PAS 2009:2024, Digital maturity for government organisations is an international guidance document to help government organisations measure and increase their digital maturity for the purpose of increasing overall efficiency, transparency and effectiveness. PAS 2009:2024 can also help technology providers to supply aligned and compatible solutions.
The UAE’s Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) sponsored the development of Publicly Available Specification (PAS) standardisation document developed by the British Standards institute (BSI) as one of the initiatives to:
- contribute to improving the quality of life of individuals in the UAE by encouraging a human-centric and inclusive approach to government service delivery
- promote the design of innovative digital government services based on data insights and engagement with the users
- provide guidance on increasing digital maturity in government organisations, including in their internal operations, external interfaces and service delivery
- accelerate innovation or create an industry solution
- improve productivity and increase efficiency.
What does PAS 2009:2024, Digital maturity for government organisations cover?
PAS 2009:2024 gives guidance on increasing digital maturity in government organisations, including their internal operations, external interfaces and service delivery. It provides a digital maturity framework that builds on the above model, as well as taking into consideration many other existing maturity model frameworks.
PAS 2009:2024 also describes six dimensions for government organisations to address in order to develop their capabilities with respect to digital technologies, and supplies helpful reference material, including digital government case studies from around the world.
PAS 2009:2024 is written with the needs of the end-users of government services – private citizens, businesses and civil society – in mind.
For whom is PAS 2009:2024, Digital maturity for government organisations?
PAS 2009:2024, Digital maturity for government organisations is for:
- government leaders and executives
- government digital transformation teams
- policymakers and regulators
- citizen engagement and experience teams
- data governance and security teams
- internal auditors and compliance officers
- technology providers working with government organisations
- ·vendors and consultants
- researchers.
Why should you use PAS 2009:2024, Digital maturity for government organisations?
- PAS 2009:2024 sets out how government organisations can measure their digital maturity using an established, authoritative and reliable model.
- It enables government organisations to use their understanding of where they are now as a foundation for establishing strategic goals and making sound digital transformation decisions that will lead to greater operational efficiency, effectiveness and transparency.
- PAS 2009:2024 can help establish good practices, uniformity and conformity to pre-established benchmarks.
- PAS 2009:2024 can help define rules for digital activities, including good practices for data management and protection.
- PAS 2009:2024 can help ensure compliance with legal and regulatory frameworks.
- PAS 2009:2024 can be used by internal audit and compliance teams to evaluate adherence to rules.
- PAS 2009:2024 can help technology developers and providers to guarantee the compatibility and interoperability of solutions, and to increase their in-house expertise and knowledge on how to measure digital maturity.
Source: The British Standards Institution 2024