CST Earned Several Awards and Recognitions During the Digital Government Forum 2025

The Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) received several awards and recognitions during the 4th Digital Government Forum held in Riyadh, where CST ranked 10th in the Digital Transformation Index of 2025 with a score of 93.30%, placed 1st at the level of the Technology, Transport, and Media Group, and received the Maturity Certificate for the Free and Open-Source Software Adoption at level (3).

CST also receives a certificate of excellence in the best e-participation initiative category for developing the Regulations Platform, which facilitated the lifecycle of regulations and the public consultation process using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI).

Achieving the 10th position in the Digital Transformation Measurement reflect CST’s continued excellence, as it has remained among the top six government entities for three consecutive years.

It ranked 5th in the 2022 with a score of 90.8%, 3rd in 2023 with 93.25%, and 6th in 2024 with 93.84%.

Along with attaining first place for the three consecutive year in Emerging Technologies Adoption Readiness Index for 2023, 2024, and 2025.

CST has also demonstrated organizational excellence delivering over 60 digital projects, and implementing a comprehensive human capital development plan that includes a wide range of skill-building initiatives and training programs.

The Maturity Certificate for the Free and Open-Source Software Adoption was earned for implementing a project in this field, which aligns with CST’s commitment to achieving the Saudi Vision 2030 goals, and advancing government digital transformation.

The project aims to support local innovation and technical independence through developing open-source solutions, thus enhancing government spending efficiency, promoting integration among entities, and achieving digital sovereignty.

It also focuses on building national capabilities and enabling technical talent to develop innovative and sustainable digital solutions.

Winning the Best e-Participation Initiative Award reflects the CST’s efforts in digital transformation, particularly through the governance of the platform overseeing the lifecycle of regulatory documents.

This lifecycle consists of three key stages: issuance of the regulatory document, public consultation and preparation of a feedback report, and final approval and publication.

The platform has reduced the time needed to analyze public feedback by 90% through employing AI to process evaluations and comments and automatically generate results reports.

It has also achieved a 95% user satisfaction rate.

CST received recognition in risks and business continuity management in the Digital Transformation Measurement 2025, due to its excellence in enhancing its ability to identify risks that could hinders the continuity of its digital services, and safeguard the flow of operations.