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The mGovernment Center of Digi-
tal Innovation (CoDI) won the World
Summit on the Information Society
Awards (WSIS) award on the capac-
ity building category. WSIS is held in
Geneva, Switzerland.
Majed Sultan Al Mesmar, TRA Depu-
ty Director General, and head of the
UAE delegation to WSIS, received
the award.
CoDI won the award in C4, the ca-
pacity building category, which saw
aggressive competition between 30
projects from all over the world.
Commenting on this triumph, Al Mes-
mar said, “First, we would like to ex-
press how happy we are with winning
Majed Al Mesmar:
This accomplishment is the result of ongoing work
and far-sighted strategic vision
CoDI wins capacity building award
this prestigious award. Along with the
entire UAE delegation present here
today in Geneva, we feel proud and
happy to witness the flag and name
of the UAE flying high in one of the
most prestigious global events for the
information society”.
Majid Al Madhloum, CoDI Program
Director, said that winning this award
is a translation of the dedication, team
work and ongoing cooperation among
all employees and supervisors work-
ing on this distinguished project.
Al Madhloum added that the winning
of this award coincides with the end
of the two-year deadline given by our
wise leadership to complete the smart
transformation process. This reflects
the competence, hard work and de-
termination to execute national plans
and projects on set dates.
The WSIS forum is a high-level inter-
national platform in which efforts are
coordination among different coun-
tries with regard to ICT matters.
The mGov Center of Digital Innova-
tion (CoDI) is an integrated lab that
does mobile application testing. It
aims to increase customer trust in the
mobile apps developed by govern-
ment entities in the UAE.
The mGov lab offers its services re-
motely to government entities and
universities based in the UAE.
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