Hamdan launches plan for a paperless Dubai
dubai — Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, launched the Dubai Paperless Strategy on Monday, during a visit to the Smart Dubai Office (SDO) headquarters in Dubai Design District (d3).
The new strategy falls in line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to transform Dubai into a full-fledged smart city.
“What we are witnessing today is another milestone in Dubai’s journey towards fully embracing smart technology,” said Sheikh Hamdan. “The Dubai Paperless Strategy embodies our leadership’s vision for a smart government that embraces advanced technologies to build a perfectly integrated paperless government framework, and an administration that sets solid plans and strategies to secure people’s happiness and develop their communities to meet the requirements of the cities of the future.
“After 2021, no employee or customer of the Government of Dubai will need to print any paper document,” Sheikh Hamdan said. “This reflects our holistic vision for our role as human beings, not only towards Dubai, but towards
After 2021, no employee or customer of the Government of Dubai will need to print any paper document.”
Sheikh Hamdan, Crown Prince of Dubai
the world as a whole. The Dubai Paperless Strategy will eliminate over one billion papers annually used today in Dubai Government transactions.”
Sheikh Hamdan was accompanied by Abdulla Al Basti, secretarygeneral of the Executive Council.
Dr Aisha bint Butti bin Bishr, SDO director-general, said: “We are currently on an ambitious mission to transform Dubai into the smartest and most successful city in the world — and in record time.
“Our objective is to fully eliminate government paper transactions by 2021, and today, with the Dubai Paperless Strategy, we are taking it a step further by digitising both external and internal processes in government bodies and institutions. This, in turn, saves time and effort for employees and customers across all government authorities, all the while improving the work environment, achieving customer satisfaction and reducing cost and waste.”
Wesam Lootah, CEO of the Smart Dubai Government Establishment (SDG), presented the strategy to Sheikh Hamdan. “The Dubai Paperless Strategy marks the official launch of a new government ecosystem.
“The 100 per cent paperless transformation will reflect positively on the economy and provide new opportunities for all. It will also empower government entities to reallocate time and resources towards continuously upgrading their services, which, in turn, improves the entire government ecosystem and increases productivity,” Lootah added.
The government will stop issuing or requesting paper documents from citizens, and government employees will stop issuing or processing paper in key or supporting operations.