This Annex complements Masaar’s paper “Egypt’s Open Data Policy: From a Transitional Framework to Effective Governance,” along with the “Proposed List of Entities Mandated to Publish Their Data via the National Open Data Portal,” and the “Open Data Standards.“ In its current form, Egypt’s Open Data Policy proposes the establishment of the Egyptian Data Governance Authority (EDGA) as a central instrument for coordinating the release of public data and overseeing its quality and use. However, this authority — which has not yet been established — is presented in the policy more as a bureaucratic extension of the National Council of Artificial Intelligence than as an independent body with genuine oversight or accountability powers. Establishing binding standards for the work of the Egyptian Data Governance Authority constitutes a fundamental pillar for ensuring respect for the right to access information stipulated in Article 68 of the Constitution, and for protecting the right to privacy guaranteed under national legislation and international human rights standards. In this context, standards grounded in a rights-based and social approach serve as instruments to safeguard rights, constrain the discretionary power of government entities, and prevent its use as a pretext for withholding data or violating individual and collective rights. Accordingly, integrating detailed standards—covering the duty of disclosure, quality assurance, grievance and appeal mechanisms, scope of exceptions, and procedures for privacy protection—becomes essential prerequisite to transform the Authority into a mechanism for rights protection rather than a mere administrative channel for top-down data flow management. First: Independence of the Authority Designing an independent Data Governance Authority in Egypt requires granting it a distinct legal personality and an independent financial budget enabling it to exercise its powers without organizational or administrative subordination to any ministry or executive council. This institutional independence is the fundamental guarantee to prevent the authority from…