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5. Guiding data providing entities in developing their data release plans

Dubai Data Initiative provides detailed step by step guidance to entities through its standards to prepare
them for publishing and exchanging their data. Entities are required to complete a self-assessment tool to
determine their data maturity as well as inventory and classify their data before developing a detailed data
release plan.
6. Uploading data to a centralized electronic platform (Smart Dubai Platform)

Dynamic opening and sharing of Dubai Data is enabled by the Smart Dubai Platform. Having open data on
one platform will help in making data more discoverable and reliable to data users. Furthermore, the
seamless exchange of shared data will be enabled through this centralized platform and governed through
access permission management. Data providers will be able to request access to new datasets available on
the Dubai Data catalogue on the Smart Dubai Platform. They will be able to determine the authorizations to
each dataset and inspect the access audit trails of data users. This will help data providers increase their data
sharing while maintaining a high level of protection for shared data.
Results and Benefits

Smart Dubai Platform (SDP) and Dubai Data initiatives are both major contributors to smart city initiative in
Dubai. It turns the entire city into an enabling platform with carefully designed services, data and
infrastructure components.
 The Smart Dubai Platform will be fully enabled with geo-location data support, enabling advanced
responsiveness in many citywide applications, from emergency medical response to event planning
and transportation logistics. The data residing in the platform will be provided through the
meticulous governance of Dubai Data Initiative
 The Smart Dubai Platform will store the complete catalogue of open and shared city data, enabling
efficient and secure data sharing and secure data-cloud services for the city. The Smart Dubai
Platform will be the source for open city data for entrepreneurs, city planners and business owners
seeking to learn and benefit from city data, produced as part of the Dubai Data Initiative
 Personalised dashboards and analytics tools, for individuals, business owners, government
departments, and city leaders will be provided
 A unified, single-sign-on digital ID that will permit individuals to access hundreds of city services with
one secure username and password that is also linked to their Emirates ID, so that city services can
be completed faster and more easily for all parties
 A secure digital payment gateway that protects both individuals and organisations with reliable and
timely digital payments. With secure digital payments powered by the Smart Dubai Platform,
individuals will be able to transfer and receive payments with comfort and peace of mind

 The Smart Dubai Platform will be available as a “Platform as a Service” to government entities or
the private sector to be able to benefit from the full suite of services provided by the platform
including data services
 All users of the Smart Dubai Platform will benefit from its real-time app environment, powering live
dashboards and other time-dependent operations such as traffic monitoring; smart grids connected
through the internet of things.
On the data side, Dubai Data Establishment has achieved considerable success in engaging data providers
and raising their awareness about the Dubai Data initiative during the past year. A total of 31 data providers
- from government, semi-government and private sector entities – currently have data teams with a total of
more than 180 data champions. Three masterclasses, a training course, and several data team meetings have
been arranged to drive and monitor compliance with the Dubai Data law. The Dubai Data Establishment also
works on actively engaging data providers in the development of standards and policies through focus
groups, formal consultations and roadshows to top level leadership. For example, in the development of the
Dubai Data policies, focus groups were conducted with private and public sector data providers to
understand their needs and concerns, and rounds of consultation were held with 13 government data
providers through working groups, formal consultations and roadshows to the top leadership of these
entities to showcase the key decisions in the policies and obtain feedback.

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