Dubai has put seven government offices onto one Digital Identity-supported smart city platform – a move it says marks the successful first phase of its ambitious programme to deliver true e-government to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
That’s in the shape of something it’s calling UAE PASS initiative, which is all about allowing residents and visitors to seamlessly access government services via their smartphones and with no need for multiple log-ins.
The seven it said this week are now “integrated” into the UAE PASS scheme are the Dubai Department of Economic Development, the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), Dubai Police, Dubai Courts, Dubai Land Department, Dubai Health Authority and Dubai Civil Defence.
The UAE PASS Digital Identity platform was launched in October last year in partnership with the Emirates’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Smart Solutions and Services Authority, the Dubai Electronic Security Centre (DESC), and the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship.
The programme’s end goal is to have all local and federal government entities fully integrated with UAE PASS, with a representative of the administration claiming, “Digital Identity is a key pillar in the process of enabling many digital transformation initiatives at the local and federal levels [while also supporting] the objectives of the Dubai Paperless Strategy to create an advanced paper-free future for government services – an important element of transforming Dubai into a smart city.”
