Initiative overview
This policy aims to expand public access to non‑sensitive government data to strengthen transparency, accountability, and innovation. It addresses the challenge of fragmented data practices across ministries by introducing a unified national framework for data release, licensing, and governance.
The policy seeks to leverage the economic and social value of open data by enabling entrepreneurs, researchers, and citizens to reuse high‑quality, machine‑readable datasets. It establishes guiding principles to ensure data is both trustworthy and usable.
To achieve this, the initiative creates institutional mechanisms such as the National Council for Artificial Intelligence, an interim Interagency Data Release Board, and designated Open Data Officers across government entities. These bodies coordinate dataset review, anonymization, and publication.
Overall, the policy aims to improve service delivery, foster digital innovation, support evidence‑based policymaking, and align Egypt with global open government and open data standards through a national open data portal and harmonized procedures.
