Smart Dubai has announced details of the mandatory decision to adopt the use of "digital identity" in the Emirate of Dubai for government agencies and individuals through the "digital future" initiative that I designed within its projects for the 100-day plan in the path of government development for the six development paths announced by the Dubai Council earlier this year In order to accelerate the adoption of "digital identity", which will enable a digital future without limits in the public and private sectors.
The Strategic Affairs Council affiliated with the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai has adopted a policy of using "digital identity" in the Emirate of Dubai early May this year within the initiatives of Dubai councils due to the development achieved by the government services system and strengthening the process of communication between local and federal authorities and the private sector as it provides digital identity to citizens and residents Easily access to federal, local government and private sector services.
The "digital ID" sings away from personal attendance and submits paper documents to prove the identity of individuals, by providing an approved digital identity through smart phones and providing the digital signature feature for documents, through which more than 5 thousand government services can be accessed using a unified account.
Smart Dubai seeks through the "digital future" initiative to save time and effort on individuals, which raises levels of satisfaction and happiness, in addition to keeping pace with technical developments and supporting digital transformation and transformation to a paperless government by increasing the efficiency of digital government transactions through the presence of the digital signature provided by the service " Digital Identity "in addition to enabling customers to access services in the Emirates through a unified account, which enhances the concept of trust in digital government transactions so that government transactions can be accomplished within minutes, particularly in the field of asset trading, in addition to stimulating government agencies’ accreditation to Digital priority and the adoption of an additional 200 thousand have individual.
The Director General of Smart Dubai, Dr. Aisha Bint Butti bin Bishr, stressed the importance of the decision to approve the Strategic Affairs Council of the Executive Council to use "digital identity" in Dubai for government agencies and individuals, which will contribute significantly to speeding up the adoption of "digital identity" fully in Dubai society and stimulate its use to conduct All transactions nationwide by accessing services and digitally signing all the required documents via digital ID .. What later supports Dubai Smart's quest to make Dubai the happiest and smartest city on earth.
She added that since the launch of the "Digital Identity" project in 2018 in partnership with the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority and Abu Dhabi Digital Authority, Smart Dubai has sought to present a project that supports the implementation of our rational leadership vision for building smart cities ready for the future and plans for digital transformation in this framework as well as supporting the implementation of the "Dubai Paperless Transaction Strategy" The "digital identity" project has demonstrated the effectiveness of joint action between government agencies across the country and its ability to create innovative tools that drive the complete shift towards smart systems.
For his part, Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, said that the directives for adopting the digital identity in the Emirate of Dubai indicate the digital leadership of the emirate and the country as a whole and it reflects the rapid progress towards a future based on the quality of digital life taking into account the happiness of society and individuals by providing services A complementary, interconnected, public and private sector shared by traders at any time, from anywhere and within an experience full of passion and full interaction.
The "digital identity" provides an important set of features to the public and users that affect positively and profoundly on their lives and the way they perform their transactions, most notably the ease of access to all government digital services in Dubai and to many government digital services at the state level with a unified account provided by the sites and applications of more than 80 government agencies and private .
In addition to providing the approved digital signature feature to sign government transactions or documents, verify their authenticity and share them with the relevant authorities in line with the legislation approved in the UAE in this regard, in addition to the ability to request and share data with service providers digitally.
Through the "digital identity" project, work is currently underway to implement the system of "digital identity" entry in place of previous entry systems for electronic services in the UAE in the local and federal systems that will address important challenges in government work, the most important of which is the absence of a digital signature mechanism, which leads to having to resort to Paper transactions, visiting service centers, and multiple entry information for platforms, which makes security controls multiple, varying and different in standards and forcing customers to use multiple platforms to access services.
To achieve the goals of the decision to approve the digital identity, Smart Dubai will work on a set of tasks and procedures that include preparing plans for implementing the system at the emirate level and overseeing the implementation of those plans by government agencies and providing the system in cooperation with the relevant authorities and the center and defining the general frameworks for its operation as well as accrediting the operating authorities of the system At the level of the Emirate of Dubai and monitoring the proper use of the system in accordance with the conditions and controls set by Smart Dubai.
The "digital identity" is the first digital national identity for all citizens and residents using a smartphone and enables individuals to access many electronic and smart services across various sectors in the country in addition to digitally signing documents .. The UAE Central Bank has adopted the "digital identity" initiative In September 2019, which allows all customers to accelerate the process of opening an account without the need for personal attendance and signature.
The list of entities that can conduct transactions via digital identity includes 29 entities from the federal government of the state and 22 entities from the Emirate of Dubai as well as 31 entities from the other six emirates and 10 from the private sector in the state as it includes a list of local government bodies and departments in Dubai that allow users to access Its services are provided through the “digital identity” platform, “Dubai Economic”, “Dubai Police”, “Dubai Electricity and Water Authority”, “Knowledge and Human Development Authority”, “Dubai Civil Defense”, “Dubai Land and Property Department” and “Health Authority” Dubai, ”“ Dubai Courts, ”“ Roads and Transport Authority, ”“ Mohammed Bin Rashid Housing Establishment, ”“ Dubai Municipality, ”and“ Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, "Dubai Culture", "National Bonds Company", "Dubai Asset Management Company", "Dubai Sports Council" and "Dubai Maritime City Authority".
As for the list of governmental bodies from outside the Emirate of Dubai that customers can access their services through the "digital identity", the Urban Planning Authority and the municipalities and the Judicial Department in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the Fujairah Police and the Fujairah Municipality and the Department of Economic Development in Sharjah and the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program and the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and the Emirates Authority for Standardization And metrics and the Department of Municipality and Planning in Ajman and many others.