{
  "id": 8452739,
  "title": "NPC advances national data programme to improve data management and decision-making",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/npc-advances-national-data-programme-to-improve-data-management-and",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-19T11:58:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Peninsula Qatar",
    "slug": "the-peninsula-qatar",
    "url": "https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/19/09/2026/npc-advances-national-data-programme-to-improve-data-management-and-decision-making"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Doha, Qatar: The National Planning Council (NPC) has unveiled its National Data Programme as a means to bolster Qatar's data infrastructure and enhance the accuracy of decision-making processes. The initiative, which aligns with the National Data and Statistics Strategy, aims to address the island nation's data management challenges.\n\nThe NPC highlighted three foundational elements of the programme: the National Data Policy, National Data Standards, and National Data Management Guidelines. These components serve as a comprehensive guide for entities across the nation, providing a unified framework to elevate data quality and reliability.\n\nThe programme's primary focus areas include refining data management strategies, enhancing data integration and analysis for data-driven decision-making, bolstering data security, and fostering a data-centric culture among government entities. Furthermore, it seeks to streamline data storage and management processes throughout the data lifecycle, ensuring the quality and efficiency of information.\n\nThe NPC stresses that the National Data Programme is geared towards improving the efficiency of government operations by establishing standardized approaches to data management. This, in turn, will facilitate the availability of reliable, high-quality data to support informed decision-making throughout Qatar.",
  "summary": "<p>Doha, Qatar: The National Planning Council (NPC) has said its National Data Programme is working to strengthen Qatar’s data ecosystem and support more effective decision-making by improving data accuracy, establishing common standards and creating a unified framework for government data.</p> <p>In a social media post, the NPC said the programme, which aligns with the National Data and…",
  "key_points": [
    "NPC launches National Data Programme to enhance Qatar's data infrastructure",
    "Programme focuses on data policy, standards, and management guidelines",
    "Aims to improve decision-making, security, and data-centric culture"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}