Emirates Identity Authority (Emirates ID) will divert its focus to e-government initiatives, following the completion of enrolment of all UAE residents in population register and national ID cards.
The advanced ID systems developed by Emirates ID play a great role in enabling the e-government projects, particularly the e-link with all government entities and the digital ID project. The ultimate goal is to offer government services to customers through mobile devices.
This transformation in focus begins now as the authority’s strategic plan 2010-2013, which mainly concentrated the completion of population register and enrolment in ID cards by streamlining the registration process, is going to end, said the authority’s annual report 2012.
The population register was completed in 2012 and the number of people registered during that year was equal to the total number of people registered throughout the previous eight years.
Dr Ali Al Khoury, director general of Emirates ID, said the authority has launched its ambitious new strategic plan 2014-2016 with a prime objective of enhancing UAE’s security and boosting its global competitiveness. This will be done through providing an integrated advanced ID management system that serves the UAE Vision 2021.
In 2012, it achieved 94 per cent of the targeted performance indicators set out in its Strategic Plan 2010-2013. The Plan was a road map that helped it achieve most of its goals within the time frame. It also helped in setting and developing the infrastructure required for improving the government work system in the UAE.
Emirates ID said that the completion of the UAE population register and the success in registering all Emiratis and residents in the “smart” ID card project topped its achievements in the past year. It stressed that the Authority’s success is a world-class achievement considering the growing challenges faced by countries around the world which hinder them from developing their own advanced ID systems.
The authority achieved those goals with the support of Shaikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor and Chairman of Emirates ID, and the follow up from Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Vice Chairman of Emirates ID,
The authority won the “Distinguished Federal Authority” Award in the field of services along with three other awards within the UAE Government Excellency Award of the Shaikh Khalifa Government Excellency Programme.
The 2012 report briefs the Emirates ID Strategic Plan 2014-2016 which was developed in line with the federal government requirements and UAE vision 2021.
The key objective of the new strategy is to enhance Emirates ID role as the primary entity to verify and authenticate personal identity in the country, support decision making and strategic planning, upgrade UAE’s competitiveness, offer the highest level of services in order to gain customers trust.
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Quelle/Source: gulfnews, 16.08.2013
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