Saudi Arabia has 630 government digital platforms after merger of 200 in two years

Saudi Arabia has 630 government digital platforms after merger of 200 in two years

Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia’s Digital Government Authority (DGA) has abolished more than 200 government digital platforms in two years. Earlier, there were a total of 816 government platforms but some of them merged with others in course of time and at present, there are about 630 platforms, the authority said in a report, while unveiling its plans to bring down the number of platforms to around 200 with integration of services in the most efficient and fastest manner. The authority has been successful in cutting down the number of digital platforms in eight government sectors from 160 to 20 platforms, through mergers and restructuring of digital government services. Around 10 platforms were merged with the Health Ministry’s Sehhaty platform while four platforms were merged with Anat platform, which provides channels of communication for health practitioners. T he authority has approved S EHA platform to accept sick leave of Ministry of Health employees from outside Saudi Arabia , with merging of five platforms with it. In the transportation and logistics services sector, the authority approved the logistics platform with merger of 25 platforms with it, while Senai platform was adopted in the industry and mining sector with merger of