Within the scope of its role as an Arab and Regional entity aiming at developing ICTs throughout the Arab region and providing the necessary mechanisms to support cooperation and complementarity between its members, more specifically, its project « E-trust within the Arab and African regions », the Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organization ( ) (AICTO) organized in partnership with the Information Technology Authority – National Digital Certification Center – Sultanate of Oman, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the African Telecommunication Union (ATU) the : « Interregional Standardization Forum for PKI and eTrust » under the slogan :  » Towards Bridging the Standardization Gap (BSG) in the Hyper-connected world » on the 11th & 12th of December 2017 | Public Authority for Civil Aviation – Muscat – Sultanate of Oman.

This high-level forum being held under the patronage of HE/Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Salem Al-Futaisi, Minister of Transport & Communications‎ – Sultanate of Oman and inaugurated by HE/Mr. Hammad Bin Salim Al Rawahi, CEO of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority – Oman, has gathered over than 170 high level participants from 14 Arab and African countries besides South Korea, USA and France. Delegates have included governments officials, international experts, representatives of Arab and African Digital Certification Centers, regulation authorities and a number of ICT professionals from government, private sectors and academia.