KUWAIT: The Ministry of Information issued a report on the follow-up of its strategic plan for the period between April 1, 2021, and March 31, 2023, under the title (Ministry of Information in Two Years.”This included the achievements of the ministry during these two years, specifically since the beginning of its five-year plan (2021-2026), which is designed to achieve the objectives of the New Kuwait Vision 2035.

The ministry said in a press statement that, under the directives of the minister of information and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi, the strategy implementation follow-up team was keen on the practical and realistic application of the strategy. He pointed out that this report recorded significant success indicators in achieving the goals and objectives of the strategy during the first two years of its application and highlighted the efforts of the ministry in all its sectors towards achieving the goal of providing a comprehensive and advanced information service that reaches various segments of society.

The report showed the progress achieved by the ministry in many areas of its work and operational plans, showing an increase in financial revenue collection by more than 68 percent, while the number of commercials on radio and television increased from 1,666 ads in 2021 to 4,607 commercials in the first quarter of 2023. The number of radio ads increased by 3.121 percent, while the number of television ads increased by 6.207 percent.

The report recorded an increase in the percentage of e-collection services by 300 percent and an increase in digital transformation projects in the ministry by 153 percent. The ministry also recorded an increase in construction projects by 56 percent. The report pointed out that the construction and development projects in the ministry include 16 projects in 2020–2021, 21 projects in 2022–2023, and four new studios in 2022–2023. Also, the number of digital systems increased from 15 systems in 2020–2021 to 38 systems in 2022–2023.

He pointed out that the ministry’s services provided through the Sahel government application have increased to reach four services, including e-publishing licenses and right of access requests, and revenue collection services, which have reached 12 in 2022-2023. The report noted the most important pillars of the strategic plan, which is to focus on the quality of the targeted content industry, especially in the television sector, which has witnessed a renewal of visual identity as well as the development of the quality of the content published in social media accounts.

The report included a detailed explanation with illustrative images and graphs, in addition to figures and percentages that show the results of the implementation of the strategic plan through the data monitored in the annual operational plans of all sectors of the ministry. — KUNA