Online platform for Covid-19 volunteers

This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of UN Member States against the COVID-19 pandemic along with other digital government initiatives and provide a preliminary analysis of their main features. These cases are shared for exchange of information so that Member States can learn from each other and possibly create new partnerships.

It is online platform for those who like to become volunteers during COVID-19 and serve people in need. This volunteer platform is approved by the Ministry of Health to allow people to offer their services in the health sector in partnership with different government agencies. Volunteers can register through the Nafaz service using their Absher accounts to log in and will then receive the necessary basic training. More than 100,000 volunteers have already registered on this portal.

Country

Saudi Arabia

Institution

Ministry of Health