Emirates Identity Authority signs strategic partnership agreement with Dubai eGovernment

The Emirates Identity Authority has signed a co-operation and strategic partnership agreement with the Dubai eGovernment Department aimed at optimizing the use of the population register system and ID card project through developing and activating electronic linkage between the Emirates Identity Authority and all Dubai government entities.

The agreement reflects the two parties’ endeavor to upgrade government services and push the UAE comprehensive development forward with Dubai eGovernment committing itself to introducing the central applications and infrastructure required for integrating with the project of digital identity applications, which is being implemented by the Emirates Identity Authority.

The agreement was signed by H.E. Ahmed Bin Humaidan, Director General of Dubai eGovernment, and H.E. Dr. Eng. Ali Mohamed Al Khouri, Emirates ID Director General, at Dubai eGovernment headquarters in HH Dubai Ruler’s Court today.

The agreement is aimed at employing all available resources to achieve the common strategic goals, particularly with respect to improving the operational performance, easing government procedures, developing the services provided to customers and creating effective communication channels to support government integration with a view to serving the excellence and leadership process in the UAE and converting into a digital society and a knowledge-based economy.

Under the agreement, the Emirates Identity Authority will provide the necessary technological applications to read the data stored in the ID card and support the development of the infrastructure of the digital identity applications with the aim of verifying the identity of  customers and partnering with Dubai eGovernment for developing the concepts of this strategic project across the emirate.

Al Khouri affirmed that signing this agreement coincides with the gradual conversion towards making the ID card a major theme in the transactions and services provided by the government and private sector organizations as a means for identifying and verifying the identity of individuals and as a condition for availing of such services, not to mention its other national roles.

This strategic partnership reflects the belief of both sides in the importance of optimizing the use of advanced technologies in improving government performance, considering that the population register and ID card project is a strategic project for the UAE and one of the major technologically advanced projects in the Middle East Region, he said.

Signing this agreement reflects the keenness of both sides on keeping pace with the UAE government’s strategic plan of becoming one of the five best governments in the world and is based on the common keenness on implementing the strategic objectives of government entities and unifying the efforts aimed at upgrading customer service, he added, commending Dubai eGovernment’s role in easing government transactions and leading the eGovernance process in Dubai.

Meanwhile, Bin Humaidan said he was positive about the co-operation agreement signed with the Emirates Identity Authority, underlining the importance of this step for supporting the strategic objectives of government entities and making a success of the joint efforts among all ministries and federal and local government authorities to expand their areas of cooperation in line with the public interest and community service.

Bin Humaidan confirmed the department’s commitment to using available resources and means to support corporate development strategies and prepare the required studies on how to link and integrate with the Emirates Identity Authority to exchange data and information and develop the general framework for the digital identity project for serving citizens and residents, particularly in terms of e-governance.

“Signing this agreement is in line with the Department’s keenness on contributing effectively to achieving the objectives of government integration and ensuring the eTransformation of the government system in Dubai in fulfillment of the vision and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai”, Bin Humidan said

“Our support for the digital identity project is based on its positive effect on Dubai’s eTransformation. We are committed, in the framework of our partnership with the Emirates Identity Authority, to implement a series of initiatives and joint ventures, including the infrastructure integration project for the purposes of verifying and dealing with the ID card”, Bin Humaidan added.

The two parties affirmed their full commitment to pursuing joint ventures and studies, including a study for activating the identity card and adopting it as a major source of data for the beneficiaries of Dubai’s government services and another study for applying eServices via the identity card that allows communication with customers all over the emirate.