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28 March 2024

Mohammed concludes Social Media meet

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By Wam

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai on Wednesday wrapped up the two-day Arab Social Media Influencer's Summit with an open dialogue session with the participants of the first edition of the event organised under his patronage.

In the Q&A session, HH Sheikh Mohammed emphasised that social media created a new reality, removed a lot of barriers and helped make thousands of creative people and influencers famous.

He said that the UAE had the belief that social media will play a role in changing the lifestyles of people, and was able, form the very beginning, to use these media to receive remarks, ideas and proposals for improving government services and use this feedback to make its people happy.

He noted that in a brainstorming session during a retreat for his Cabinet team, some 80,000 ideas were gathered and discussed and a number of these ideas were adopted.

HH Sheikh Mohammed also noted that his mantra on social media is the Quranic verse in which Allah says that He made mankind into nations and tribes, that they may know one another. This is so because good and well-being lie in the process of making acquaintances, exchanging knowledge and sharing experiences and exploring new opportunities with other peoples, he noted.

"The Islamic Civilisation was able to achieve prosperity when it opened up to, and interacted positively with other civilisations and built on their contributions to benefit humanity by generously disseminating knowledge and publicizing inventions."

Answering a question on how he could make so many achievements, HH Sheikh Mohammed said, "Many social media users talk about Mohammed bin Rashid. The secret (to success) does not lie in Mohammed bin Rashid. Rather is lies in the thousands of teams who work day and night to make achievements."

Noting that he sets the direction for these teams through a clear vision, HH Sheikh Mohammed added that he follows up on their work and encourage them and that they are the real heroes who deserve thanks and appreciation. He further noted that new ideas come up during his weekly  follow-up meetings with the work teams.

Answering a question from a social media influencer about the UAE's large number of diverse projects, HH Sheikh Mohammed said that the secret to this lies in the fact that the door is open for proposals from all people and that the role of the government is to listen, implement and follow-up.

Answering another question about the high quality that visitors immediately recognize in the UAE, he said that when thinks of quality, he starts with taking in the taxi driver first, along with service people at airports, staff and services of hotels all the way up to the highest levels. The result, he noted. is that all those who visit us come back to us.

In answering a question from another Arab social media influencer about his own guards, HH Sheikh Mohammed said that one day he was walking in one of the markets when a foreign shopper approached him to ask the same question "Where are your guards Sheikh Mohammed?"

Sheikh Mohammed answered, "Look around you. Don't you see them?". The shopper said, "I only see shoppers".
Sheikh Mohammed then said, "These people are my guards." HH Sheikh Mohammed commented that being loved by people is what provides any leader with the strongest protection and that it is always under protection from Allah Almighty.

At the conclusion of the session HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid told participants who insisted on posing for photos with him that they are always welcome in the UAE and that their interaction contributed to the success of the summit which he stressed will always be an annual forum for them just as the UAE is always a gathering place for all Arab creative people.

Mohammed bin Rashid: Innovative governments attractive to talent, perform efficiently


Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has stressed that the main reason behind the UAE's high government performance was the fact that the state treat its institutions as private, not government, bodies that compete with the private sector, embrace its mindset and best practices and have their achievements assessed by the criteria of this sector.

In his article in the recent issue of Wamadhat (Flashes) Magazine, a publication of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation, MBRF, H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid says "We even went further and started to measure customer satisfaction and rate our services centres using the internationally-recognised hotel star rating systems. The experiences proved to be successful where the performance of our institutions improved and we were able to achieve our goals."

The new issue of the magazine also highlights the 2015 edition of Government Summit held in Dubai last month under the theme "Shaping Future Governments."

The magazine highlights the keynote speech of the summit in which His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, commended the vision of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and spoke about future governments, the harnessing of resources to serve man, as well as the importance of education and the excellent infrastructure in the UAE.

The magazine also highlights the speech delivered by H.H. Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, during the summit in which he spoke about positive citizenship which constitute the foundation of success for future government and cohesion and growth of their peoples.

In another section, the new issue of the magazine highlights plans announced recently by MBRF to bring Nobel Museum’s travelling exhibition to Dubai.