1.  The General Secretary is responsible for managing the day to day duties of the Cabinet and managing all coordination between the Prime Minister, the Ministries and Institutions across the Government body  The Cabinet main aim was to reach an automated, paperless work environment.  keeping a high level of security of the documents flow and handling.  Electronic Signature Support through integrating with the highest Technology Signature Pad.

2.  The Resource Management Program is designed to increase efficiency, reduce expenditure and improve the allocation of government resources through automation of applications and solutions for government payroll, accounting, budget, personnel, inventory and procurement.  The program is divided into subsidiary projects, including an e-inventory system, a database of government buildings, an e-procurement system, the deployment of Government Resource Planning (GRP) in ministries, e-archiving, and the automation of 1600 accounting units.

3.  The Ministry of State for Administrative Development has also formed a partnership with international IT companies like IBM and Microsoft and local companies to design and implement a web portal that will link to various government services (www.egypt.gov.eg).  The portal, called Bawaba (Gate) is the main gateway for both citizens and residents to obtain E-government services, currently offering 19 services online as well as the facility to download government documents. Users can pay the fee online by credit card or cash on delivery to the Egypt’s post authority representative.

4.  The Egyptian Cabinet Web server has been published in 2003, The main function for this site is to give all the Egyptian people a full idea about all the tasks and missions which happened at the cabinet’s presidency. Web Server

5. The Arabic Digital Content Initiative recognizes the need to provide a variety of content pertaining to different fields. Hence, a science and technology portal is being established, in cooperation with the Academy for Scientific Research, to provide scientific and technological databases. More than one million pages of full-text Egyptian intellectual output have been scanned and documented, providing biographical databases, information on Egyptian achievements, prizes and awards, news and other features of interest for the global scientific community. The portal will be bilingual to reach a wider audience. www.sti.sci.eg

12. The use of ICTs to provide government services to citizens has the potential to enhance transparency, efficiency, and accountability and can strengthen relations with citizens at all levels of government. Recognizing this potential, governments around the globe are developing national E-government initiatives and services at all levels, adapted to the needs of their citizens and business communities, to achieve a more efficient allocation of resources and public goods. The Egyptian government has developed a program to provide government services through new channels (www.egypt.gov.eg). The program is being implemented by the Ministry of State for Administrative Development in partnership with the line ministries, such as the ministries of education, health, investment, interior, foreign affairs, and others.

13. The availability of widely available and secure Internet access can encourage all stakeholders in society to take advantage of the opportunities made available by international trade and different e-business models. Egypt has been working over the past decade to develop the infrastructure that will build user confidence in e- business models, and increasingly individuals and businesses of all sizes are developing a presence on the web and venturing into the world of e-business

14. Integrating ICT in education and training at all levels is becoming increasingly essential, particularly in curriculum development, teacher training, and institutional administration and management in addition to enabling lifelong learning. Citizens in many developing countries suffer from e-illiteracy, which impacts the ability of these citizens to cope with an increasingly electronic world. Providing training for civil servants, secondary school and university students, women and disadvantaged and vulnerable groups is essential. It is equally important to design specific training programs in the use of ICT in order to meet the educational needs of information professionals, such as archivists, librarians, museum professionals, scientists, teachers, journalists, postal workers and other relevant professional groups.

15. Health experts in developing countries need easy access to the world’s medical knowledge and locally-relevant content resources for strengthening public health research and prevention programs. ICTs provide solutions to create reliable, timely, high quality and affordable health care and health information systems, as well as promoting continuous medical training, education, and research. The provision of modern health services to all citizens, regardless of their geographical location, is a major goal of the Egyptian government. ICTs are being used not only to leverage scarce resources and modernize the health care system in the county, but also to establish a simple and effective way to deliver expert opinion on special or serious cases in the event of crises or accidents in remote areas, and decisions on the treatment of cases in Egypt or referral abroad.

16. ICT can enable and enhance environmental protection and the sustainable use of natural resources. The WSIS Plan of Action encourages governments, civil society and the private sector to initiate actions and implement projects and programs for sustainable production and consumption as well as take measures to ensure the environmentally safe disposal and recycling of discarded hardware and other components used in ICT. The Government of Egypt has devoted substantial resources to promoting the development of projects that use ICT to monitor and protect the environment and increase the public’s awareness of environmental issues. Fayoum University’s Faculty of Tourism has established an ecotourism website (www.ecotourism.edu.eg) to promote ecotourism in the Fayoum/Beni Suef regions. The portal will provide both students and the local tourism industry with practical experience in using ICT to promote and market ecotourism in the region.

17. E-employment encourages the development of best practices for E-workers and E-employers at the national level on principles of fairness and gender equality, respecting all relevant international norms. In addition, E-employment seeks to promote new ways of organizing work and business with the aim of increasing productivity, growth and well-being through investment in ICT and human resources. This mode of work can allow citizens, particularly in the developing countries and small economies, to live and work anywhere, and increases employment opportunities for women and for those with disabilities.

18. The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Plan of Action calls for governments to work to ensure the systematic dissemination of information on the use of ICT to improve agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries, forestry and food management, and to provide ready access to comprehensive, up-to-date and detailed agricultural knowledge and information, particularly in rural areas. Egypt has sought to leverage expertise and resources through the use of the successful public-private partnership model.

19. Electronic Mailing System Cloud Ministry 1 Ministry 2 Ministry x Ministry 3 The Cabinet

20.  The Egyptian Cabinet has a two branches one at Alexandria city, and the other at the Smart Village.  Both two sits are connected to the main location at Cairo through a very secure network and with a band-width of 8 Mbps speed.

21.  The Egyptian Cabinet uses an different Managed and secure VPN LAN’s all are physically isolated from each other depending on the function for this LAN : *** The General LAN, Witch Connects all users whose using the Document Management system *** The Resource Management LAN, Witch connects all the department working in the field of government payroll, accounting, budget, personnel, inventory and procurement. ***Electronic Mailing LAN, Connects all user in the files in Transmitting and receiving messages from all the ministries and governorates ***Internal LAN, Witch connects all the user who they using the internet to get they mailing system, web publisher, and many other topics

22. Why this system ?  National Physically Isolated Network  Transfer all the document among all the ministries with a very fast and secure way.  Using a Very Highly secure network equipment.  Using a Very secure H/S inscription techniques  Easy to handling with the Document Management System in all the Ministries.  It Cover all Geographic Location.  Can be Connects all the Governorates.

23. October 2007 December 2006 December 2005 October 1999 IndicatorDetail 15.6 million 11.2 million 58.120 27.987 13.2 million 10.8 million 56,449 25,748 12.7 million 10.4 million 55,700 21,200 6.4 million 4.9 million 13,300 6,100 Exchange capacity No. of fixed line subscribers No. of public phone booths No. of international connecting circuits and links Fixed Services 22.521 3 18 million 3 14 million 2 654,000 2 No. of mobile phone subscribers Mobile service companies Mobile Lines 11.8 Gbps 6.8 million Cost of local call LE 45 9.9 Gbps 6 million Cost of local call LE 95 4.3 Gbps 5 million Cost of local cal LE 125 l 20 Mbps 300,000 (US$ 29) n/a Internet capacity No. of Internet users Internet subscription cost per month Monthly broadband costs Internet Penetration 2.620 1,642 2,070 1,442 1,716 1,293 266 30 No. of IT companies in Egypt IT Clubs Information Technology 30.190 152,260 27,140 140,342 23,100 120,300 500 1,200 Trainees in Professional Training Program Trainees in Basic Skills Development Program ICT Training

24. The Egyptian Cabinet uses a total of 10 Mbps of band-width to cover all its needs from the Internet services, including mailing systems and web browsing services and also for serving all the Web server, mail server it Hosts and for any other missions. Internet

25. The Egyptian Cabinet connects to a many Information Network through a dedicated leased line like Routers and CAPMAS to keep in touch with the up to date information from these sites. Special LAN

26. Thank You Ehab Abdul Halim Baioumy