Dubai names new strategic partners to help migrate government services fully to blockchain by 2020

Briefing

March 31, 2017

Briefing	Public-Private Blockchain Partnerships – Smart Dubai, Dubai government’s innovation arm, names IBM as blockchain strategic partner and ethereum startup ConsenSys as blockchain city advisor Government Services Migration – Plans to migrate government services such as tourism, health and police to blockchain by 2020 Needs Analysis – First phase involves analysis of most important challenges citizens face by April 2017 Proposals Request – Second phase will release request for proposals from startups to address identified issues using blockchain technology, with first pilots launching in August 2017 Regulatory Support – Will provide regulatory support to participating startups, such as guidelines on legal deliverables and cost assumptions
Accelerator	Web3 Ecosystems, Tokens and Consensus Mechanisms
Market Disruption	Innovation, Competitiveness and Trade
Sector	Government (excluding military), Information Technology
Organization	Smart Dubai
Source	Rizzo, P., "Dubai government taps IBM for city-wide blockchain pilot push", CoinDesk, http://www.coindesk.com/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	March 14, 2017

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