Winners of Government Excellence Awards to be honoured in Dubai

Under the patronage of Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the winners of the Dubai Government Excellence Programme, DGEP, Awards will be honoured at a ceremony later today, at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

The key categories of the DGEP Awards include Best in Customer Satisfaction, Best in Employee Satisfaction, Distinguished Financial Performance, Distinguished Electronic Performance, Distinguished Team Performance, Distinguished Administrative Initiative, Distinguished Technical Project, and Distinguished Government Employee.

The Dubai Government Excellence programme is a comprehensive and integrated scheme affiliated with the Dubai Executive Council, which focuses on working to improve the quality of government services in Dubai.

The Secretary-General of the Executive Council of Dubai and Chairman of DGEP, Abdulla Al Shaibani, said that the performance of government has shown improvements. "Average improvement jumped 11 percent in the category of Distinguished Government Entity compared to last year. We firmly believe in His Highness's statement, 'You should make your employees happy so they can ensure the happiness of society', which was reflected in the exceptional performance of government entities in Dubai," Al Shaibani said.

"Under the guidance of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, we have a clear strategy to enhance government excellence and performance, so that we can further enhance Dubai's competitiveness at a global level," he continued.

The General Coordinator of the Dubai Government Excellence programme, Ahmed Al Nusairat, said that the DGEP Awards provide an opportunity for individuals, teams and government departments to improve their services.

Al Nusairat also said that H.H. Sheikh Hamdan is following up on the progress of the DGEP to ensure that it remains consistent, along with the government's strategic plan to achieve its objectives for both the UAE Vision 2021 and Dubai Plan 2021.

Source:WAM