Bahrain has established a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to support digital transformation and cloud adoption in line with Government of Bahrain’s Cloud First Policy. With an enterprise agreement with AWS and the local partner, the Ministry of Finance and National Economy (MOFNE) has allocated a central budget for all government entities under MOFNE umbrella to speed up and unify financial processes. This page clarifies AWS-related processes and provides answers to the frequently asked questions by government entities.
Request Preparation
Entity will create the design document * for the following cases:
* Change in the existing workload: doesn’t require design document.
Submission
Entity will submit the request to Jira system and attach the design document. The request will be handled by Information & eGovernment Authority’s Government Client Relationship (iGA GCR).
iGA and NCSC Review
iGA GCR will process the request and send it to the concerned technical teams at iGA and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) for review and initial approval.
* Further changes / information might be requested from entity
Final Approval
The request will be approved and passed to the entity to start implementation.
All government funded entities will have their AWS bill facilitated by central budget assigned by Ministry of Finance and National Economy (MoFNE) by Information and eGovernment Authority iGA.
Bill collection
Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) will contact the vendor on behalf of the entity to get the bills.
Request Processing
iGA team will review and verify the bills.
PR Submission
iGA will submit the request in Central Financial System (CFS) and attach the bill on behalf of the entities. The cost will be reserved from the centralized budget approved by Ministry of Finance and National Economy (MoFNE).
MOFNE Approval
Request will be forwarded to MoFNE in the CFS for financial approval.
Payment
MoFNE will pay the vendor on behalf of all the entities that are financially managed by iGA.