Emirates ID wins Dubai Human Development Appreciation Award 2011

The Emirates Identity Authority won the Dubai Human Development Appreciation Award 2011 in the 17th Business Excellence Awards Ceremony, which was organized today at Dubai World Trade Centre under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may Allah save him. The ceremony was attended by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai.

During the ceremony, Sheikh Maktoum honored the Emirates Identity Authority by handing the shield of the award over to H.E. Dr. Eng. Ali Mohamed Al Khouri, Emirates ID Director General, in the official presence of over 1,000 senior officials of government departments and private organizations and companies in addition to more than 50 Emirates Identity Authority employees.

Al Khouri dedicated the award to His Highness Sheikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor and Chairman of the Emirates Identity Authority, and to His Highness Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Deputy Chairman of the Emirates Identity Authority.

Al Khouri commended Sheikh Hazza’s and Sheikh Saif’s limitless support for the Emirates Identity Authority’s process of development and their keenness on developing the Emirates ID’s human cadres and underscoring their role in achieving the Emirates Identity Authority’s vision and mission and reflecting its ambitions for having the best service system across the UAE.

Al Khouri pointed out that the Emirates Identity Authority focused in its strategic plan 2010-2013 on developing its human resources, these being the means and end for achieving its mission, vision and objectives by providing internal services based on distinguished performance to enable its national cadres to discharge their tasks most excellently, whether in the Emirates Identity Authority or any other organization.

Al Khouri said: “It is a great honor for the Emirates Identity Authority’s family that the Emirates Identity Authority is among the government entities that have won the Dubai Human Development Award 2012.  The Emirates Identity Authority is carrying on its march towards excellence with a firm determination, as excellence has no limits and creative ideas are endless.” He called for efforts to be combined for achieving the Emirates Identity Authority’s future objectives in the best way possible.

“The Higher Management at the Emirates Identity Authority will deal with this win as a first step on the way to excellence for serving our country and society”, Al Khouri said, noting that the Emirates Identity Authority would look at the honor it received as a medal of excellence and a motive to carry on sincere work and exert diligent efforts for building on this win and achieve more accomplishments.

Earlier, the Emirates Identity Authority announced that it achieved an Emiratization rate of 99 per cent in 2011 and that the job rotation rate in it dropped from around 7.7 per cent in 2010 to 3.8 per cent in 2011. This came as part of its efforts to improve the work environment, attract qualified and skillful nationals and create a job stability feeling.

The Business Excellence Awards, which were launched by the Department of Economic Development in 1994 under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may Allah save him, include the 2010 cycle of the Dubai Quality Award, Dubai Human Development Award and the Dubai Service Excellence Scheme. These awards are one of the Department of Economic Development’s initiatives aimed at consolidating the concepts of quality and excellence as an incentive for continuous growth with the aim of achieving sustainable development.

Dubai Human Development Appreciation Award, however, is a category of Dubai Human Development Award and seeks to honor and reward the distinguished efforts exerted by the government and private sectors to enhance the abilities of the national workforce and bolster their role in developing the national economy.