Electronic Urban Planning Platform (eUDP) — Design and Implementation Support
🔷 Solution Overview
GPC supported the development of the Electronic Urban Planning Platform (eUDP) for the Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing (MOMRAH) in Saudi Arabia. The engagement focused on contributing to the design and implementation of a centralized platform to support urban planning processes, improve data accessibility, and enable more efficient planning workflows across municipalities.
🔷 Main Objectives
- Support the design of a centralized urban planning platform
- Enable integration of planning data across municipalities
- Improve accessibility and usability of urban planning information
- Support digitalization of planning workflows and processes
- Align platform capabilities with national urban development priorities
🔷 How GPC Empowers the Client
GPC brought experience in geospatial platforms and planning systems to support the structuring of key platform components and data integration approaches.
The engagement contributed to the definition of platform capabilities and supported selected implementation activities, ensuring alignment with data governance principles, interoperability standards, and MOMRAH’s digital transformation objectives.
🔷 The Bottom Line
The engagement contributed to the development of a centralized urban planning platform, supporting improved access to planning data, enhanced workflow efficiency, and alignment with Saudi Arabia’s broader digital transformation and urban development agenda.
🔷 About our Customer
The Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing (MOMRAH) is responsible for regulating and developing municipal services, urban planning, and housing initiatives across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
As part of Vision 2030, the Ministry is leading the transformation of urban planning processes through digital platforms and integrated data systems to support sustainable development, efficient land use, and improved service delivery across cities and municipalities.
🔷 Challenge
Urban planning data and processes were distributed across multiple municipalities and systems, resulting in limited integration, inconsistent data structures, and inefficiencies in accessing and utilizing planning information.
There was a need to centralize planning data, standardize processes, and enable more efficient, data-driven decision-making across the urban planning ecosystem.
🔷 Solution
GPC contributed to the eUDP platform through:
- Support in defining platform architecture and functional components
- Contribution to data integration and interoperability approaches
- Support for selected configuration and implementation activities
- Alignment with national data standards and planning frameworks
- Coordination within a broader multi-party delivery environment
🔷 Key Deliverables
- Platform design inputs and functional specifications
- Data integration and interoperability approach inputs
- Configuration and implementation support (selected components)
- Technical documentation and alignment with standards
🔷 Platform / Technology
Urban planning platform integrating geospatial data, planning workflows, and data access components aligned with SDI and smart city principles.
🔷 Hosting / Deployment
Cloud-based deployment within the broader platform infrastructure.
🔷 Delivery Model
Multi-party delivery model involving multiple stakeholders and contributors, with GPC supporting selected design and implementation components.
🔷 Standards / Methods
OGC standards, ISO 19100 series, urban planning data models, and SDI best practices.
🔷 Deliverables / Outputs (Detailed)
- Contributions to platform architecture and functional design
- Inputs to data integration and interoperability frameworks
- Support for selected implementation and configuration tasks
- Alignment with standards and governance frameworks
🔷 Benefits / Results
- Supported development of a centralized urban planning platform
- Improved accessibility and usability of planning data
- Enabled better integration across municipalities
- Contributed to more efficient planning workflows
- Supported data-driven urban development and decision-making
🔷 Quantification / KPIs
- National-level platform initiative
- Multi-municipality scope
- Contribution across design and implementation phases

