DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality and Environment has launched the upgraded version of ‘Aoun’ mobile application on smartphones iOS and Android offering a total of 93 services online.
The application was launched during the inauguration of the Sustainable Strategic Plan (2018-2022) of the Ministry of Municipality and Environment at a ceremony held at the Doha Sheraton Hotel yesterday.
“The application provides a higher degree of security by verifying the identity of the client when executing any transaction through sending one-time-password (OTP) to mobile phone number registered under personal number of the user,” said Hamda Abdulaziz Al Madeed, Director of Information Systems Department at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment.
Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony Al Madeed said that new application will enable the users to avail the services of the Ministry from anywhere and at any time. “The new version of Aoun application is part of the development process of the Ministry to provide best services to the people in a bid to achieve the goal of Qatar National Vision 2030,” Al Madeed added.
She added that Aoun has an attractive design, sophisticated interfaces that provide easy mobility between services and functions.
She said that Aoun offers a total of 93 services, many of them are new services from different sectors at the Ministry.
She said that the application features a follow-up option which allows tracing of applications or licensing process or those related to ownership which were submitted previously such as the follow-ups of building permit, requests for land allocation among many more.
“The application also provides important information about the service centres such as the number of visitors in the waiting queue and working hours,” said Al Madeed. She said the Ministry of Municipality and Environment is at the forefront of governmental institutions which offered services to the public through smart and mobile phones several years ago.
Al Madeed said that the first edition of the Ministry’s application was launched in 2011, and it was followed by many developments, new updates and a number of new electronic services.
