IBM Helps Emirate of Sharjah in UAE Enhance E-Literacy and Support Local Social Development
SHARJAH, UAE - 25 Apr 2012: An international team of 14 IBM (NYSE:IBM) employees chosen for the company's Corporate Services Corps program has arrived in the United Arab Emirates to volunteer their expertise in support of e-literacy and social development in the Emirate of Sharjah. As part of the project, the team will work alongside the Sharjah e-Government Directorate, Sharjah University and the Supreme Council for Family Affairs Centers.
The Middle East and Africa are a key focus for IBM's Corporate Service Corps program, and this is the first team to provide services pro-bono in the Gulf region.
The team of 14 IBM experts from the United States, India, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Japan and Australia will be on the ground in Sharjah for a month.
At the Sharjah e-Government Directorate, a team will help refine a national strategy for promoting e-services of the Sharjah government to residents.
At the Supreme Council of Family Affairs, an IBM team will help the council and its organizations realize an e-literacy program and move closer towards realizing its goals of helping Sharjah women and youth improve their IT skills.
At Sharjah University, the IBM team will help roll out a strategic plan to increase students' awareness of e-government services and promote new delivery channels for these services.
“IBM is proud to be an innovative partner in these projects in Sharjah, and we expect the Corporate Service Corps group to make a valuable contribution towards addressing some of the key challenges in Sharjah," said Amr Refaat, IBM General Manager, Middle East, Levant and Pakistan.
The Corporate Service Corps is a global IBM initiative designed to provide small businesses, educational institutions and non-profit organizations in growth markets with sophisticated business consulting and skills development to help improve local conditions and foster job creation. IBM deploys teams of top employees from around the world representing information technology, research, marketing, finance, consulting, human resources, legal and business development to growth markets for a period of one month. The employees work on a pro-bono basis with local organizations and businesses on projects that intersect business, technology and society.
As a global program, the IBM Corporate Service Corps has already deployed 1,500 IBM employees on more than 150 team assignments in 30 countries. Projects vary from assisting networks of entrepreneurs and small businesses trying to grow and reach export markets to the adoption of new and smart technological ideas by the private and public sectors.
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