Dubai Paperless Strategy: 85% of Documents in Electronic Archive in H1 of 2021

Dubai Paperless Strategy: 85% of Documents in Electronic Archive in H1 of 2021

As part of its continuous efforts to develop a centralized digital archive compliant to international specifications and standards, Dubai Government Workshop (DGW) revealed that they have electronically archived up to 85 per cent of documents during the first half of 2021. The initiative is in line with the DGW’s commitment to support smart transformation and achieve the objectives set forth by the Dubai Paperless Strategy. Moreover, the number of documents that the workshop converted to digital has exceeded two million papers in the last three years.

The above milestone is attributed to the DGW’s adoption of the Therefore™ Document Management System program in 2018, in keeping with the Smart Dubai’s policy to develop the Document, Paper, and Electronic Archiving Department. The integrated electronic document management system features secure, fast, and highly efficient storage, management, and processing of DGW’s information.

H.E. Fahad Ahmed Al-Raeesi CEO of DGW, explained that the electronic archiving process is part of their commitment to support Smart Dubai initiatives. He commented that the workshop is keen to coordinate closely with the National Archives to develop