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Figure 4  Three Pillars of the Dubai Blockchain Strategy

The adoption of blockchain technology perfectly aligns with the city-wide vision of embracing technology
innovation-enabling Dubai to offer the most efficient, seamless, safe and impactful experience for residents
and visitors.

2.2 Implementation

The Smart Dubai Office (SDO) is leading the implementation of Dubai’s Blockchain Strategy and has
developed a detailed roadmap that is organized around the blockchain strategy’s three pillars. This roadmap
defines the way forward for Dubai’s blockchain ambitions.
For each pillar in the strategy, the city has a plan with actionable initiatives.
1 Government Efficiency

Dubai intends to first pilot blockchain on the most applicable Government services in 2017 before it proceeds
to full implementation in 2018. The most applicable services are those that would benefit the most from the
implementation of blockchain technology due to their need for third party elimination, transaction ledgers,
smart controls and/or automation.
The piloting of blockchain will be done across the city in several sectors such as energy, transport and
logistics, tourism, health, education and employment, economic development, safety and justice, social
services, municipal and land works and smart districts (see Figure 5). This process will involve the key
Government champions in each sector such as the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, the Roads and
Transport Authority, the Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing Department, the Department of
Economic Development, Dubai Police, Dubai Health Authority and many more public sector stakeholders
that are key to sectoral adoption.

In order to roll out the blockchain pilots in an organized manner, Dubai recognized the importance of putting
in place a governance framework that would ensure that all stakeholders are aware of their roles and are
receiving the support they need. For this purpose, the Smart Dubai Office will roll out workshops with each
stakeholder with an objective to identify the best potential pilots in their sector and provide them with the
technical standards and unified protocols for implementing their pilots. Moreover, it will support each entity
in selecting a technical partner to implement the blockchain pilots.

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