The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

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Digital ID System

WIP

Tawtheeq

Governing entity: Ministry of the Interior
Status of implementation: Active
Legally binding redress mechanism: NA
Funding organizations identified: NA
Technical Support organizations identified: Thales
URL: https://www.mcit.gov.qa
Last Updated: 20/02/25
Claim of digital ID: YES
ID or Civil Registry Act: YES
Regulation for digital ID: NO
Codified digital ID legal status: NO
Procedural rules for digital ID enrolment: NA
Relationship with feeder documents: NO
Terms of data storage and sharing available: NO
National Data Protection Act: YES
Data leak disclosure process: YES
Data handling terms exist: NO
Collects or uses biometric data: YES
Digital authentication function: YES
Enables KYC packet collection: NA
Authentication through government portal: YES
Two or more sectoral use cases enabled: NA

Digital Payment System

DPI-like

Fawran

Payment system type: Interbank payment system
Status of implementation: Active
Operator: Central bank
National / Regional: National
Annual value of transactions (USD): NA
Annual volume of transactions: NA
Cost of transactions: NA
Number of participants: 2024- 8
Types of transactions supported: P2P, P2M
Type of settlement system: RTGS
URL: https://www.qnb.com
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Active real-time payment system present: YES
Cross-border payments: NA
QR code transactions: NA
Bank participation: YES
Non-bank participation: NO
Interoperability policy: YES
Participation conditions and rules: YES
Data-handing rules for payment system: YES
Reporting forum: YES
AML Law: NA

Data Exchange System

DPI-like

Goverment Data Exchange

Base technical architecture: NA
Status of implementation: Active
Governing Entity: Ministry of Transport and Communications
Coordination unit: Ministry of Transport and Communications
National / Regional: National
Sector-specific / Cross-sectoral: Cross-sectoral
Permitted participants: Public
Ownership: Public
URL: https://www.mcit.gov.qa
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Semantic interoperability: YES
Real-time sharing: YES
Scalable architecture: YES
Audit mechanism: NA
Procedural rules for data mgmt.: NA
Enrolment and participation information: NA
Used by more than one public entity: YES
Impact metrics: NA