National Center for Government Resources Systems (NCGR)

The National Center for Government Resource Systems (NCGR) is a Saudi government entity established in 2021. It aims to digitally enable the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's government resources by enhancing the beneficiary experience, managing change to adopt government resource system solutions, strengthening the infrastructure and reliability of data, supporting small and medium enterprises and local content, increasing competitiveness, providing opportunities, measuring performance indicators, and unifying procedures and integration among beneficiaries.

The center was established by Council of Ministers Resolution No. (373) dated February 15, 2021, which approved the transformation of the Systems Agency at the Ministry of Finance into an independent entity under the name National Center for Government Resource Systems. The center is responsible for managing financial and administrative electronic systems for government resources across government entities, individuals, and the private sector. It operates as an independent legal entity with financial and administrative autonomy and is organizationally affiliated with the Minister of Finance.

The financial and administrative electronic systems for government resources serve government entities, individuals, and the private sector interacting with them. These systems include the Unified System for Government Resources, along with other electronic systems related to finance, accounting, the state’s general budget, government payments, procurement, supplier relations, supply chain management, and asset and warehouse management. They also cover billing and revenue collection, as well as human resource systems for personnel affairs, payroll, and self-services such as leave requests, work assignments, training, and travel arrangements.

The center's mission is to innovate, develop, and manage financial, human resources, and government procurement systems with flexibility and reliability, adhering to the best global practices and methodologies. Its strategic pillars focus on enhancing government efficiency and effectiveness in resource management, maximizing the value of the center’s resources, excelling in the availability and utilization of data to support decision-making, and achieving excellence in risk management.

The objectives of the center include:

1. Providing standardized and unified electronic systems for managing government resources, supporting integration, unification, and procedural improvements across government entities, while enhancing decision-making through improved data quality and reporting in coordination with relevant entities.

2. Assisting government entities in efficiently and effectively planning and managing their financial and human resources, as well as supply chains.

3. Achieving spending efficiency by reducing redundancy in developing and operating resource systems across government entities.

4. Contributing to unifying regulations, standards, and procedures related to resource systems in government entities, offering flexibility and speed in responding to system change requests and analyzing the anticipated impact of such requests.

5. Promoting transparency, detecting and reducing errors and violations, and improving the integrity and accuracy of data and reports for auditing and oversight processes.

The center's responsibilities include enhancing the quality of services provided to beneficiaries, fostering innovation and adopting the latest technologies, supporting small and medium enterprises and local content, increasing competitiveness and creating opportunities, improving the beneficiary experience, measuring performance indicators, and unifying procedures and ensuring integration among beneficiaries.