Abu Dhabi: The delivery of quality services by the Government is part of the UAE's excellence in all fields, said His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and the Ruler of Dubai.
"Government excellence is a major foundation in the school of President His Highness Shaikh Khaifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan,"
Shaikh Mohammad said after he honoured top achievers in the Federal Government through the Emirates Government Excellence Award, a part of the Shaikh Khalifa Government Excellence Award.
The award, the highest for the institutional excellence at the federal level, is presented to distinguished departments, teams and officials who have demonstrated a commitment to best practices in their fields.
Shaikh Mohammad said the country is the winner because everyone is distinguished in serving it and catapulting it into top ranks in the world.
In a drive to make the UAE Government one of the best governments in the world, Shaikh Mohammad last year launched the Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Government Excellence Programme, which comes in line with the policies of the UAE Vice-President to identify talented and local cadres to further train them to incur responsibilities efficiently.
Shaikh Mohammad adopted a number of programmes and incentives to affect the Shaikh Khalifa Excellence Government Programme. He stressed the importance of the programme to boost performance and excellence at the federal level.
He said the excellence would be achieved through creative initiatives based on scientific methodology and adoption of the world-class best practices.
Shaikh Mohammad underscored the need to spread awareness about the concept of government excellence and encouragement of continuous education, enhancement of public services, transfer and swap of expertise among public institutions on one hand, and the local and international institutions on the other hand.
Shaikh Mohammad congratulated the winners, saying "what they have attained is an accomplishment not only to themselves but also to their institutions and community", adding that the UAE has resolved to build cultured creative personalities capable of bringing change and contributing to nation building.
He emphasised the need for empowerment in the federal government to be capable of holding responsibilities of public work at different public institutions.
The Ministry of Interior bagged the award in 13 categories including the Distinguished Ministry with a workforce or more than 900 officials, the Distinguished Federal Institution in leadership, strategy and operations.
Shaikh Mohammad also bestowed the sash of the Prime Minister on late Shaikh Mubarak Bin Mohammad Al Nahyan, the first interior minister in the UAE's history and Ahmad Khalifa Al Suwaidi, the founder of the UAE's Foreign Ministry and special advisor to Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
Many of the winners who spoke to Gulf News said they dedicate their awards to Shaikh Khalifa and Shaikh Mohammad for their visionary leadership and encouragement to excellence.
They said they see the award as a very big trust put upon them to continue to do their best work for this country and continue to achieve excellence.
At a glance: List of winners
- Distinguished Ministry with more than 900 workers: Ministry of Interior
- Distinguished Ministry with less than 900 workers: Ministry of Public Works
- Distinguished Federal Authority with more than 900 workers: Emirates Transport
- Distinguished Federal Authority with less than 900 workers: Securities and Commodities Authority
- Distinguished Government Office: Umm Al Quwain Medical District, Ministry of health
- Distinguished Federal Department : Inspection Department: Ministry of Labour and Revenues Development Department at the Ministry of Finance
- Distinguished Federal Authority in leadership: Ministry of Interior
- Distinguished Federal Authority in Human Resources: Shaikh Zayed Housing Programme
- Distinguished Federal Authority in Strategy: Interior Ministry
- Distinguished Federal Authority in Customer Service: Zakat Fund and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
- Distinguished Federal Authority in Operations:Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Labour
- Distinguished Federal Authority in Performance: Securities and Commodities Authority
- Distinguished Federal Authority in Creativity: Ministry of Interior
- Distinguished Federal Authority in Knowledge management: Shaikh Zayed Housing Programme
- Distinguished Federal Authority in Governmental Communication: Ministry of Interior
- Distinguished Administrative Experience: Ministry of Labour
- Distinguished Technical Experience: Shaikh Zayed Air Navigation Centre of UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the Ministry of Environment.
- Distinguished Teamwork: Ministry of Interior
- Distinguished joint Team: Ministry of Public Works, Dubai Municipality and the UAE University.
- Prime Minister's Order in supervisory field: Colonel Sultan Yousuf Al Nuaimi
- Prime Minister's Order in technical field: Major Khalid Nasr Mohammad
- Prime Minister's Order in professional jobs: Lieutenant Colonel Dr Jasem Mohammad Rashid
- Prime Minister's Order in administrative field: Lieutenant Surour Mohsin Ali Ahmad and Mohammad Ebrahim Humaid
- Prime Minister's Order in field work: Lieutenant Colonel Dr Khalifa Kalantar Hussain and Abdul Malik Marwan Al Matroushi
- Distinguished New Employees: Eman Al Awadi and Horya Mohammad Al Zarouni.
- Prime Minister's Sash: Shaikh Mubarak Bin Mohammad Al Nahyan and Ahmad Khalifa Al Suwaidi.
