Dubai ranked among world’s top five digital governments

Dubai ranked among world’s top five digital governments

Dubai: Dubai's ranking among one of the world’s to five digital governments in the United Nations E-Government Survey 2022 is with good reason. As the report points out, Dubai’s success lies in establishing Digital Dubai as a model for developing institutional frameworks. In the 12th edition of the United Nations’ assessment of the digital government landscape across all 193 member states, the city of Dubai was ranked fifth globally and one of the world’s best digital governments. in the Local Online Service Index (LOSI) 2022. Dubai scored 0.9186 on the survey’s Local Online Service Index, placing it in the fifth spot, behind top-ranked Berlin, Madrid, Tallinn and Copenhagen. So what are the main indicators of this index? The 2022 Local Online Service Index comprises 86 indicators relating to five criteria: institutional framework (8), content provision (25), services provision (18), participation and engagement (17), and technology (18). The Institutional Framework index focuses on digital government strategy, organisational structure, legislation on access to information and privacy and open data policy, among others. The report highlighted Dubai’s success in establishing Digital Dubai as a model for developing institutional frameworks. The Content Provision index measures the availability of basic public information and resources online.