Introduction:

Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum launched the Mohammed bin Rashid Government Excellence Award in 2009 under the umbrella of Sheikh Khalifa Government Excellence Program (SKGEP). The award aims to promote the role of the federal government institutions serving the UAE society at all levels and seeking to build and motivate principles of excellence. SKGEP is the first integrated federal platform aiming to gauge and celebrate excellent performance and innovative initiatives in the UAE’s Federal Government.The SKGEP was established under decree No. 165/22 dated 12/6/2006, and was approved by the Cabinet.

The Award’s Objectives:
- Promoting the role of the federal government institutions serving the UAE society at all levels.
- Increasing awareness about the principles of excellence and its role in modern governments.
- Developing the competencies required to boost excellence in the Federal Government.

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Government Excellence Award consists of five categories and 24 awards:

The Main Categories:
The awards are presented for an entity, region and department based on the grand total score of the excellence model criteria, and the awards are:
- Distinguished Federal Entity
- Distinguished Federal Department
- Distinguished Government Region or Government Office

The Sub-categories:
The awards are presented to the best entity achieving the highest results according to each separate criterion in the excellence model, and the awards are:
- Distinguished Federal Entity in Service Delivery
- Distinguished Federal Entity in Human Resources
- Distinguished Federal Entity in Institutional Leadership
- Distinguished Federal Entity in Strategic Planning
- Distinguished Federal Entity in Operation Management

Best Practices Categories:
First of its kind in the region and an added value to Sheikh Khalifa Government Excellence Program, the categories cover important and dynamic fields to achieve excellence at federal entities. Best practices categories cover the fields of innovation, performance management, knowledge management, electronic applications and government communication, and the awards are:
- Distinguished Federal Entity in Performance Management
- Distinguished Federal Entity in Electronic Applications
- Distinguished Federal Entity in Innovation
- Distinguished Federal Entity in Knowledge Management
- Distinguished Federal Entity in Government Communication
- Distinguished Federal Entity in Green Applications

Prime Minister’s Categories:  
These medals cover areas of excellence in various sectors and include all federal positions. Job titles are included in each category as examples only.
- Prime Minister’s Medal for Supervisory Employees
- Prime Minister’s Medal for Technical/Engineering Employees
- Prime Minister’s Medal for Specialized Employees
- Prime Minister’s Medal for Administrative Employees
- Prime Minister’s Medal for Field Employees
- Prime Minister’s Medal for New Employees
- Prime Minister’s Medal for Customer Service Employees

Team Categories:
This category covers the assessment of the application of the federal entity of integrated approaches to support and motivate teamwork within the entity as a whole and assessment of one example of the teams within the entity or with external stakeholders.
- Distinguished Service Development Team
- Distinguished Joint Team
- Distinguished Technical Team
- Distinguished Internal Performance Improvement Team

2014 Winners:

Winners of 2014 the Mohammed bin Rashid Government Excellence Award, honored on 14 May 2014:

Distinguished Federal Entity (More than 900 employees): Ministry of Interior

Distinguished Federal Entity (Less than 900 employees): Ministry of Finance

Distinguished Federal Authority (More than 900 employees): Emirates Identity Authority

Distinguished Federal Authority (Less than 900 employees): General Civil Aviation Authority

Distinguished government region or government office: Ministry of Interior, Sharjah

Distinguished Federal Department:
- Ajman Police, Ministry of Interior and Roads Department, Ministry of Public Works
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Federal Authority for Government Human Resources

Distinguished Federal Entity in Institutional Leadership: Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Finance

Distinguished Federal Entity in Human Resources: Emirates Identity Authority and Ministry of Interior

Distinguished Federal Entity in Strategic Planning: Ministry of Public Works

Distinguished Federal Entity in Service Provision: Emirates Identity Authority

Distinguished Federal Entity in Performance Management, Distinguished Federal Entity in Innovation, Distinguished Federal Entity in Electronic Applications and Distinguished Federal Entity in Green Applications: Ministry of Interior
Distinguished Federal Entity in Government Communication: Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development
Distinguished Federal Entity in Knowledge Management: Emirates Identity Authority

Distinguished Teams:

Distinguished Services Development Team and Internal Performance Improvement Team: Ministry of Interior

Distinguished Technical Team: Emirates Transport and Emirates Identity Authority

Distinguished Joint Team: Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Education

Prime Minister's Medal for Supervisory Employees: Col. Dr. Abdullah Saeed bin Sahoh Al Sweedi, Ministry of Interior and Engineer Mohamed Ibrahim Al Ali, Telecommunication Regulatory Authority

Prime Minister's Medal for Specialized Employees: Dr. Nawal Khamis Al Motawa, Ministry of Health and Lt. Col. Dr. Sarhan Hassan Al Muaeni, Ministry of Interior

Prime Minister's Medal for Technical Employee: Khalid Abdullah Belhool, Telecommunication Regulatory Authority

Prime Minister's Medal for Field Employee: Khawlah Ahmed Al Hussani, Ministry of Education and Moza Ahmed Al Shamsi, General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Awqaf

Prime Minister's Medal for Customer Services Employees: Corp. Khalil Mohammed Al Hussani, Ministry of Interior

Prime Minister's Medal for Administrative Employees: First Lieutenant Ameena Youssef Al Nagbi, Ministry of Interior

Prime Minister's Medal for New Employees: Engineer Hajer Tareq Khanji, Sheikh Zayed Housing Program and Dr. Tasneem Omer Abdul Rahman, Ministry of Health

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Sash: Taryam and Abdullah Omran Taryam

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