Data-compliant entities recognised
DUBAI: Smart Dubai has revealed a list of 14 entities that achieved the best results in the ‘Data First, The City’s Data Challenge’, launched to recognise entities that will make the most contributions in terms of providing their respective data to the Dubai Pulse platform, and will help foster a Data ecosystem within their entities.
A total of 35 government and semi-government entities have joined ‘Data First, The City’s Data Challenge’, revealing the significant and growing turnout witnessed by the six-month competition.
Entities that achieved the best results include: Dubai Municipality (98%); Dubai Health Authority (96%); Dubai Land Department (95%); Dubai Sports Council (94%); Legal Affairs Department (94%); Dubai Economic Development (93%); Road and Transport Authority (93%); Dubai Statistics Centre (92%); Department of Finance (91%); Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (91%); Dubai Culture (90%); Mohammed Bin Rashid Housing Establishment (90%); Dubai Courts (88%); and Dubai Maritime City Authority (87%).
Launched on July 14, 2019, the Challenge brings together government and semi-government data partners, in a bid to encourage all stakeholders to multiply their efforts to gather and present data. It seeks to highlight the value that data brings to the emirate, underlining the importance of collaborative efforts in data management, collection and insight generation. This, in turn, allows Dubai to produce more innovative use cases to support the leadership, as well as government and private entities, in their decision-making process.
“Data is an indispensable and valuable commodity for building smart cities, offering a wealth of insight to support decision-makers,” said Younus Al Nasser, Assistant Director General of Smart Dubai, CEO of Smart Dubai Data.