Netways’ customers with risk, capital management and compliance solution with an extensive range of functionality to address the requirements of Basel II and III, and other risk-related performance measurement ratios. Moreover, through this partnership Netways will empower Wolters Kluwer – FinArch expansion in the region and will offer local support to the

company global customer database. New business opportunities will arise for Wolters Kluwer – FinArch from this collaboration especially in the Middle East and Gulf region, where Netways’ business is focused.Wolters Kluwer – FinArch compliance solutions enable banks and financial institutions to meet regulatory demands for stricter compliance by offering standard and certified regulatory reporting functions, based on pre-defined reporting templates including Basel II and III compliance reporting and IFRS compliance reporting.This strategic partnership showcases Netways’ commitment to deliver end-to-end enterprise solution to its customers by combining its expertise with worldwide market leaders in the financial and risk management industry.

Netways Partners with Wolters Kluwer – FinArch for Risk and Compliance Solutions

Netways Signs a Strategic Partnership Agreement with USEK University in Lebanon

Netways the leading provider of business technology solutions to government and organizations in multiple industries today announced that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with

The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), one of the leading private universities in Lebanon to enable the university to embrace the newest innovations in business process management and workflow automation.Under this agreement, Netways will provide USEK with its best-of-breed Business Process Management (BPM) System, “Flowon”, to automate the internal workflows and processes of the university. Netways will also deliver an educational license for Flowon where this tool will be delivered as a course in the curriculum of the DESS students at USEK. This initiative will create new opportunities for

USEK scholars and will extend their career scope. Commenting on this strategic partnership, Ziad Eid, IT Director at USEK said, “We are glad USEK partnered today with Netways”. “The basis of our partnership strategy approach is that we both provide and promote technology, to develop the required knowledge and skills for the Lebanese future generation”. This strategic collaboration will significantly benefit USEK as Flowon is a workflow automation tool that can address the complexity of automating internal processes through an intuitive, collaborative, secure, and code-free web interface. One of Flowon main goals is to empower organizations by increasing their agility to respond to the rising demand of users.

About USEK

The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) is a private Catholic higher education institution founded by the Lebanese Maronite Order (LMO).

It is, thus, the first university which was established upon a Lebanese initiative & by Lebanese citizens. (in this case by the LMO monks). From that moment, these monks, who had been entrusted with a teaching mission for more than three centuries, have undertaken the management of USEK. Their remit was to provide university teaching, in conformity with the requirements of the labor market and in close association with scientific research. Being a national institution, USEK has brought its teachings and curricula into line with the official requirements of the Lebanese state, which acknowledges the diplomas it delivers.Furthermore, USEK remains careful in achieving synthesis of tradition and modernism in the educational options it offers, while remaining true to a Christian humanism, which is imprinted on the overall education.

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Netways successfully participated as a Gold Sponsor at the Microsoft Experience event, which took place on December 12th, 2012 at the Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut. The company’s new branding proved a huge success among participants who visited Netways’ booth alongside the summit and was eager to know more about Netways’ offerings. The event gathered many technology professionals and key players in the IT industry who discovered and experienced the latest technologies from Microsoft and its strategic Partners. The event provided tailored sessions revolving around technologies offered to the Finance, Retail, Education and Telecom sectors in addition to a special track for developers. During the event Netways has succeeded to increase brand awareness and establish a profound knowledge of its latest solutions among professionals. Netways also offered a Free Consultancy prize through a draw organized at the company’s booth.

Netways Reveals its New Branding at the Microsoft Experience Event

Netways Successfully Participated at the Gitex Technology Week 2012

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The event included a series of presentations from Microsoft and its Partners where Netways’ experts have presented within the Business Insight session for the Finance sector showcasing its expertise in the domain and in the Future of Productivity and Collaboration session introducing “Netways Live” solutions for the Retail sector.

Netways successfully concluded its participation in the Gitex Technology Week, the world’s premier technology event in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia region, which took place from 14th to 18th of October 2012 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Dubai, UAE.The event attracted more than 138000 ICT Professionals from 144 countries and demonstrated an increase in the volume and quality of buyers and C-level executives who visited Gitex this year.During the five days event, Netways has succeeded to increase its brand awareness and establish a deep knowledge of its offerings among local and regional professionals.

As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Netways has exhibited within Microsoft booth where it has unveiled Flowon and Netways Automation Platform (NAP), the company’s new solutions for workflow and business process management automation. The products revealed a great success within government and organizations in multiple industries which visited Netways stand and were keen to know more about these solutions.Moreover, Netways also showcased its comprehensive Document Management and e-Correspondence solutions within Kodak booth, as part of its strategic partnership with Kodak. Netways and Kodak offerings cater the needs of government and institutions wishing to optimize the management of their electronic documents.During the conference, Netways booths were regularly visited by industry experts and prospects and have seen a lot of interested from visitors eager to understand how Netways can Bring IT All Together with measurable business value.Live demonstrations were conducted during Gitex allowing leads to experience the true value of Netways offerings.

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Success Stories

Opening of Beit Mellet Training Technology Center in Akkar

Congratulations to the ADAHI Support Team for a Successful Hajj Operation 1433H

Success Stories

As part of Netways’ Social Responsibility initiatives, we have the pleasure to announce the opening of a Training Technology Center in Beit Mellet, Akkar – North Lebanon in collaboration with the Lebanese International Business Council (LIBC), Koudourat and Netways, in order to spread awareness among the community in Akkar on the necessity and importance of technology. The opening ceremony was held on Saturday 15th of September in Beit Mellet Municipality in Akkar

The ADAHI website (www.adahi.org) powered by Netways and managed by the Islamic Development Bank, enables the collection of ADAHI bills easily and quickly across all banks channels including ATM, Online Banking, Banks Phone Channels and SADAD Agents. The ‘Saudi Project for Utilization of Hajj Meat’ was established by the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with a noble purpose to realise Shari’ah objectives of Hajj and to enable Muslims Pilgrims to benefit from their Hajj and its rituals. The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia entrusted the management of this project to the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), which started its operations in 1403H. The Islamic Development Bank has previously assigned and awarded the website development,

payement gateway integration, hosting and support to Netways as their Technology Solutions Partner. This year was a very successful year in terms of orders where the amount of work has doubled with the online confirmed/paid orders increasing by more than 50% as compared to last year. However, Netways ADAHI support team showed an exceptional support and dedication to this project during Haj season by working day and night without any vacation to achieve this success. IDBG President has personally thanked Netways for the dedication provided during that period. In his recent interview with CNBC Arabia, he has shared his satisfaction over the website and its operations.

and gathered several political, religious, social and media representatives from across the country. Netways’ Management has closely collaborated with the Lebanese International Business Council (LIBC) to finance the project and with Koudourat a non-profit organization to successfully launch this training center in Akkar. In addition, Netways will be running and operating the Beit Mellet Training Technology Center, providing courses and hands-on to the community in Akkar, to spread the knowledge and strengthen the capacity of rural people to engage in Information Technology and Communications that can lead to the creation of new job opportunities and reduce unemployment in the region. The ceremony included a speech by Jean Moussa, Regional Manager at Netways, who stated that this Technology Training Center will contribute to the development of the community in Beit Mellet and that Netways is looking forward to transfer its experience and expertise to the

young generation in Akkar, willing to learn the capabilities of technology and succeed through globalization. He added that Netways will be recruiting as a first step 20 persons from the region and will train them so they can transfer the knowledge and culture of technology to the people in Akkar and open new centers later one in other regions. The opening ceremony was followed by a lunch in the village of Gebrayel, sponsored by Netways. After lunch, a tour was organized to the “Awafi” organic farms in Gebrayel and to some touristic and archeological sites. The opening ceremony news was published on several media channels (newspapers, television stations, online publications, etc.) The center started its operations on Monday 26th of November where Netways has recruited a team of specialists that will be running the center and training the community in Akkar on the basics of Computer and Microsoft Office as well as courses related to the use of internet, HTML and social media.

Mrs. Roula Moussa receiving the award on behalf of the LIBC

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مركزًا »نتويز«، وشركة »قدرات« وجمعّية لألعمال اللبناني االغترابي المجلس مع بالتعاون مالت« »بيت بلدّية افتتحت المنطقة نّواب من كبير حشد البلدّية حضره ساحة في احتفال للمناسبة ُأقيم حيث البلدّية. مبنى في المعلوماتّية على للتدريب

وممّثليها وجمع من رؤساء البلدّيات والمخاتير والمشايخ واآلباء والراهبات، وحشد من أبناء المنطقة.بعد النشيد الوطني وكلمة عريف الحفل طوني توما، ألقى رئيس البلدّية ألبير الحاج كلمة تحّدث فيها عن أهمّية وجود مركز لمحو

األمّية المعلوماتّية، و»الذي قد ُيعطي فرصة للجميع لكسب علم يؤّدي إلى خلق فرص عمل«.بدوره، ألقى رئيس مجلس إدارة شركة »نتويز« جان موسى كلمة باسمه وباسم رئيس المجلس االغترابي اللبناني لألعمال نسيب فّواز، اعتبر فيها أّن »المشروع جاء نتيجة قناعة المغتربين اللبنانيين باإلسهام المباشر والعملي في تطوير بلدهم من خالل التنمية

الالمركزّية، وتحديدًا تعزيز قدرات أبناء الريف على االنخراط في تكنولوجيا المعلومات واالتصاالت«.تجدر اإلشارة إلى أّن شركة »نتويز« ستختار في البداية عشرين مدّربًا من عّكار، وستعمل على تأهيلهم ليصبحوا نواة لنشر

الثقافة وتعميم هذه التجربة على أبناء عّكار.بعدها، قّدم الحاج الدروع التقديرّية إلى كّل من فّواز ممثَّاًل بالسّيدة رلى موسى، جان موسى ورئيس جمعّية قدرات دال حّتي، وجرى توقيع بروتوكول التعاون بين األطراف المعنّية. ثّم ألقت رئيسة اّتحاد النساء العامالت في الشمال أسما مصطفى كلمة وعن مالت« »بيت في التدريب مركز عن فيها تحّدث لحّتي كلمة وكانت عّكار. في االستثمار إلى المستثمرين فيها دعت ثّم جال المركز افتتاح تّم قص شريط الختام، وفي المركز. هذا داخل العاجل القريب في فيها البدء المقّرر المهنّية الدورات

الحضور في أقسامه.

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488 ألف ميزانية »زاجل« وبدء المراسالت اإللكترونية مع 9 جهات

بواسطة شركة »نتويز«

كشف الرئيس التنفيذي لهيئة الحكومة اإللكترونية محمد القائد لموقع »األيام« )عدد ٨٥٩٦ ، ٢٢- ١٠ - ٢٠١٢( أن ميزانية مشروع نظام زاجل للمراسالت اإللكترونية الوطنية بلغت حوالي 4٨٨ ألف دينار. وأشار القائد في تصريح لـ »األيام« الى ان المرحلة األولى من النظام بدأت مع بداية دور االنعقاد الثالث للفصل التشريعي الثالث، بمشاركة ٩ جهات وطنية معنية بإطار العالقة بين السلطتين التشريعية والتنفيذية. وحول ما إذا كانت هناك احتماالت من اختراق النظام، أشار الرئيس التنفيذي لهيئة الحكومة اإللكترونية إلى أن »الجانب األمني وتحقيق أقصى قدر من الحماية للمعلومات فيه من أهم الجوانب المرتبطة بتشغيل نظام زاجل«.وتابع: أن بيئة النظام تعمل ضمن الشبكة الحكومية للمعلومات المركزي الجهاز بإشراف تعمل والتي GDN اآلمنةوتحتوي على منظومة متقدمة من الجوانب األمنية. وفي سياق متصل، ذكر أن نظام »زاجل« يتطلب صالحيات للدخول بحيث يكون لكل شخص مخول مجموعة معينة من البيانات التي يمكنه االطالع عليها بحسب صالحياته، فيما يوفر أيضا الخصائص األساسية المرتبطة بالنظم التقنية مثل التشفير، وجداول المتابعة، والجداول التاريخية. وذكر أنه تم تقييمه من قبل فريق فني مختص تكون من خبراء وفق المشروع في المشاركة والجهات الهيئة من ومستشارين ضوابط مجلس المناقصات، وتم االتفاق مع الشريك التقني لتطوير لشركة ذهبيا شريكا تعد التي »نتويز«، شركة وهي النظام

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نتويز« »شركة بيروت، في ١٩٩٦ عام افتتحها التي نتويز شركة عن في المتخّصصة الشركات أولى من واحدة إّنها موسى قال إلى االنترنت أدخلت شركة أّول وهي المعلوماتّية، مجال لبنان، ولديها فروع عديدة في كّل من كندا، دبي، االمارات جديد مكتب افتتاح تّم وأخيرًا الكويت السعودّية، العربّية،

لها في األردن.متخصصة أنها موسى قال »نتويز«، خدمات أبرز عن »أتمتة« من خالل أي االلكترونّية«، »الحكومة مجال في الكترونّية، حيث إلى عملها ومستنداتها وتحويلها من ورقّية مكان من الرسمّية معامالته إنجاز الفرد بإمكان يصبح األمر هذا أّن كما السفر، ومشّقة عناء يتكّبد فال إقامته، على أكثر ويشّجعه وطنه إلى بانتمائه الفرد شعور يعّزز اللبنانّية الحكومات تعاطي مستوى عن فيه«. االستثمار المتعاقبة مع هذا الموضوع، أجاب موسى: »الحكومات في أولوّية، أكثر تعتبرها أخرى ألمور ميزانّيات ترصد لبنان القادرة لألتمتة ألّنها تكون أن األولوّية يجب أّن أجد لكّنني على وتشجيعه لبنان األّول وطنه في المغترب تثبيت على والمصانع الشركات افتتاح على تحّثه كما فيه، االستثمار

للوطن«. كبيرة ربحّية بفائدة تعود التي من المساعدات بعض اللبنانّية الدولة »تتلّقى وأضاف: الرسمّية، الدوائر عمل أتمتة أجل من األوروبي االّتحاد أّن باعتبار اللبنانّية من بداًل أجنبّية شركات فيستقدمون األولى لديها خبرة أكبر!! لكّنني أعتبر أّن الشركات اللبنانّية وما ممتازة، خبرات ولديها المجال هذا في رائدة ُتعتبر أّن خاّصة ذلك، على دليل خير إال الخارج في مشاريعنا بمهارات ويتمّتعون عالية كفاءة ذوو هم موظفينا جميع الفروع في يعملون موظف ٥٠٠ عددهم ويبلغ واسعة، ومصرّية وأردنّية لبنانّية مختلفة جنسّيات من وهم كاّفة،

وغيرها«.

مكتبه، في موسى جان المهندس »المغترب« مجلة زارت المغترب بأرضه ووطنه، وعن فحّدثها عن االغتراب وعالقة

شركة »نتوايز« ومشروع »العوافي«، وكان اللقاء التالي:

»مشروع العوافي«»العوافي« مشروع عن »المغترب« لـ حديثه موسى بدأ اختار أّنه إلى مشيرًا بعد، الثاني عامه ُيكمل لم الذي الجديد كلمة »العوافي« عنوانًا لهذا المشروع ألّنها »تحمل في طّياتها معاني األلفة والمحّبة والروح البلدّية الطّيبة، وهي الكلمة التي ُنلقي بواسطتها التحّية على بعضنا بعضًا، كما ترمز إلى الصّحة الجّيدة والعافية«. وتابع: »بالرغم من اغتراب معظم أبنائها إال أّن بلدة »جبرايل« ما زالت تحافظ على طابعها القروي األصيل، فكان مصطلح »العوافي« خير تسمية لمشروع زراعي يعتمد في أسلوبه على الزراعة العضوّية، وهو أسلوب خاص للتعاطي مع الطبيعة والبيئة بدل التعامل ضّدها، فهذا النوع من الزراعة ال يعتمد على أّية إضافات كيميائّية أو هرمونّية، كما ال يسمح واألسمدة الحشرات كمبيدات المصّنعة المرّكبات باستخدام بالصّحة المضّرة الحافظة والمواد والهرمونات الكيميائّية العاّمة، والتي تؤّدي في كثير من األحيان إلى أمراض خطيرة

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