On 10 November 2010, BZU launched the Palestinian e-Government Academy Project, in the presence of the Minister of Communications, Dr. Mashour Abu-Daqqa, BZU President, Dr. Khalil Hindi, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology, Dr. Adnan Yahya, and a number of high ranking officials and European experts, as well as IT managers in Palestinian ministries and companies
This launching ceremony came after the Faculty of Information Technology at BZU won a financial support of half a million Euros from the European Union, within the TEMPUS program. The core idea of the project is to prepare qualified Palestinian human resources in the area of e-governance, through capacity building programs at the ministries and governmental bodies and non-governmental organizations, as well as companies and private sector institutions, aiming to establish a Palestinian Academy for Electronic Governance
The Minister overviewed the vision of the Ministry of Communications and its role in building a network of relationships with a group of European universities, stressing that this project represents a unique case, as a result of the exceptional Palestinian conditions, in terms of the state of siege, checkpoints and barriers to movement, stating: “this project will contribute to the provision of services to refugees inside Palestine, In light of the division between the West Bank and Gaza, and the refugees in the neighbouring Arab countries and Europe.
