Ministry of Municipalities and Housing The Ministry explained that the high demand for registration in the initiative reflects awareness and keenness to contribute to improving the urban landscape and addressing visual distortion, stressing that the initiative has become a national model in enabling the community to play an active role in the municipal control system and consolidating the principle of partnership and joint responsibility between the citizen and the municipal sector.
The Ministry explained that the initiative has become a national model in enabling the community to play an active role in the municipal control system. The “Certified Monitor” initiative is an extension of the ministry's efforts to develop field monitoring tools and shift towards smart monitoring based on data and digital technologies, and enables members of the community to register through Baladi platform, complete a specialized electronic training course that qualifies them to acquire the status of “Certified Monitor” and report municipal violations by submitting reports documented by photos, geographical location and accurate information.
The ministry added that the initiative has become a national model to enable the community to play an active role in the municipal control system, and to consolidate the principle of partnership and joint responsibility of the citizen and the municipal sector. The ministry added that the reports are subject to an integrated digital verification system that ensures the accuracy of the data and the authenticity of the attached photos and locations, and are dealt with electronically until they are closed within a unified control system, noting that the mechanism of financial rewards for participants grants a reward of up to 25% of the value of the monitored violation, according to specific criteria that take into account the seriousness of the violation and the difficulty of detecting it.
The ministry stressed that the participants will receive a reward of up to 25% of the value of the monitored violation. Since its launch, the initiative has contributed to raising the level of field control, accelerating the processing of violations, and improving the quality of response in municipalities and secretariats, as part of the ministry's orientation towards raising the efficiency of operational performance and employing technical solutions in enhancing compliance and field governance.
Ministry emphasized that the initiative has contributed to raising the level of field control, accelerating the processing of violations, and improving the quality of response. She pointed out that the “Certified Monitor” represents one of the digital municipal transformation paths adopted by the Ministry to enhance community participation and stimulate the culture of positive control, stressing that the Ministry continues to expand the scope of the initiative to include new areas in the municipal work system, which contributes to building more organized, beautiful and sustainable cities, and meets the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030 in improving the quality of life and raising the efficiency of municipal services in all regions.
The Ministry's Council of Municipalities and Secretariats. In its session held on November 4, 2025, the Council of Ministers approved the granting of financial rewards to those who contribute to the detection of violations of the penalties for municipal violations in the amount of 25% of the value of the violation, according to a number of controls and criteria regulating this, in order to enhance the efficiency of municipal work and consolidate the principle of community partnership in monitoring and improving the quality of services.
It is noteworthy that the Council of Ministers approved the initiative to include new areas of the municipal work system, which contributes to building more organized, beautiful and sustainable cities.
