H.E. Engineer Sultan bin Saeed Al-Mansoori, Minister of Economy, has reviewed progress made in the implementation of the 2010 operation plans of the five government bodies participating in a meeting dubbed: "Implementation Program for Executives of Government Bodies Under the Supervision of the Economy Minister".
He discussed with the participants in the program their outfits’ 2011 - 2013 strategic plans and underscored the need to adhere strictly to the guidelines of the plans and their initiatives to achieve the ultimate of their targeted objectives. He called for facilitating the means of achieving the best performance indices for those initiatives.
This came during the inauguration of the program which is part of the general policies of the UAE Government’s Strategic Plan aimed at improving performance and sharpening the technical and administrative skills of personnel of various leadership posts in government institutions.
Participants in the program, which also falls under the general objectives of the Sheikh Khalifa Government Excellence Program, include the economy ministry, the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority, the Statistics Centre - Abu Dhabi (SCAD), the Insurance Authority and the Civil Aviation Authority.
In his opening address of the two-day program, which is being held at the Jebel Ali Hotel in Dubai, the Minister challenged the participants to achieve the utmost of the program, through the sharing of experience to help accomplish the national task assigned to their various bodies in serving the nation, under the wise leadership of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the UAE President and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
Al-Mansoori said the program is a good model for creative initiatives, considering the major role it plays in boosting performance and strengthening relations and cooperation between the participating bodies, by helping each of the five bodies in designing the best initiatives for its 2011 - 2013 strategic plan, through the sharing of experience and probing of their points of strength and weakness for improvement.
He said the program consists of a number of components carefully prepared according to the best international practices, based on the requirements and challenges of each of the participating body. He urged them to carefully study those components through the open workshops and forums to reach the best mechanisms of cooperation and effective solutions to their challenges.
The program, which was designed in collaboration with the INSEAD School of Business, consists of a number of workshops, including a workshop on "Mechanisms of Joint Institutional Actions" and "Managing Change and its Mechanisms", in addition to a number of open discussions on topics like "The Challenges Facing Joint Actions among Institutions", "Managing Change - The Challenges" and "The Challenges of Decision-Making".
The program also include various activities aimed at boosting interactions between the executives of participating bodies, including the minister and 14 executive members of the five participating government institutions.