DOHA AS part of efforts to make the forthcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 18/CMP8) a hassle-free event, the IT committee of the meet has introduced a new mobile application to make a wide range of information about Qatar and the event available to the participants.
Talking to Qatar Tribune, Hassan Mahdi al Khalaf, deputy director-general of the organising committee and head of ICT and call centre department, said the application can be downloaded to smart phones.
He said the cutting-edge application was developed by the (COP 18/CMP8) IT team in order to provide necessary information about the host country to the participants.
“Participants can easily get any information about the conference and news uploaded to the website such as update about Qatar and its role at the conference, COP18 news, the conference schedule, venues of various sessions, exhibitions that will be held on the sidelines of the event, accommodation, hotels, malls and interactive maps, which enable the visitors to reach any place in Qatar easily,” Khalaf said.
He noted that the main reason behind launching the new application was to portray Qatar as a country that keeps pace with the highest standards of technologies.
“The new system will enable us to save more than one million pieces of paper that delegates could use if they wanted to print briefs and timetable of the conference.
By introducing the new system, we are serving the purpose of the conference, which is preserving the environment.” Earlier, the organising committee has introduced an e-visa system to enable the delegates and other participants get visas for Qatar within seconds.
The 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC and the 8th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol will take place from November 26 to December 7 at the Qatar National Convention Centre.
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