The operating model and outputs of the National Transformation Program will have a significant impact on planning efficiency and effectiveness and on the integration of government action. In this way, the program fulfills the Vision’s commitment to more efficient spending and the achievement of fiscal balance through:

• Identifying the Strategic Objectives and Targets of Participating Entities: To accomplish “Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030,” the National Transformation Program identified the supportive strategic objectives—as well as the obstacles that could hinder achievement of those goals and created innovative targets for the year 2020.
• Translating Strategic Objectives into Initiatives for the Participating Entities: The participating entities’ strategic objectives were translated into initiatives; then detailed implementation plans were established and economic feasibility studies were conducted. All of this will affect the planning and implementation process, lead to better spending efficiency, maximize the effect of the initiatives on the achievement of national priorities, and promote transparency by announcing targets and results.
• Promoting Joint Action Toward the Achievement of Common National Goals: The National Transformation Program identified a number of effective common national priorities and their public benefits that were built on the Vision’s strategic objectives. The initiatives were analyzed within specialized support units. These units used filters designed to maximize the initiatives’ contributions to the achievement of the common national goals in areas such as the following:
• Contributing to Job Creation: The program’s initiatives seek to create (more than 450,000) jobs in the nongovernment sector by the year 2020, thus contributing to the Vision’s goal of providing opportunities for all.
• Strengthening Partnerships with the Private Sector: The private sector’s contribution to funding of initiatives is quite significant, relieving the government of 40% of initiative funding. This moves the nation closer to fulfilling the Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 goal of increasing the private sector’s contribution to GDP.
• Maximizing Local Content: Some program initiatives contribute to localizing more than SAR 270 billions of content, increasing its added value, reducing dependence on imports, and creating job opportunities. As a result, the nation moves closer to fulfilling the goal of maximizing local content across sectors.
• Digital Transformation: The program identified five common digital platforms, 29 essential digital initiatives for key sectors, and a number of national digital assets that may be invested to support government digital transformation. This corresponds to the commitment of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 to develop the digital infrastructure, activate economic sectors, support industries and private sector entities, and advocate for the development of public-private business models.

To achieve work sustainability and maximize impact, the program has employed a number of enablers that help increase the level of professionalism and ensure smoother workflow. These include the following:

• Transparency: To enhance the level of transparency as per Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, ensure follow-up on the progress of initiatives, and quickly identify gaps, a unified performance-measurement dashboard was developed, encompassing all the goals, indicators, and targets of each entity. The dashboard also measures the progress made toward initiative implementation in a way that serves to increase transparency and accountability, reinforces the responsibility of achievement among relevant bodies entrusted with implementation, and improves the efficiency and speed of the decision-making process.
• Institutionalization: In order to build a system capable of achievement, the Council of Economic and Development Affairs has developed a complete governance model for the government to action “Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030” in accordance with best practices. To this end, support units such as the Delivery Unit and the National Center for Performance Measurement are established for planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating government performance. Furthermore, the National Transformation Program will fortify this model by supporting the establishment of new institutions, such as transformation offices tasked with monitoring the implementation of the program’s initiatives within the participating entities in a way that allows the institutionalization of work and harmonization of initiatives and promotes regular reporting to the Council of Economic and Development Affairs.
• Specialized Support: The National Transformation Program creation process sought to enhance the quality of the initiatives delivered by government agencies by increasing collaboration among them. It harmonized common objective initiatives and enhanced coordination while transferring knowledge through specialized support units. The units, focused on reviewing and evaluating initiatives and examining the economic feasibility of each, coordinated with experts and concerned parties.