2nd Government Summit from Feb 10-12

The 2nd Government Summit will be held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, from 10th to 12th February.

Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister for Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the Government Summit organising committee said the 2nd edition of the Summit will focus on the future of government services and achieving happiness for clients and benefiting from the distinguished experiences of the private sector.

Al Gergawi pointed out that the second edition of the summit, held under the title 'Pioneering in Government Services''has gleaned its guidelines from the directives of 'His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum during the 1st Government Summit.

The agenda of the first summit basically focused on developing new approaches in providing government services, in addition to Sheikh Mohammed's vision for governments of the future.

He also affirmed the role of the summit as an interactive platform, which aims at strengthening the pioneering stature of the U.A.E. regionally and globally.

Mohammed directs federal government to adopt 'Government Creativity Lab'

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Vice-President, Prime Minster of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has directed all federal government bodies to adopt the "Government Creativity Lab" experiment as an official and standardized practice aims to develop government services, overcome practical challenges and enhance performance and competency of government administrative procedures.

Sheikh Mohammed's directives followed the outstanding success of the first trial of the "Government Creativity Lab" during the UAE Cabinet Retreat held recent at Sir Bani Yas. The lab discussed ideas and suggestions received from experts, officials and professionals via #uaebrainstorm to produce immediate solutions for the challenges hindering education and healthcare sectors in the UAE.

Sheikh Mohammed has directed Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education to hold government creativity labs regularly on the ministry's level to face any practical or administrative challenges in the field and to engage all stakeholders, including officials, employees and specialists, to develop instant solutions.

Government creativity labs compromise specialized workshops that discuss current reality of any challenge initiating from a scientific approach that looks objectively into statistics and facts followed by brainstorming sessions to produce original and unconventional solutions. After the brainstorming sessions, decision takers and senior officials shall meet to approve the agreed ideas and solutions and drafting those outcomes in a final and applicable plan. The lab may proceed for several days until all parties completely agree on the solutions and responsibilities to go to the execution phase. This procedure will increase the speed of government response for any changes or practical challenges and bypass the full cycle of the strategic and operational plans.

Moreover, Sheikh Mohammed has directed the team of the Prime Minister's office to prepare a comprehensive guidebook that illustrates the government creativity labs and best practices to utilize this tool in the best way possible. Once issued, this guidebook will be circulated to all government bodies to use it as an approved and standardized practice for the federal government.

Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for World Peace launches new competition

A new competition has been announced that aims at turning the 3rd edition of Dubai International Peace Convention (DIPC) into a smart event in line with the recent initiative of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to turn Dubai into a smart city.

Dr. Hamad Al Shaikh Ahmad Al Shibani, Chairman of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for World Peace, and of DIPC, made the announcement at a meeting with the organising committee of Dubai International Peace Convention to discuss preparations for the event which will be organised by the Award in April 2014.

Affirming that the event should be organised in a way that reflects the stature of UAE, Al Shibani urged nationals and residents to participate in the competition and contribute their proposals for the smart event. He noted that a specialised committee will consider all proposals and announce the winners who will receive generous cash prizes.

He further noted that contributions should be proposals and ideas that are unique, unprecedented, not presented nor implemented before, and should also be relating to the smart government initiative. He said each participant can send more than one idea or proposal to the following e-mail address: info@mrawp.gov.ae no later than 11th January 2014.

Dr Omar Al Khateeb, Coordinator-General of Dubai International Peace Convention, noted that a chat group for the convention was launched on WhatsApp as a first step to bring together all members of the board of trustees and committees and all other workers, in addition to other relating similar activities to be announced later. Al Khateeb noted that the 3rd edition of DIPC will be a smart event by all standards.

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