GULF: Information technology sector needs more funds

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Att.Editors: The following item is by the United Arab Emirates news agency (WAM)

DUBAI, Mar 5 2003 (IPS) - A Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) information technology forum urged public and private sectors to pump more investment in development of human resources to live up to the IT challenges.

Recommendations of the GCC IT forum called for giving more attention to the training and rehabilitation programs and to the dissemination of IT culture.

Participants at the two-day meeting stressed the need for modernizing curricula and educational methods to absorb the new IT era.

Leaders of IT industry in the GCC called for providing technology at suitable rates and drawing regulations to combat cyber-crimes.

A special appeal was made to the private sector to put in more money in the IT field. The recommendations also underlined the necessity of creating Arab-Gulf IT firms to serve the local communities.