The key
government institutions that most likely will be involved in
a direct or indirect way in the implementation of the project
include, but might not be limited to:
Ministry
of Housing, Municipalities and Environment.
The overall objective of the Ministry, which consist of the
Housing Division, the Municipalities Division and the Environment
Division is to: execute projects in the housing and urban development
sectors, the provision of adequate finances necessary to carry
out the development and housing schemes and the assessment of
the existing urban development problems so as to undertake necessary
strategic planning exercises in anticipation of future needs
and aspirations; deliver municipal services, and; protection
of the environment. The Ministry of Housing, Municipalities
and Environment will be the government-implementing agency for
this project.
Ministry
of Health
The objective of the Ministry is to assist each individual,
and society as a whole, to achieve and maintain a standard of
health (physical and mental). It provides basic health services
for the people to enable them to achieve a healthy and clean
lifestyle.
Ministry
of Education
The Ministry of Education in Bahrain is the official authority
for running and administering the governmental educational institutions
and supervising private education. The Ministry's mission is
represented in ensuring education for all, and improving its
quality and standard to meet the learners' needs, the national
development requirements and the labor market needs. It will
ultimately develop the integrated-balanced personality of the
Bahraini citizen. It believes that human resources represent
the main and absolute element in achieving the overall development
in all fields.
Central
Statistics Organization(CSO).
The objective of the CSO is to compile, interpret and disseminate
quality and timely statistics efficiently and effectively, for
the purpose of the formulation and implementation of policies
for national development planning and administration in both
the public and private sectors. One of its functions is to disseminate
statistics (or the interpretation of statistics) to government
agencies or other authorities or persons to whom the information
may be useful.
Ministry
of Works and Agriculture.
The objective of the Ministry of Works is to formulate, plan
and implement polices on the development of infrastructure and
public utilities, such as roads, water supplies, buildings,
and it works toward the maintenance, improvement and upgrading
of infrastructure and public utilities.
Capital
Governorate
This is a newly established structure under the Ministry of
Interior. It is expected that the Governorate is entrusted with
authority to operate at the local level as part of the decentralization
process.
Bahrain
Centre for Studies and Research (BCSR)
Bahrain Centre for Studies and Research (BCSR) is a national
research and studies Centre with the aim of providing programmes
to upgrade the capabilities of society's needs. It undertakes
programs in a series of fields including in the field of economic
and social management, environment and biology, industry and
technology and GIS and remote sensing.
Especially
the Geographical Data Systems and Computer Department at the
Centre will be of interest to BUIP. The main objective of the
department is to provide remote sensing and GIS related services
and their applications to the public and private sectors, for
supporting developmental activities, and facilitating the decision
making process. This department aims to utilize and harness
modern remote sensing technology, develop and manage the resources
of natural wealth and provide these advanced information services
to various parties in the country. Also it aims to provide training
and introduce a national cadre which is capable of handling
this modern technology in order to utilize it and benefit from
it by applying the same in various applications to save time,
effort and money.