Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council Magazine Issue 6 April 2012

ADSIC
Abu Dhabi Systems
& Information
Centre
VISION
AD-SDI is to empower
government and society with
convenient, open access to
high quality and up-to-date
geographic information and
spatially enabled e-government
services.
MISSION
To promote, facilitate, coordinate
and support the development
of a dynamic and flexible
geospatial environment that will:
• Provide for online access to
a wide range of geographic
information and services
• Facilitate information sharing
across boundaries
• Protect information rights and
privileges
• Facilitate and support the
adoption of standards to
ensure compatibility and
interoperability through the
government systems
• Promote government
transparency and public rights to
information access
• Provide decision-makers with
a full range of geographic data
and spatial analysis
Developed and sponsored by Abu Dhabi Systems
and Information Centre, the e-Government
Strategy has enabled the implementation of
Abu Dhabi government’s far-reaching vision
of delivering high performance services for
the benefit of all its customers and the wider
community as part of the transition to a
knowledge-based economy.
ADSIC has been maintaining a persistent
drive to create an advanced e-government
infrastructure in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. It
Going forward
As depicted in the AD-SDI vision, mission, and
strategic plan 2010-2014, the AD-SDI Program
provides a common governance framework for
the spatial enablement of government services
which reduces investment risks and costs while
enabling innovative applications and added
value information products. Concurrently, the
sound strategic direction of the AD-SDI Program
is realized through the constant proactive and
internationally acknowledged drive by the
AD-SDI Community that exceeded 50 entities
in 2011 and continues to strive towards a
GeoMature Abu Dhabi. This is instigating
gradually the opening up of new value chains
for the public sector, citizens and businesses
while enabling an information ecosystem
around government data. This encourages
launched and completed several key projects
that laid the foundations for technological
development in the Emirate.
One of ADSIC’s key initiatives is the ABU DHABI
SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE (AD-SDI).
The AD-SDI is a programme of the Government
of Abu Dhabi, administered within the Abu
Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC)
e-government programme to facilitate the
sharing of geospatial data among government
agencies and other stakeholders.
interaction between technologists and policy
makers; thus unleashing economic growth,
service innovation and citizen engagement.
The AD-SDI program developments in 2012 will
continue with the same momentum achieved
during 2011 through active participation
and contribution of the AD-SDI Community.
Concurrently, the Spatial Data Centre will
continue to support the geospatial information,
technology and services (GITS) developments
in the community through the provision of
spatial infrastructure and services such as
GeoPortal enhancements and spatially enabled
executive dashboards development to name a
few to support the decision makers.
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