The year 2020 is full of new excitement, challenges, opportunities and a step forward towards technology for Dubai certainly. At the beginning of this year, Dubai government issued Law Number 1 of the year 2020 (the New Law) regarding Smart Dubai which applies on the Smart Offices established by virtue of Law number 29 of the year 2015 (the Old Law).

Under the provisions of Old Law, a “Dubai Smart Office” was established and is a governmental department having a legal ability required to accomplish its objectives, and to undertake the functions appointed to it under this law and the enactment in power in the Emirate, and to the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai. Importantly, the department prior to enactment of the Old Law was referred to as “Dubai Smart Circle” which was later replaced by “Dubai Smart Office” and has been recently changed to “Dubai Smart Department” considering the recent change in the Law.

Functions of Dubai Smart Department

The objectives of Dubai Smart Department has not been significantly amended under the New Law as compared to the Old Law. As to now, Dubai Smart Department liable for encouraging Dubai’s keen change, to enable, convey and advance a productive, consistent, protected and effective urban experience for residents and guests, encouraging data and information trade between the general population and private segments, and improving the effectiveness of taxpayer driven organizations through mechanization and by urging people in general to utilize smart Dubai services.

The Dubai Smart Department focuses, as per the law, to upgrade Dubai’s position and bolster its endeavors towards turning into a model for keen smart jurisdiction, and to add to keeping up a significant level of value in offering types of assistance to individuals from the network and its different gatherings, and to guarantee the satisfaction and prosperity of citizenry, using current advancements, and to encourage and invigorate the financial cycle in the emirate, by encouraging the trading of exchanges and information among government and private offices electronically. The law stipulated that, so as to accomplish its objectives, the Dubai Smart Department will have errands and aims that include: setting a brilliant transformation plan and the arrangements and plans in support for it, and projects and activities in the field of data technology, to guarantee the savvy change of government offices, and the progression of inventiveness and advancement right now, raising it to Dubai Executive Council for endorsement, administering all issues identified with data innovation, and keen advances with government offices, just as supervising the usage of approaches, methodologies, tasks and activities for smart change with government organizations, and creating Joint government guidelines, undertakings, projects and applications bound together administration of government offices, in a way that bolsters insightful change.

To attain such goals, the Dubai Smart Department is approved to build up plans, arrangements, projects and activities required for keen change and submit them to The Executive Council of Dubai for endorsement. Brilliant Dubai Department, in a joint effort with the General Secretariat of The Executive Council of Dubai, is likewise answerable for supervising all issues, arrangements, procedures, ventures and activities identified with the administration’s data innovation frameworks and keen change. It additionally administers the advancement and the executives of joint government frameworks and bound together applications. Alongside numerous different substances, the Smart Dubai Department is answerable for setting up, working and building up an entryway for all smart government applications, drafting KPIs identified with the administration’s information technology segment in a joint effort with the General Secretariat of The Executive Council of Dubai, using every single accessible asset to help smart change endeavors as a team with concerned government divisions, and empowering and supporting government offices to grow new smart administrations.

E-Portal

Dubai Smart Department sets up an electronic entry for smart applications, directs its activity and advancement, and sets execution markers identified with the data innovation part, to gauge the degree of duty to applying open arrangements, procedures, activities, tasks, and norms identified with keen change, as a team with the General Secretariat of Dubai Executive Council And in a way that doesn’t negate the exhibition pointers of open administrations and open administrations, and the utilization of assets accessible in Dubai to help the savvy change process, as a team with the important government organizations, and bolster and empower W brilliant administrations and creative, in coordination and collaboration with the General Secretariat of the Executive Council, and the foundation of framework and improvement in territories identified with data innovation, and some other obligations or forces are important to accomplish its targets, or are commanded by the Executive Council of Dubai.

Lastly, the government of Dubai will soon appoint a Director General for Dubai Smart Department for overseeing the implementation of the New Law. Additionally, the Executive Council’s Chairman will have the authority to further issues decrees or by laws for smooth application of the New Law.