The world now is becoming fully digitised and putting paper aside, replacing paper-based processes with digital applications, which will save time and resources.
United Arab Emirates announced last week it had become the world’s first paperless government, as part of the Dubai Paperless Strategy launched in 2018.
“We are proud to announce that as of [4 December], the government of Dubai has become the world’s first paperless government,” tweeted Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai.
The crown prince of Dubai referred to savings of $350 million and 14 million man-hours.
Dubai administration has been contemplating offering its services to the public within the hour for so long. All internal and external transactions and procedures in the Dubai government are now 100 per cent digital and managed from a comprehensive digital government services platform.
Consequently, the US, UK, Europe and Canada have spoken of plans to digitise government on a larger scale.
Paperless governments are globally recommended to save employees time and making data more accessible. In addition, digitisation is secure.
Also, avoiding the use paper conserves the environment,
Paperless governments need less space and fewer offices. No more printing and mailing documents mean tremendous savings.
Moreover, transparency is better in the digital government workflow.
The Egyptian government is poised for transfer to the New Administrative Capital and a fond farewell to paper correspondence.
Egypt has made leaps in digitisation in all services.
Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Amr Talaat, said that work is underway on the electronic archiving of more than one billion government documents, which should be completed before the move to the new capital.
“A unified data centre is being created for the government when it moves to the new capital,” the minister said.
To achieve the government’s vision towards transforming into a paperless, smart government, the state is building a single platform for the government through which correspondence can be conducted electronically.
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