DUBAI // Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, is looking to evaluate the performance of government workers to increase efficiency and meet the UAE’s long-term goals.
Sheikh Mohammed said improving government performance and achieving goals associated with the UAE Vision 2021 would require sustained efforts and daily assessment.
“We have long-term strategic plans to advance the work of government,” he said. “We believe that to achieve the best results that match our ambitious aims to achieve top ranks at the global level, we must keep evaluating and updating our action plans and prioritising them on a regular basis.”
While noting that advanced levels of performance had already been achieved, Sheikh Mohammed said performance evaluation was designed to help government entities to continue to raise their efficiency levels and improve the quality of services.
He was recently briefed on performance indicators of 45 government entities, including ministries and federal authorities, along with the introduction of a periodic follow-up programme.
Emphasis was placed on performance levels achieved in the ministries of education, health and social affairs.
As part of its efforts, the Government is evaluating more than 3,000 indicators on its performance management system, which is used to manage institutional performance and monitor strategic and operational plans across federal Government entities.
The system can also monitor the competitiveness of all ministries and federal agencies on a daily basis. The federal Government’s performance management system was launched in 2013.
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