IGF 2024-DAY 0-Plenary-Keynote Our Future is Now: Sustainable Development and Redefining Boundaries

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>> ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, we will begin in a few minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, in a few minutes, we will proceed.

>> DEEMAH ALYAHYA: Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, dear participants, we would like to welcome you again to the IGF. We're pleased to communicate with you throughout the break, to talk more about the Forum, and more details coming in the next hours.

Now, with grace and more achievements and provide a successful and exciting events in the achievements.  Join me in welcoming His Excellency, Governor of the Digital Government Authority, Ahmed Alsuwaiyan.

>> AHMED ALSUWAIYAN: Your Highnesses, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, you are mostly welcome here in Riyadh, at the IGF2024. In the first day, we are hosting the Saudi digital Forum. Allow me to speak in Arabic and use the translation headset next to you.

Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, we are here with you, and you are most welcome. And the Digital Government Authority which is organized this year to coincide with the IGF. This is our aspirations continue and we're moving in the skies of innovation and innovation and solutions and new tools, which is innovating and gives the best impact and value that can be achieved. And continues and our objectives will continue to be towards increasing the productivity and efficiency and improve the experience. This is what is happening with all efficiency and capacity by you, the heroes of digital transformation and Governmental entities.

Let us take a quick glance at some examples. And in the health Sector today, 43% of the points for consultations as provided remotely through the clinics and hospitals and efficient to that, we have achieved a 1.3 billion serves with the platform. And conducted this year the first surgery transplant, organ heart transplant which has contributed greatly by minimizing the recovery time and leaving of the hospital by 90%. Let us salute the workers at the health Sector.

And municipality and health Sector and by using the AI, today we have the capacity to detect the certain formation compared which was 90% in the past. In addition to that, we have a savings of 6 million Riyadh by unifying the services in all municipalities and throughout the country. In addition to that, today, all the municipalities and their branches of the Minister of Municipalities and housing, we have less partial visits. The average is three hundred thousand visits today. Thanks God. The average of the Ministry, thanks be to the municipality and housing Sector.

At the work Sector and social development Sector, today, we have less cases by 42% through accelerating the issuing the settlement at 6% less. And you mention for the Minister of Municipalities and housing, the visits for the branches of the Minister of Human resources and social development exceeds 60,000 visits, today, 3,000 visits for the branches of the Ministry. Also by using the AI. And through the modern technologies we manage to save more than 154 million by exposing the fraud cases of social service. And thank the heroes for this wonderful job. Thank you so much.

And international relationships, and the tourism Sector today, we have less time, 60% less time to issue the certificates and scale for the work Visa. In addition to that you achieved annual savings exceed 283 million through cancellation of the stickers, and approving the electronic Visas. Today, the tourist Visa does not take more than three minutes compared to the administration which took seven days, all thanks to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and tourism for their efforts. In the financial Sector, today, 70% of the payments is conducted electronically. This is high rate compared to other countries in the world. In addition to that, we have achieved savings that exceed three billion three minimizing the commercial factor system Authority.

Today, also only to deliver the commodities through the electronic market to compare 220 days in the past.

So also we have more than 40,000 products in the Government entities could select the service and deliver it to the Governmental entities and the facts that the Minister of Finance of the Central Bank and all of the financial centre entities.

And the work going on with the comprehensive Government in the target 2030, in the population. And we have launched the platforms is unified and more than 90 elements, 25 platforms, interface and the activities of the beneficiaries.

And also, we have expanded in the comprehensive national application more than 350 services in the platform. In the token apps and target 26 to have more than 1,000 services in token apps. In addition to that, the job is continuing with providing comprehensive experience, many on the Generative AI, we have launched 12 live journeys to tell about the services and in that case, others mainly. 216 were taken from the Government authorities according to the public cooperation, to promote the participation. In addition to that, the commitment to the comprehensive inclusiveness criterions for every category, the edge Group for disabilities and launch more than 20 services for them. Also to provide service to them and increase Government acceptance in general, through moving the certificates for Government entities and the material structure and train more than 3,000 employees more than 180 Programmes and to provide consultations more than 60 consultations to support the Government bodies and entities.

And for our deep concern about the efficiencies, on the Private Sector, the total number of service through revising the projects and the participant is more than 8 billion Riyal and the share of the procurement of the innovators and entrepreneurs, is 38% of the total Government procurement through the end of third quarter of this year, 2024.

And for the first time, the rate of the Cloud service, is reached 38% and exceeded this by 500 million on the Cloud services for the participation of the Private Sector and to receive distinguished services.

The improvement continued in the digital side by measuring Digital Transformation for the Government and increase the maturity and experience of digital experience for the digital platform supporters and also to care for the future as well through adopting AI models and also many technologies because the quality of the digital content receive it in three or four years and we receive the digital measure indicators all contributed greatly in achieving achievement in the fourth Global level. The fourth level, internationally.

On the services to have the different categories. It is open data. And Riyadh city is the third around the world among the capitals around the world. All of the successes and achievements could not have been achieved without the general support, without the wise leadership of the King and his Royal Highness. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

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