His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin
Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and
Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of
Dubai, was briefed about the distinct fea
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tures and services of the new shop and
about the steps for complementing trans-
formation to a smart government by mid-
2015, as per the strategic plan announced
during the recent Government Summit.
During the launch event of the new store,
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin
Rashid Al Maktoum said that the aim is to
make smart services part of the daily life
of the society and make them easily and
directly accessible. The smarter the ser-
vices are, the happier people become and
better life is for everyone. He called for in
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creasing the number of smart services in
the new store and encouraged people to
avail them. He urged continued coordina
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tion between the federal and local govern-
ment agencies to achieve full transition
towards the smart government.
The event was attended by His Excellence
Mohammed Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister
for Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the
Higher Committee for Smart Government;
Her Excellence Reem IbrahimAl Hashimi,
Minister of State; and His Excellence Mo
-
hammed Al Qamzi, Chairman of the Tele
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communications Regulatory Authority and
the project work team.
The new project was launched in partner-
ship and coordination with Google and
Apple to ensure provision of better gov-
ernment services. The apps in the store
are characterized by reliability, security,
maintenance of government transactions’
data for individuals and businesses, as
well as reliability. The store will also be
able to meet all future developments and
expansions of services.
The store contains many sections for
easy access of government apps includ-
ing economic services, Ministry of Labor,
the economic departments, and consumer
protection apps. The store also contains
sections for educational and health ser-
vices offered by government agencies as
well as sections pertaining to justice, safe-
ty, civil defense and emergency services.
It contains sections for the UAE visitors
to provide all the service and information
they need prior to and during their visits
to the UAE.
The store also contains services related to
the environment, infrastructure, transport
in addition to social and religious services.
This renders the store a key and single re-
source for all smart services in the UAE.
The store comes in line with the key gov-
ernment instructions to make government
services easily accessible through smart
applications. It is the world’s first store
of its kind in the field of government ser
-
vices. The government apps were subject
to security and reliability tests for quality
assurance purposes. The store will also
undergo ongoing developments and ex-
pansions to accommodate all the new
services and updated technology.
It is noteworthy that the government has
recently launched the first comprehensive
guide to smart service standards to be the
main reference for all government agen-
cies upon their transition to smart servic-
es. The guide also aims to consolidate the
standards throughout the UAE and ensure
quality, security and safety of all govern-
ment data used over smartphones.
100 smart apps of-
fering 700 services
from one log
Partnership with
Google and Apple
to offer reliable and
secure services
The UAE has launched the world's first store for smart govern
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ment applications through Android and iOS platforms.
The store features over 100 smart applications developed by
the UAE local and federal agencies to provide about services to
customers in a single location.
App store on MS platform
A TRA official said that the app store
would be soon available on MS plat
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form, the third platform for the store.
