Dubai: A federal strategy which focuses on improving the well-being of citizens, education and health care services was unveiled on Sunday.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, unveiled the 2011-13 federal government strategy during a workshop.
"We are united in vision, ambition and target and our priority is the citizen who constitutes the backbone of our government strategy and the prime concern of the wise leadership spearheaded by President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan," Shaikh Mohammad said.
The strategy consists of seven general principles, seven priorities and seven strategic potentials focusing on key areas.
It calls for building a coherent community whose identity is derived from the strength of the UAE family, establishing a world-class learning system based on development of knowledge and skills of students, upgrading the health care sector, building a knowledge-based economy that will maintain the UAE's trade standing internationally, entrenching a fair justice system and creating a sustainable environment and integrated infrastructure that preserves natural resources and reduces pollution and retaining the UAE's positive image on the world scene.
The priorities include the development of human resources, delivery of excellent government services, sound financial management, enhancement of transparency in financial systems, and adoption of the culture of excellence and corporate governance.
The seven potentials include boosting the inter-government interactive network, bolstering inter-government strategic partnerships, enacting viable legislations and integrated policies, improving quality of data and statistics, encouraging effective government communications by making the government's presence and credibility felt widely and developing a unified corporate identity.
