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DEWA Organizes Workshop for Supreme Committee Of Excellence

Workshop identifies latest updates and measures success of both the Executive Committee's Plans and the main Corporate Executive Teams to achieve Excellence in Government
Dubai, UAE, 25 January 2012: As part of its framework for building a culture of corporate excellence, the Supreme Committee of Excellence at the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority ( DEWA ), today has organized a workshop in Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai in the presence of HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA and President of the Supreme Committee of Excellence, members of the Supreme Committee of Excellence and a number of senior managers to identify the latest updates and measure the successes of both the Executive Committee's plans and the main Corporate Executive Teams to achieve government excellence.

The workshop included a review of achievements in assessing and assigning methodologies, drawing opportunities from feedback reports on implementing plans to improve performance, collating evidence and documents to lay unified criteria and scope of work for the working teams and to align their operations amongst them. These all aim to achieve the objectives for excellence within government as laid out in Dubai Strategy 2015.

DEWA embraces a strategy that aims to enhance excellence in correlation with the ambitious vision of the Emirate of Dubai to position itself as an international hub for finance, business and excellence. This initiative is part of DEWA 's strategy to achieve corporate performance assessment operations, to identify points of strength and opportunities for improvement and necessary steps to promote and develop the level of corporate performance to best levels and achieve sustainable development.

" DEWA is focused on its continuous commitment to the vision of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and the support of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and the Chairman of The Executive Council that aims to turn Dubai into a city of excellence, innovation, quality and improve the performance and services of the public sector in Dubai to consolidate its position and global competitiveness," said His Excellency.

" DEWA is working on promoting a culture of excellence in the public sector through continuous development and implementation of corporate excellence standards in all of its operations and at all organizational levels, and finding innovative ideas and methods that contribute to improving its services.

Furthermore, DEWA is striving to achieve excellence in the outcomes of its performance through the implementation of an international excellence model to enhance a culture of quality and continuous improvement," he added.

"This workshop aims to provide updated information and data to the Supreme Committee and the Executive Excellence Committee; to continuously follow-up on the performance of all excellence committees and. This enables the Senior Management Team to form a comprehensive picture of all development events, activities, and projects related to excellence in DEWA . It allows them to track the development of improvement plans at all levels and divisions, in line with DEWA 's strategic course," said Dr. Yousef Al Akraf, EVP-Business Support and Chairman of the Executive Excellence Committee.

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For more information please contact:
Ribal Dayekh
Tel: 04 307 2006
Mobile: 050 814 1721
Email: ribal.dayekh@dewa.gov.ae

© Press Release 2012