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United for Smart Sustainable Cities
Enhancing Innovation and Participation

Figure 17 Though leadership action areas

2.3 Results

Given that Dubai will begin the implementation of its Blockchain roadmap in the first quarter of 2017, results will
become evident by the end of 2017 as government entities start to implement blockchain pilots.

Results are expected to be in the form of transaction cost savings and reductions in transaction durations,
resources and paper usage. Once the blockchain pilots are identified with the government entities, key
performance indicators will be set and tracked.
The Smart Dubai Office has set a performance management framework that will track the progress on all the
action items detailed in this case study on a regular basis.

3 Conclusions

Dubai’s adoption of blockchain technology on a citywide scale promises to provide an enabling ecosystem for
business and start-ups to thrive as well as drive innovation. Blockchain is still a nascent technology; however,
Dubai’s clear vision and roadmap on the way forward is expected to inspire other countries to also tread on similar
paths and explore the potential of blockchain in the urban domain.

Dubai has been a pioneer in adopting blockchain technology at the citywide level. The Emirate of Dubai strongly
believes that the novel approach and the overall framework adopted for blockchain is easily transferable to other
cities. The particular context of each city may vary in terms of specific services; however, the approach is both
scalable and also highly replicable.

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