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Standards Dubai Data Building the Governance
Architecture & Implementation entity roadmap Roles
Roadmap Principles

Competency Data Data Data
Framework Inventories Cataloguing Classification

Prioritization Data Formats
Criteria Metadata Data Quality

Permission Publishing
Open Data Ingestion
License Access Acceptance Process
Management Criteria

Figure 11-7 –Dubai Data standards

3. Designating a data team within each data providing entity:
Dubai Data initiative requires data providers to designate data teams within their entities. These data teams,
referred to collectively as the Dubai Data Champions, are a closed community of government data peers who
will lead the implementation of the Dubai Data initiative. Dubai Data Champions have been appointed to
represent their entity on all matters related to Dubai Data, including: data inventory, data compliance and
data-driven decision making.
The Dubai Data Champions have been nominated by their leadership to guide each entity through the process
of classifying, readying, opening and sharing data through the Dubai Data Portal, in accordance with the
Dubai Data Law. To date, more than 180 data champions have been nominated from 31 government entities.
To support the Dubai Data Champions, the Dubai Data Establishment has suggested detailed roles and
responsibilities for data team members along with streamlined processes for publishing and sharing data
within each entity.

4. Training and upskilling Dubai Data teams
To upskill government employees, the Dubai Data initiative designed the Dubai Data Masterclass and the
Dubai Data Curriculum.
Dubai Data Masterclass

To prepare the city to implement the Dubai Data Initiative, the Dubai Data Establishment, in partnership with
the leading academic institution for public administration in Dubai, namely Mohammed bin Rashid School of
Government, hosted a series of workshops with government partners to introduce the objectives of the
Dubai Data initiative; define the role of the Dubai Data Establishment; explain the entity’s obligations to open
and share data in line with the initiative; and share the initiative roadmap for collaboration and contribution
from each entity to achieve the mandates of the Dubai Data Law. Three Dubai Data masterclasses were held
between June and September 2016. Over 150 government officials attended the educational sessions.
Dubai Data Curriculum:
To enhance the knowledge around data, the Dubai Data Establishment developed a data compliance
curriculum. The Dubai Data Curriculum is a series of courses offered to prepare the Dubai Data Champions
from government entities to ready data sets for opening and sharing, in line with the Dubai Data Law. It is
the first in a series of practical and hands-on training opportunities to equip government employees with the
data skills required to deliver the benefits of data to make the city more efficient, seamless, safe and
impactful.

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