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DUBAI / Emirates Business
Smart Dubai expanded its ‘Paperless Finance’ project to cover various Dubai Government entities, where it will fully digitise these entities’ financial operations, eliminating paper transactions.
The project is in line with the ambitious initiative of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, which seeks to establish the government of the future by 2021 – a government that is completely paperless and requires no physical visits from customers.
Currently in force at the Smart Dubai Government Establishment (SDG), Paperless Finance has proven successful in saving time and effort, while providing fast, secure and paperless services. In its first phase of expansion, the system was rolled out in both the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), with a host of other Dubai Government entities in the pipeline.
Her Excellency Dr Aisha Bint Butti Bin Bishr, Director-General of the Smart Dubai Office (SDO), said: “Inspired by the UAE leadership’s commitment to build the future today, Smart Dubai launched the Paperless Finance system to play our part in ending all paper transactions in the Government by the year 2021, which seeks not only to trading paperwork for digital transactions but also, and more importantly, to save time and effort and increase productivity for both government entities and their customers. This, in turn, is a manifestation of our Smart Dubai 2021 Strategy.â€
“A Paperless Life is an example of the ideal lifestyle of the future that we want to provide to the public today. The Paperless Finance initiative sets the tone for future projects we will be gradually implementing to make smart city services available to everyone, anytime and anywhere,†HE Dr Aisha continued.
On the same note, H.E. Humaid Al Qutami, Chairman of the Board and Director General of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), said that the authority is committed to taking the necessary steps to eliminate paper transactions with the aid of smart technology.