Abu Dhabi, November 21, 2013
Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC), the government agency in charge of Abu Dhabi's IT agenda, organized a meeting of Abu Dhabi Spatial Data Infrastructure (AD-SDI) community members to review the latest developments of the program.
AD-SDI is a program developed to facilitate sharing of geo-spatial data among governmental agencies within different sectors. The AD-SDI Community exceeds 60 entities and continues to work towards a GeoMature Abu Dhabi.
Recognizing achievements and recapping developments within the year 2013, Khawla Al Fahim, Executive Manager - Spatial Data Centre, highlighted the significant expansion of the AD-SDI community and role of each member in the accomplishments of the program.
Fahim highlighted that during 2013, the program provided consulting services and guidelines for business support and capacity building and focused on the advanced infrastructural tools and methods developed to support the transformation process in government e-services.
New members that joined the AD-SDI community in 2013 include The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi University, Masdar Institute; Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation, Mubadala Petroleum and the UAE Ministry of Energy.
"To achieve optimal utilization and to reduce duplication in the geospatial program," said Al Fahim, "management and efficient coordination between members is of key significance."
The workshop reviewed achievements including the launch of the third and final phase of the Geospatial Portal, spatially enabled services, facility locator service, data automation and metadata and the CityGuard mobile application. It also discussed Abu Dhabi e -Government's participation in the ESRI User Conference 2013 and GITEX Technology Week 2013.
The second session of the conference had the Department of Municipal Affairs outline the latest developments, projects and initiatives, highlighting spatial data projects in the municipal system. The Higher Corporation for Specialized Economic Zones (ZonesCorp) presented the importance of the role of GIS in raising the efficiency and facilitate the operation of specialized economic zones in Abu Dhabi. The No Objective Certificate Program (NOC) team updated the audience on the latest developments in the program. Abu Dhabi's Department of Transportation gave a presentation on the navigation system of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
The workshop was attended by a group of students from the UAE University as part of their Geographic Information Systems (GIS) curriculum.
AD-SDI program was founded in 2007 and falls under the umbrella of Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre, the government body formed in 2005 to facilitate the modernization of government services through the use of the latest information and communication technology.
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About Abu Dhabi System and Information Centre (ADSIC)
ADSIC is the governmental party overseeing Abu Dhabi's information and Communications Technology (ICT) agenda. Created as a committee in October 2005 by Executive Council Decree No. 33, it was established as a Centre in 2008 by Law No. 18.
Following a mandate to facilitate the modernization of government services, the Centre plays a key role in Abu Dhabi's goal in ranking among the world's most advanced governments.
Prominent programs and e-services developed by ADSIC include Abu Dhabi e-Government Portal - www.abudhabi.ae, Abu Dhabi Government Contact Centre, Jobs Abu Dhabi (JAD) - www.jobsabudhabi.ae and Abu Dhabi Spatial Data Infrastructure (AD-SDI). Other services include Online Service Facebook, Abu Dhabi Network (ADNet), Identity and Access Management (ECM) and Abu Dhabi e-Government Operations Lab (eLab).
For more information and media queries, please call:
Rani Saddi
Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre
Tel: (971) 2 6961662
Email: rani.saddi@adsic.abudhabi.ae
Zulekha Huseni
ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller
Tel: (971) 2 6334 133
Email: zulekha.huseni@bm.com
© Press Release 2013
