AD Data is an Open Data Platform designed for creating value added services to the Emirate’s Citizens and Residents unlocking potential economic value of inaccessible government data. It has gathered momentum in a short span garnering 630K+ views, 100K downloads and nearly a dozen new applications and services deployed from the 2100+ data sets published so far. This brings 70+ entities directly in the public domain with their internal data being harnessed by 35+ SMEs in the private sector delivering new services.
This is poised to grow to 4K+ data sets by end of 2021 and a potential 20 new services in the pipeline to be delivered using the open data. Key applications are showcased on the platform. This directly contributes to build a knowledge based economy with an ecosystem of startups and incubators leveraging the government open data to enhance the wellbeing of Abu Dhabi. This initiative is aligned with the Abu Dhabi Agenda of 2030 for economic growth. It is well on its way to set up a thriving ecosystem of startups developing data driven Apps enabling new citizen services. The Platform has been implemented under the Knowledge and Innovation Tenet of a Government Accelerator Program called Ghadan21.

https://data.abudhabi/

• International

• Youth
• Older persons
• Women
• Indigenous and nomadic peoples
• People with disabilities
• The unemployed
• The poor
• Migrants
• Refugees and internally displaced people
• Remote and rural communities

Values such as People-centricity, Inclusion, Orientation towards development, contributing to a Knowledge Economy are key to the Abu Dhabi Open Data Platform. The open data provides open and free access to government data sets under a free to use, reuse and redistribute license enabling any individual or a corporate including startups and SMEs to use the data. This is seen leading the development of new data driven services contributing the national economy making it a strong knowledge based economy. The availability, accessibility and subsequent usage of the open data is seen to have a huge direct positive impact on several groups of people. Applications have been developed that would serve nearly all the beneficiary groups listed in the WSIS as can be seen from the published applications on the platform.