Smart Dubai has announced the expansion of the Smart Dubai Global Network.
Launched in April this year, the global network aims to be the largest international network of Smart Cities.
Through the network, Smart Dubai Office is extending its hand in partnership to all individuals and entities that share a passion for advanced technology, Fourth Industrial Revolution breakthroughs, smart living, and spreading happiness in the community with tech-enabled, human-centric services.
Read more: AE: Global smart city pioneers join Smart Dubai Global Network
Abu Dhabi has been ranked top on a list of cities in Africa and the Middle East in the McKinsey Global Institute study 'Smart Cities: Digital Solutions for a More Livable Future'.
The study looked at how cities all over the world use technology to increase the quality of life across a wide range of criteria, including healthcare, security, mobility, economic development and housing. With a rating of 18.4, Abu Dhabi ranked first in the region ahead of Dubai, which was placed second with a rating of 17.3.
The Dubai Municipality has started implementing a global system for electronic automation of legislation and planning requirements for school sitemaps.
This is the replacement of the manual method used for the data management and the site mapping system, Tableau, in the municipality.
Read more: AE: Dubai Municipality implements electronic automation system for planning legislation
Emirates ranking jumped one place to 17th globally
The UAE’s global ranking in digital competitiveness continued to improve as it secured the 17th position in IMD World Digital Competitiveness 2018 report.
The region’s second biggest economy also maintained its lead in the Middle East chiefly due to Dubai’s strong push towards digitisation and embracing new technologies to make the emirate a smart city.
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has launched a campaign to develop the content of the official portal of the UAE Government (Government.ae), inivited all sections of the public, government entities and private sector establishments to share information that is missing from the portal and provide official references and sources of such information. TRA welcomes anyone to report any wrong information, grammatical or spelling mistakes.
People are requested to report their feedback through a survey, for which a link is published via social media and sent out to anyone whose e-mail address is in the TRA’s databases. TRA is using the 'Participate and get a reward' hashtag for the campaign.
Read more: AE: TRA seeks public and corporate input to develop UAE e-government portal