The Ministry of Education is keen to interact with customers across social networking sites and applications with respect and professionalism that meet their satisfaction and exceeds their expectations.
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E- Participation Policy
In pursuit of the Ministry of Continuous Education towards excellence and to achieve the highest quality standards in institutional performance, and our belief in the importance of promoting e-attendees via an easy and innovative channels of connection and communication process with various segments of society. We are keen to interact with clients across sites and applications of social networking in a professional manner to achieve their satisfaction.
The purpose of e- participation policy
The purpose of the electronic participation policy is to develop the necessary rules and regulations that will regulate the use of electronic participation tools and to clarify the procedures and responsibilities involved in this process to be as a reference for managing the various aspects of electronic participation in an optimal manner and in order to achieve the objectives for which it was found. And due to its effective impact in providing the scientific awareness and knowledge necessary for the success of electronic participation practices.
Scope and Targeted Audience:
Electronic Participation policy applies to all topics, opinions, discussions and surveys that are offered and discussed through the electronic participation tools provided by the Ministry of Education via its website, whether are submitted or contributed using computers or smart mobile devices and tablets
Supervision Policy
The Ministry of Education welcomes all segments of the public to make their comments and opinions available. Their interventions will be appreciated and will be taken into consideration as an important reference in discussing improvements and developments to our services. Provided that such views are not:
- Security threats.
- Including inappropriate language.
- Violating the privacy of others or offensive to others.
- Violating the local laws.
- Improper, obscene or defamatory.
- Including spam or promoting trade.
- Interpreted as prejudicial or prejudicial to any part of society on the basis of race, color, nationality, religion or status and the like.
- Including group or political discussions.
- Violation of intellectual property rights.
Failure to comply with this policy can result in the participant being withheld.
Ministry's commitment to the public
- We will discuss you and always treat you with respect and attention.
- We will communicate with you through a cooperative, knowledgeable staff, which understands your needs and can answer your queries.
- We will respond to your inquiries in time and without delay.
- We will provide you with accurate information and proper service procedures.
- We will be present to communicate with you in times and via channels and sites that are proper to you as much as possible.
- We will welcome your comments and suggestions to share the development of our services with you.
Our wish from the public when communicating with us
- Appreciate our staff's efforts at your service by dealing with them with mutual respect.
- Do not offer or discuss personal topics.
- Adherence to public morals and laws.
- Do not make any comments that contain inappropriate language or violate the privacy or abuse of others.
- Do not make any comments that breaching the security.
- Do not share any information or comments that infringe the intellectual property rights of others or disclose their confidential information
Social Networking Policy
First: Our Commitment towards you
- We will always address you with respect and friendliness.
- We will communicate with you through helpful staff who has the knowledge, understands your needs and can answer your inquiries.
- We will respond to your inquiries in a timely manner.
- We will provide you with accurate information and procedures for proper service.
- We will be present to communicate with you in the time and across the channels and sites that are most suitable for you.
- We will welcome your comments and suggestions to be partners with you in the development of our services.
Second: What we are hoping to find when communicating with you:
- Appreciation of the efforts of our employees serving you and dealing with them with mutual respect.
- Do not ask or discuss personal topics.
- Commitment to proper conduct and laws.
- Do not post comments that contain inappropriate language or violate the privacy of others or abuse them.
- Do not post any comments that breach security.
- Do not post any information or comments that violate intellectual property rights of others or disclose confidential information.
Supervision Policy
The Ministry of Education welcomes your constructive comments and views. Your contribution will be appreciated and taken into account as one of the important references in the discussion of improvements and enhancements for our services.
Despite that MOE welcomes any free comments and input on this platform, it has the full right to hide any content that:
- Represents a threat to security.
- Includes inappropriate language.
- Violates the privacy of others or offensive.
- Violates local laws.
- Indecent, obscene or defamatory.
- Includes unwanted messages or promotes any trade.
- May be interpreted as prejudiced or harmful to any section of the society on the basis of race, colour, nationality, religion or status ... etc.
- Includes collective or political discussions.
- Contains a breach of intellectual property rights
Introduction:
In the age of eGovernment, there is a greater demand for public services and information to be customized to people’s needs and to be available at the touch of a button, or click of a mouse. Achieving this would require the participation of ordinary users in the process of public service improvement and development. eParticipation is all about this, and about making the decision-making processes easier by connecting people with the government and enabling them to submit their views, comments, complaints and advice to the government through the use of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).
eParticipation Tools:
The most popular eParticipation tools include: Discussion Forums: Government Entities can use discussion forums to raise certain issues and seek responses from the public. Users can also raise their own issues and questions and ask responses from the government entity as well as from other users.
Web Logs (Blogs):
The government entity may create one or more blogs and use them as a platform to convey its mission, news and updates. Users’ comments are published after a reasonable degree of censorship. Live Chat: Government entities should give the user the option to chat live with one of its staff to answer their queries regarding its services during office hours.
Customers Satisfaction Surveys:
These surveys are posted periodically on the government entity’s website. They help gauge users’ satisfaction in a precise manner.
Opinion Polls:
Opinion polls on the government entity’s website explore users’ opinions on certain issues in order to help decision makers.
Feedback Forms:
these forms allow users to voice their opinions on different issues ranging from the entity’s services to the content of the website.
Social Networking Sites:
such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn etc...
eParticipation in the UAE:
Government entities in the UAE need to work with citizens and businesses to identify and test ways of giving them more of a stake in the policy-shaping process, as well as getting their best possible satisfaction regarding public services and how they are introduced through developed channels such as the Internet, mobile phones, etc.
It is required that each government entity in the UAE apply the electronic sharing information and communication technologies available and enable its customers to connect with it and with one another through its portal. This will broaden and deepen community participation.
While adopting the eParticipation approach, the following points need to be considered by UAE government entities:
- A link to “My Gov.” portal needs to be published on the website of the ministry
- Electronic forums to be established with the entity be able to raise topics of discussion and people enter theirs as well
- A government entity should have its own blog in which its CIO responds to people’s questions, comments and complaints and asks them for suggestions and views.
- A chatting utility needs to be one of the channels used for communication between government and its customers. Chat can be available during working hours at the minimum.
- One of the best practices in terms of chat is to avail it on the service level. A link to be available for the service user to communicate with the government organization and enquire about certain details related to the service.
- Government entities must conduct customer satisfaction surveys. The results of these surveys need to be reported and published on the corporate website of the government entity
- Polling is a good way to sense people’s views and reactions on certain policies and measures. It is recommended that each government website has its own poll service with past results being archived and accessible for the public.
- Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter are all recommended tools for government entities.
- It is good practice to have the talkback (comment) service under each news story published on the government website (this should be moderated)
- Feedback should be encouraged so that people give their evaluation of the portal, content, services etc. One good practice in that regard is “Did you find this content/service useful?”
- Government entities need to moderate their blogs and discussion forums in order to prevent profanity and offence. However, these entities should allow certain level of criticism regarding their policies and services.
- A clear Comment Policy needs to be published where applicable on the eParticipation page
- Moderation policy should be clarified to users.
- Government accounts on social networking websites must not be stagnant. Points of discussion need to be raised on a regular basis.
- It is recommended that government websites have links to prime minister’s website, blog (if and when available) and pages on Facebook and twitter.
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