Under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Dubai Government Excellence Programme Winners to be Honoured

Dubai: 9 May, 2007 - Under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, the Dubai Government Excellence Programme (DGEP) award winners will be honoured on Monday, 14 May at 1:30pm.

A number of ministers, directors of government departments, senior officials and dignitaries from various institutions will attend the ceremony.

This year’s DGEP awards recognise distinctive team and individual achievements in 11 categories. These include Distinguished Team, Administrative Initiative, Technical Project, Government Employee, Administrative Employee, Financial Employee, Technical/Engineering Employee, Specialised Employee, Field Employee, Female Employee and New Employee.

The winners will be announced during the next few days. The DGEP recently announced it had completed evaluating the 132 applications from Dubai government employees. The entries were submitted by various departments, project teams and other staff.

Ahmed Bin Byat, Secretary General of the Dubai Executive Council, and Chairman of DGEP, said the applications were assessed with the highest standards of integrity and objectivity.

Bin Byat added: "The number of entries reflects the significant improvement in performance levels of government employees. It also shows how workplace excellence has now been integrated into the functioning of government departments.”

He pointed out the programme ensures every employee receives the recognition he, or she, deserves for his, or her, outstanding efforts and effective performance.

Bin Byatt added: "Selecting a winning team, or a winning employee, does not mean that others do not deserve the appreciation. This is a natural result of any competition. Participants must understand that they have already achieved success just by being nominated by their respective departments.

“The DGEP team has prepared a brief report on every candidate, with its observations and proposals on the performance of each of them. The report includes their strengths and excellence which deserve to be recognised and areas where they need support.

“The DGEP team will send the reports to the head of each government department. This will contribute to building their knowledge and developing their talent and potential.”

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