Government data that is freely available for anyone to use, reuse, distribute or share with others without restrictions is called open government data. As per the UN eGovernment Survey 2018, open government data is government information proactively disclosed and made available online for all to access, without restriction.
Yes, it does. Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre, is the UAE government source for national statistics in all sectors. In addition, all federal entities in the UAE have open data and publications on their portals available to the public. Below are links to open data available in the following sectors in the UAE:
- Open data on health - Ministry of Health & Prevention
- Open data on education - Ministry of Education
- Open data on government human resources and employment - Federal Authority for Government Human Resources
- Open data on social affairs - Ministry of Community Empowerment
- Open data on labour and private sector establishments - Ministry of Human Resources & Emiratisation
- Open data on finance - Ministry of Finance
- Open data on environment - Ministry of Climate Change and Environment
- Open data on justice – Ministry of Justice.
You can use this form to request for data from FCSC and this form for data from DubaiPulse.
The UAE Government started an annual nationwide hackathon titled ‘The UAE Hackathon – Data for Happiness’ in February 2018. The hackathon involved using government data to invent apps that provide solutions/services for the benefit of people.
Several entities such as Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority invite the public to propose data.
The UAE passed thePersonal Data Protection Law and adopted open data policy an example of which can be found on the website of Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority. Dubai launched the Dubai Data law and the open data guidelines and adopted open data policy.
Refer to the UAE Smart Data Framework - Implementation Guide (Word, 2MB).
The UAE official Open Data Portal provides enhanced open datasets on education for public use. Explore open datasets on employment.
The UAE official Open Data Portal provides enhanced open datasets on education for public use. Explore open datasets on social protection.
