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8DiscoverNEWSUBD Participates in the Green Wave 2013Every year on 22 May, the world organises masstree-planting in a bid to increase awareness ofbiodiversity and the need to reduce its loss. This isdone as part of the global campaign known as TheGreen Wave, which celebrates the InternationalDay for Biodiversity and enables youth organisationsfrom all around the world to participate and makea substantial difference – “one school, one project,one step at a time”.Brunei Darussalam was not exempt from this excitingoccasion, with the local Forestry Departmenthaving provided UBD with a total of 800 nativetree species to be progressively placed aroundthe whole campus; so far a total of 300 specieshave been planted (Library Extension, SHBIE, FOS,FASS, IHS, UTH). Officers, staff and students of UBDparticipated in the event, with Yang BerhormatAwang Hj Mohd Shafiee Ahmad, member of theBrunei Legislative Council, present as the Guest ofHonour.Groups worldwide who participated in the 2013 wave are visually represented by a tree on an interactivemap. On 22 May, beginning at 8:20 p.m. local time in the GMT+ time zone, new trees would appear onthe diagram. As in the previous years, the 2013 map filled up with trees in Asia and across continents toAmerica, creating a “green wave” around the globe.The Green Wave is a project designed to support the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity,the world’s international treaty that promotes the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity andthe fair and equitable sharing of the benefits derived from genetic resources. The project aims to helpraise awareness and educate young people on the loss of biodiversity that is taking place and the needto take action.3rd Batch Chief Information Officers (CIOs) andChief Technology Officers (CTOs) e-GovernmentExecutive Training WorkshopThe four-week e-Government Executive Training Programme from 27 May 2013 to 25 June 2013 wasorganised by eG.InC UBD in collaboration with the Prime Minister’s Office, e-Government National Centre(EGNC), and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). The training programmeaimed to equip CIOs and CTOs with leadership capabilities and appropriate knowledge and skillsas to how to innovate an organisation using ICT. The workshop was attended by Tuan Adi Shamsul HjSabli, Deputy Permanent Secretary for IT and e-Government of the Prime Minister’s Office; MuhammadNorshafiee Dato Paduka Hj Abdul Jalil, Director of e-Government National Centre (EGNC); other seniorand government officials from various ministries as well as UBD staff members and postgraduate students.Also in attendance were participants from previous training programmes organised by eG.InC.The CIOs and CTOs underwent a Korea onsite training trip where they visited companies such as KoreaCadastral Survey Corporation, GSTEP IT Centre, Brue House, Soledeos, Korean Telecom and Ahn Lab.The purpose of the onsite training is to learn from the country’s experiences in establishing and rollingout e-Government initiatives through interviews, presentations, and knowledge-sharing with agenciesthat are responsible for e-Government services. In this regard, Brunei participants, whose group-assignedprojects are in line with the e-Government projects, will be able to acquire strategies, policies, standards,implementations, and know-how to initiate the cross-ministry collaborations in e-Government projectsand services.The topics discussed in the workshop included Government Building Asset Management, Enhancementof Identity Card, and e-Halal – Certification, Verification, and Tracking. The workshop suggested ideas onpolicies, practices, and guidelines on business process reengineering (BPR), as well as data managementfor the near future e-Government initiatives in the country. The participants also presented their observationsand policy recommendations for improving e-Government performance in Brunei Darussalam.Seven Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) from various ministries andgovernment agencies underwent their four-week e-Government Executive Training Programme from27 May 2013 to 25 June 2013, which was organised by the e-Government Innovation Centre (eG.InC),UBD in collaboration with the Prime Minister’s Office, e-Government National Centre (EGNC), and KoreaAdvanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). The training programme aimed to equip CIOsand CTOs with leadership capabilities and appropriate knowledge and skills as to how to innovate anorganisation using ICT.