Muscat: HH Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham al Said, Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, presided over a ceremony to launch “Wosool” project on the management of electronic documents. The ceremony was held at Al Bustan Palace Hotel on Monday.

The project constitutes a significant component of Oman’s national digital transformation strategy and embodies the e-government approach towards the realization of Oman Vision 2040.

The project seeks to set up a system of digital document exchange featuring all properties needed for the management of a document, right from the moment of its creation till its final stage. The process involves optimum handling of documents that is compatible with the national procedures’ manual for management of electronic documents. It also helps in unifying policies of fast e-document management and exchange.

Hisham Khalid al Roshedi, Director of Electronic Management System at the National Records and Archives Authority (NRAA), said in a speech on the occasion that “Wosool” project constitutes a shift forward in the documents sector, so that it could be transformed into a modern sector that keeps pace with the requirements of the future.

“Wosool” will connect government departments with each other and empowers the exchange and management of documents in an electronic manner. It cuts down costs and manages them electronically without going through the process of printing.

A project will provide systems that protect digital content and prevents unauthorized access to documents. It enhances security so that only authorized personnel could view and deal with a document through a set of properties and specifications associated with the comprehensive management of an establishment’s informational content.