The D’MADD project has unveiled its official website today. It is designed to provide stakeholders and the public with the most updated information about the project. The website aims to showcase the project components and implementation transparently, offer news and reports, and archive all project-related materials.

The website was inaugurated during an information session held at the National Centre for Information Technology to re-establish the project under the Ministry of Homeland Security and Technology. Minister of State for Homeland Security and Technology, Dr Mohamed Kinaanath, and Dr Ibrahim Waheed, the Project Manager for the D’MADD project, conducted the session. The session featured remarks from Dr. Mohamed Kinaanath, Minister of State for Homeland Security and Technology, and Dr Ibrahim Waheed, the Project Manager for D’MADD.

During the event, Dr Ibrahim Waheed detailed the components of the project and how the project will assist the stakeholders NCIT, CAM and DNR in terms of building technical capacity. These include providing support to strengthen the institutional capacity of NCIT.  The project will also facilitate NCIT in enhancing the eFaas system. The project will support the development of a regulatory framework, provide quality assurance equipment to the CAM, and assist DNR in modernizing the National Civil Registration System.

Dr. Waheed highlighted component 3, which supports the Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy. He briefed on the proposed climate data platform and the four pilots envisaged under the project. These projects are:

Dr. Waheed also presented the finance distribution among the components and stakeholders. When asked when the public can expect the project's results, he explained the lengthy procurement process under the World Bank regulations and highlighted that the results can be expected by 2026.

Responding to one of the reporters’ questions on eFaas, State Minister Dr Kinaanath highlighted that the project is assisting in bringing enhanced features to the eFaas platform. Additionally, he highlighted the D’MADD project's technical assistance in bringing life to new technology-related bills envisioned by the government, such as the Data Privacy Bill, Digital Identity Bill and the Cyber Security Bill. He also disclosed plans to hold inter-governmental stakeholder consultation workshops with World Bank experts in early November. The project will fund the Digital ID bill, and a linked trust fund will support the remaining bills.

The website URL is dmadd.gov.mv, and the project is active on Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, and YouTube under the handle dmaddmv.