Initiatives
PNINA Center of Excellence (NICE)
As a payback to the IT community in Palestine, PNINA will establish the Palestinian National Internet Center of Excellence as the execution arm for its “non-registration” activities that are part of PNINA mandate:
Strategic Goals:
- Enhance .PS Management and Best Practices
- Training and Capacity Building (will not compete with Private Sector)
- DNS management and domain marketing
- High Level Consultation
- Network and Internet Security
- Web Design and Web Applications Development
- Content Management and Portal Systems (CMS)
- New technology Transfer
- Development of Standards and Work practices and hands on-worksheets
- Regional and International Cooperation with similar entities around the globe.
- Adoption of new technologies that increase Internet usage in Palestine
- Adoption of new technologies that make the Internet safer and more productive to all sectors of the Palestinian Community
NICE Initiatives:
In order for NICE to achieve its goals; its services will be mapped into several initiatives that target certain groups and sectors within the Palestinian community.
Some of these initiatives will be:
- Improving Palestinian Websites and Palestinian Content on the Web
- Palestinian Directory
- Palestine Diary (Web Log)
- Interactive and collective CMS
- Events Sponsorship
- Young Programmers
- Technology and Internet Projects
- Best Palestinian Web Site
- Awards (Internet Related Applications and Activities)
- Spot the .PS contest
- University Internships
- Last Year Training
- Internship (6m to 1 year)
- Sponsoring Internet-related Graduation Projects
- After Graduation Incubation (1 Year)
- Publications
- Periodical News Letters (Technical and Marketing)
- Annual Reports
- Leaflets for special events
- Exhibitions
- IT for Kids
- Sample websites and Templates
- Simplified technical issues
- Collaborative and Groupware Sites
- IT Technical Support
- On-line Library
- On-Line Technical Forums and Newsgroups
- Open Source Community
- Free Services
- Email and Website @kids.ps
- Free Default Page Parking (For NGOs Only)
- Free DNS Tutorials
- Free .PS promo. Material
- Sample Websites and Easily managed CMS for:
- Government Institutions
- Organizations and Associations
- Individuals (Personal Sites)
To realize the Palestinian presence in the information age through the formulation of necessary registration policies for the PS domain and to set appropriate policies for enhancing Internet usage in Palestine.

