Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, today honoured the winners of the 6th edition of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Government Excellence Award at Expo 2020 Dubai.
The award ceremony was organised by the UAE government. The award, which included 17 institutional categories, aims at encouraging federal government institutions to better serve the UAE society at all levels and motivate the principles of excellence.
“I witnessed the honouring ceremony of the winners of the UAE Government Excellence Award. Best ministry, best manager, best employee, best doctor, best teacher and best entities. Congratulations to everyone for their distinguished service to our country,” Sheikh Mohammed said on Twitter.
As many as 60 Emirati assessors and 121 international assessors were involved in the selection of winners.
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Government Excellence Award was launched in 2009 under the umbrella of Sheikh Khalifa Government Excellence Programme (SKGEP), which was the first integrated federal platform to gauge and celebrate excellence in performance and innovative initiatives in the UAE federal government.
The award seeks to promote the role of the federal government institutions serving the UAE society at all levels, as well as increasing awareness about the principles of excellence and its role in modern governments. The award also aims at developing the competencies required to boost excellence in the federal government.
List of winners
Leading Federal Entity (ministry with more than 500 employees): Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Leading Federal Entity (ministry with less than 500 employees): Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economy
Leading Federal Entity (departments with more than 500 employees): Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship and Port Security
Leading Federal Entity (departments with less than 500 employees): Federal Authority for Government Human Resources; and Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority
Best Entity for Performance Improvement: Central Bank of UAE; and Ministry of Community Development
Best Entity in Vision Realization: Ministry of Interior
Best Achievement of the National Agenda: Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority
Best Entity in Enhancing Wellbeing: Ministry of Community Development
Best Entity for Institutional Flexibility: Ministry of Interior
Best Entity in Wellbeing at the Workplace: Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs
Best Achievement of the Leading Position and Competitiveness: General Civil Aviation Authority; and Ministry of Interior
Best Entity in Future Readiness: Ministry of Finance
Best Entity for Remote Work Applications: Ministry of Health and Prevention
Best Entity for Artificial Intelligence Adoption: Ministry of Interior
Best Entity in Data and Knowledge Management: Federal Authority for Government Human Resources
Best Entity in Partnership and Integration: Ministry of Interior
Best Entity in Government Communication: Ministry of Community Development
Best Entity in proactive services for customers: Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security
Best Entity in the field of Innovation: Ministry of Health and Prevention
Best Entity in the field of Service Channels Classification: Ministry of Interior; and Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security
Best Entity for Youth Empowerment: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Leading Federal Entity in Excellence Sustainability: Ministry of Interior
Pride of the UAE medals:
Ahmed Nasser Ahmed Al Raisi, President of Interpol
Dr. Mansoor Mohammed Al Awar
Ali Abbas Al Belooshi, orthopedic conducting bone surgery through AI and robots.
Fatima Al Mulla, UAE researcher and academic in future fields.
The Prime Minister’s Medal for Distinguished Ambassador: Abdullah Saif Al Nuaimi, UAE ambassador to South Korea; and Lana Zaki Nussaiba
The Prime Minister’s Medal for Distinguished Undersecretary: Mozza Ibrahim Al Akraf, Ministry of Community Development
The Prime Minister’s Medal for Distinguished Director-General: Dr Yousef Mohammed Al Serkal, Emirates Health Services and Lt. Suhail Saeed Al Khayali, Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security.
The Prime Minister’s Medal for Distinguished Executive Director: Mohammed Ibrahim Al Zarouni, Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority.
The Prime Minister’s Medal for Distinguished Assistant Undersecretary: Abdullah Mohammed Al Blooki, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation:
The Prime Minister’s Medal for the Supervisory Employee: Lt Colonel Ahmed Saeed Humaid Al Nuaimi, Ministry of Interior
The Prime Minister’s Medal for the Future Jobs: Khalid Al Amiri, UAE University.
The Prime Minister’s Medal for the field of Government Communication: Wedad Buhumaid, Ministry of Health and Prevention.
The Prime Minister’s Medal for Distinguished School Principal: Dr Amira Hassan Ibrahim Al Mohammed
The Prime Minister’s Medal for the Specialized Jobs: Dr Naeema Al Hosani, UAEU
The Prime Minister’s Medal for the field of Customer Happiness: Fawzeya Al Ali, Ministry of Community Development; and Sheikha Mousa Ali Al Belooshi, ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
The Prime Minister’s Medal for Distinguished Doctor: Dr. Muna Al Ayan, Ministry of Health and Prevention; and Dr. Essam Al Zarouni, Ministry of Health and Prevention
The Prime Minister’s Medal for Distinguished Teacher: Dr Aisha Mohammed Al Shehhi; and Khuloud Al Mansouri
The Prime Minister’s Medal for the Distinguished Innovator: Professor Ali Humaid Al Marzouqi, UAE University.
The Prime Minister’s Medal for the Youth: Faiza Mohammed Al Muaini, Ministry of Community Development: and Jassem Haikal Alblooshi, Ministry of Interior
List of winners of Mohammed bin Rashid Scarfs:
Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence and Commissioner-General of Expo 2020 Dubai
Reem Al Hashimi, Minister of State for International Cooperation
Dr. Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Advisor to the UAE President
Abdulrahman Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention
Khaldoun Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority
Sarah Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Technology
Best projects:
National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority
Emirates Group for Global Economic Partnerships
Youth Hub
Baraka Nuclear
Winners' reactions
Fatima Al Mulla, a passionate Emirati researcher and a teaching assistant at the University of London, was awarded the Pride of the UAE medal. Holder of PhD in Biochemical Engineering and Industrial Process Leadership, Al Mulla told Gulf News that she arrived from the United Kingdom for the award and her father didn’t know that she would be honoured tonight.
She said that she was working to develop a vaccine similar to AstraZeneca and Pfizer to counter COVID-19. “UAE has a futuristic vision after the pandemic to produce vaccines and increase domestic production of local medicines. UAE importing drugs but we are developing ourselves in this sector,” she said. “I’m proud of receiving the medal and thrilled to have my family with me today,” she added.
She is a member of the International Organization for Students in Economics and Business (ISIC) and a member of the UAE Engineers Association. It was among the top 10 in the UAE at the secondary level in 2012, and the second in the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain.
Professor Ali Al Marzouqi from the Chemical Engineering Department at UAE University and receiver of the Prime Minister’s Medal for the Distinguished Innovator, said: “It is an honour to be selected to receive such a prestigious award of best innovator. I’m really happy and thrilled of the honoring ceremony.”
Dr Ali Abbas Al Belooshi, holder of the Pride of the UAE medals, is an orthopedic surgeon who uses artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics for his surgeries. He said: “We brought the robots to the UAE for conducting surgeries. In January 2021, we brought the latest advanced robot before many countries in Europe, South Korea and Japan. This medal is a motivation to be first in everything - especially AI."
“The future will be better. First 50 years of UAE history was the foundation stage the next years will be better as the foundation became solid. Our aim is to be first in the world,” he added.
Ahmed Nasser Ahmed Al Raisi, President of Interpol, a receiver of Pride of the UAE Medal, contributed in making the UAE one of the safest countries in the world by developing the UAE’s integrated security system and rollout of the iris and facial recognition technology.
Al Raisi, has more than four decades of law enforcement experience at the Ministry of Interior. He played a vital role in advancing policing technologies and digitising government services in the UAE.
As a member of the Interpol Executive Committee, he worked with the Interpol president and secretary-general to support the modernisation of Interpol’s structures and procedures, and the development of a strategy for the future of Interpol to combat the new trend of crimes.
Al Raisi who became the President of Interpol, aims to share the UAE’s policing experience and use his extensive experience to lead the organisation’s digital transformation.
“It is a great honour to be recognised today by our leaders. The UAE Government always recognises distinguished people. I’m proud to get pride of the UAE medal. Becoming president of Interpol is a result of the support from our wise leadership,” said Al Raisi.
