The OSI executive team discusses the issuance of the national digital transformation report

Dubai: The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) hosted the 24th Meeting of the National Executive Team for Online Services Index, one of the indicators of the National Agenda for UAE Vision 2021, at its Dubai office, with the participation of representatives of 12 federal and local government entities.

The meeting aims to follow up on the plans achievement progress of the teams and government entities through the Deira system, a platform to monitor the plans progress, and follow up on the most important recommendations of the United Nations evaluation of official government portals. The meeting also aimed to introduce the initiative of the National Digital Transformation Report.

On this meeting, H.E. Salem Al Housani, Acting Deputy Director General of the Information and e-Government Sector, and Chairman of the OSI Team, said: “In addition to reviewing the achievement level of government teams and entities through Deira platform, developed by TRA, the agenda of the meeting focused on highlighting the UAE's efforts in the global arena in the field of digital transformation in terms of indicators, projects and achievements in which the country has achieved impressive results. This is part of UAE’s efforts in competing for top positions in smart services, and therefore the competition takes on deeper dimensions, as it relates to pioneering, innovation, future foresight, regional and global influence and the need to become a role model in the areas of digital transformation.”

Al Housani assured that the Team’s regular meetings accelerate the pace of target achievement. He said: “Our meeting today, as well as our previous meetings, are in line with the directives of our wise leadership to work as one national team in order to achieve the UAE Vision 2021 and the goals of the national agenda, to make the UAE the first globally in OSI.  We are working today as a team at the level of all government entities to reach top ranks in smart services.”

The participants discussed the recommendations of the UN evaluation of the official portals, which included the interest in the smooth and consistent operation of the web pages. The UN assessment also included the availability of e-consultation practice where each consultation must include (subject, objective and decision-making). They also discussed ways to promote the new UAE Government Portal (u.ae) domain, ensure that the search option works efficiently and effectively, and ensure that the open data page contains CSV or XML files and enriched the pages.

The meeting focused on introducing the National Digital Transformation Report, which aims to shed light on the most important achievements of the digital transformation in the country, highlighting the country's leadership and global competitiveness in the field of digital transformation, and the country’s efforts in combining global leadership in the relevant indicators with the achievement of local goals, foremost among them is the happiness of the UAE society.

The meeting dealt with the methodology of preparing the National Digital Transformation Report, which included reviewing the performance indicators of the national agenda, providing a list of performance indicators for digital transformation (objective/ achievement) and providing a list of achievements, which includes success stories of digital transformation in each entity.

The importance of this report is that it will be used as a source of information that highlights the UAE's leadership in digital government at the United Nations and other relevant departments. It will be used in international forums, conferences and major events to highlight the efforts and leadership of the country. The report will also be published on the official portal of the UAE Government, with links to websites of government entities as a reference for researchers, media and interested.

The OSI Executive Team includes representatives from 11 federal and local government entities. Its priorities are to provide a sustainable environment and integrated infrastructure and work towards achieving the goals set at the global level. The team is working on the most important global trends in the e-government survey: bridging the digital divide, open data, promoting use, multi-channel services, interconnected government and e-participation.

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About The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)

TRA was established in the UAE according to the Federal Law by Decree No. 3 of 2003. The role of TRA focuses on two fields: regulating the telecommunications sector, and enabling government entities in the field of smart transformation, as well as promoting cyber security in order to preserve the society’s safety and enhance its happiness and wellbeing.

In regulation, TRA role focuses on ensuring excellent telecom services, developing the ICT sector, protecting the stakeholders’ interests, implementing relevant policy and regulatory frameworks, developing human resources and promoting research and development, in order to ensure that the UAE has a leading regional and global position in the ICT sector.

In enablement, TRA is responsible for the mGovernment according to the Law No. 3 of 2011. Since then, TRA has been responsible for digital transformation in the Federal Government through two strategic goals: enhancing smart lifestyle and leadership in smart technological infrastructure in the UAE.

For more information, visit: www.tra.gov.ae 

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