Most government organizations have limited access to the much-needed, high quality cross government data assets and always struggle to discover and get hold of those trusted data assets to generate actionable insights.

To address these pain points, SDAIA has developed two collaborative and integrated arms The National Data Bank (NDB) and Estishraf to advance data and analytics centric platforms and initiatives in Saudi Arabia
The NDB is a national scale data and analytics ecosystem aspiring to achieve following goals:
• Unlocking the full potential of the administrative data
• Contributing sizable non-oil revenue in the GDP of the Kingdom
• Instilling data as a common denominator for the digital economy
• Increasing national productivity, international competitiveness
• Steering ESG/SDGs initiatives for sustainable future
• Realizing positive economic and financial benefits of national policies and decisions

In order to accelerate data literacy, empower self-service data discovery and accessibility, SADIA has developed an innovative and state of the art constellation of the platforms (NDB) encircled by Data standards and policies for robust governance. While Estishraf (which translate to foresight in Arabic) serves as the analytical arm of the National Information Center, empowering government officials and decision-makers to leverage the capabilities of data science for evidence-based decision making.

Furthermore, phenomenal progress has been achieved and now these platforms have become the focal point of the data and insights related activities across government entities with following results:
• National Data Lake: 40 Government agencies +2000 Datasets
• Open Data Portal: +6000 Datasets from 9 sectors
• National Data Marketplace: +200 APIs (more on the way)
• National Data Catalog: +130 large systems, +10 Agencies, + 200 KPI/Metrics, +1500 Business attributes, +1000 Glossaries
• National Reference Data Platform: +300 reference data tables

https://data.gov.sa/en

• Saudi Arabia

SDAIA promotes WSIS goals by: Enhancing access to high-quality cross-government data assets and promoting data-driven decision-making to improve governance, efficiency, and service delivery across government entities. Facilitating collaboration and integration among government agencies through the establishment of data ecosystems and platforms, fostering information sharing, interoperability, and innovation in data management and analytics. Empowering stakeholders with the necessary skills, tools, and resources to harness the potential of data and analytics for achieving national development objectives and addressing societal challenges.