Dubai - Roads & Transport Authority - Nashwan Attaa'ee: The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) reiterated its commitment to move forward in forging partnerships with the public & private sectors in keeping with its strategic goals; which are considered the mains thrust of its business process, and uplift the level of services rendered to various segments of the community to keep pace with the ongoing development drive in all sectors and at all fronts. Among the effective initiatives rolled out by the RTA to realize this objective is entering in joint agreements with organizations representing a wide spectrum of activities in the business sector.
In this context the Public Transport Agency has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Dubai International Marine Sports Club in the premises of the Agency at Muhaisna providing for boosting RTA's third strategic goal pertinent to customers centricity through catering to customer needs, and raising their satisfaction with the public transport services in the Emirate. The MoU also seeks to realize RTA's fourth strategic goal of encouraging the use of public transport means through enticing more commuters to use them, and the sixth strategic goal of attaining the financial sustainability through augmenting revenues.
The MoU was signed for the Public Transport Agency by its Acting CEO Dr. Yousef Al Ali, and for the Dubai International Marine Sports Club by its CEO Ali Juma Ali bin Ghulaita, in the presence of a host of Directors, Managers and officials of both parties.
Al Ali welcome the delegation of the Dubai International Marine Sports Club and considered the signing of this MoU a key step towards forging bilateral relations, enhancing joint cooperation and making serious efforts to measure up to the level of a strategic partnership that plays a vital role in improving the public transport services, particularly the marine transit services.
"We are pleased and honoured to work hand-in-hand with the Dubai International Marine Sports Club and contribute to promoting the tourist activities in general and the tourist marine transport in particular, considering that the Public Transport Agency offers advanced tourist marine transit services such as the Water Bus, Water Taxi and Dubai Ferry.
"This MoU constitutes a step forward in broadening and boosting the package of services offered to marine transit users including the tourists and visitors of Dubai, and working side by side with the Dubai International Marine Sports Club; which has got huge potentials and wide-ranging experience in this field; thus it will undoubtedly raise the bar on service offering," he continued.
"In keeping with the present and future drive of the Dubai Government as regards stepping up the interaction between public and private sectors, the RTA embarked on opening communication channels and holding meetings with government, semi-government and private organizations. With this in mind, the RTA invited the Dubai International Marine Sports Club to sign this MoU as an initial step towards beefing up the joint endeavours of both parties," concluded Al Ali.
Ali Juma Ali bin Ghulaita, CEO of Dubai International Marine Sports Club, was delighted with the signing of this MoU with the RTA, considering it one of the core initiatives of the Club that opens a new window for forging cooperation with a key authority in the UAE that plays a vital role in providing public transport services and other services to the community. He added that the Club would be ready to cooperate with Public Transport Agency in boosting the tourist marine services.
"We, in the Dubai International Marine Sports Club, are excited to open up cooperative links with all government entities in the Emirate of Dubai in the public interest. We stand ready to bolster these ties with the RTA which has redefined the concept of serving the community through offering a package of superb services that bear reference to the distinction of the UAE people manifested in their creativity and determination to make achievements.
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© Press Release 2013
