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Table (1): Projects and Initiatives of Big Data

Project Key Features
- The aim of the Project is to produce the indicators
of price indexes in a more innovative way, using
internet to collect prices data in a way that is
faster, more accurate, higher quality, and
integrated; to produce instant reports to support
decision taking.
- There is an actual agreement with three sources
Collecting data for to send a list of major commodity groups. Also,
consumer price there is current coordination between the Sector
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of Regional Branches and the Sector of Economic
and Mobilization Statistics to choose ten sources
to collect prices data.
- CAPMAS trains and qualifies (2) employees from
the source on technological courses at CAPMAS,
according to the protocol signed between the
source and CAPMAS.
- The project aims at utilizing satellite images (as a
source of Big Data) in addition to agricultural
statistics to measure the productivity of main
agricultural crops, management of field irrigation
and water allocation, similar to the Australian
Measuring crop
production by experience in this regard.
There is current coordination with Ministry of
satellite images -
Agriculture and a protocol for cooperation with
the National Authority for Remote Sensing and
Space Sciences – NARSS and the Arab League to
use periodically updated satellite images in the
project.
- The aim is to track the movements of patients with
Tracking the Hepatitis through spatial data of mobiles, to
movements of control and reduce the prevalence rate, similar to
patients with the American experience in this regard.
epidemic diseases, - Coordination with Ministry of Health to choose (2)
such as Hepatitis governmental hospitals and (2) private hospitals
to initiate the project.
- The Project aims to collect data on each cancer
Big Data and health patient in the country, to determine and analyze
care patterns or trends, to suggest ways of treatment,
follow-up treatment results, and provide tips to

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