'Dubai Government Number-One' launched

Under patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, Dubai Government organised yesterday the first celebration for Hamdan bin Mohammed Smart Government Programme.

Sheikh Hamdan had launched this programme last June to insure compliance with the wise leadership's vision to adopt a smart model in government work systems that shall interpret this ambitious vision to actual reality in methodological approach.

The ceremony was attended by Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, in addition to numbers of director generals, senior officials and development leaders and teams from various Dubai government's departments.

Dubai Crown Prince also launched the 2014 Dubai Government Development Agenda that includes the development of 50 government service. Sheikh Hamdan stated, "We, in Dubai Government, understand that Mohammed bin Rashid's vision and thought are following rapidly rising pattern, and therefore we had to keep up and initiate the Dubai Government Number-One Agenda. On this occasion, we renew our pledge to our leadership to be the "Number One", this cannot be achieved unless all government department combine efforts to pull off the desired objective.

The ceremony also announced the government entities qualified for the category of "Best Smart-Phone Government Service", the winners of Hamdan bin Mohammed Smart Government Programme Award in the supporting categories and the initiative voted winner by public.

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