Dubai
Municipality
Dubai
Municipality is regarded as one of the largest
establishments in Dubai in terms of the number
of people it employs, the volume of services it
provides to the public and the projects it carries
out. Dubai Municipality is the major driving force
behind the development process of the Dubai City
as a whole.
The
Municipality was established in 1940s with a total
staff strength of three persons who were operating
from a single room. However, it was in 1965 that
Dubai Municipality came into being officially.
The Municipality kept up its steady growth since
its inception and has now become a large organisation
with more than 10,000 staff working in over 20
departments. In short, the municipality's growth
reflects the growth of the Dubai City in general.
Dubai
Municipality's Vision
To
sustain the momentum of development taking place
in Dubai, the Municipality has laid down a future
vision for the city taking into account the nature
of development in the modern era of globalization.
Personifying this vision, the Municipality has
also laid down a number of objectives and the
necessary mechanism to put them into practice
by creating an effective administrative set-up
and introducing appropriate administrative procedures
that enjoy a great deal of transparency. This
helps its different departments and sections to
clearly identify the end-results they are required
to achieve, with the cooperation of each member
of the public with whom the municipality deals
with.
Dubai's
future vision is characterized by the constant
improvement of the living standard in Dubai and
its living conditions , which is accomplished
by striking a dynamic balance between the city's
population, its resources and development objectives
on the one hand and its environment systems on
the other. To achieve its vision and objectives,
Dubai Municipality has adopted sound development
policies and strategies that take into account
the most modern developments in the fields of
engineering, city beautification, information
technology, environment, health, administration,
transport and basic infrastructure. This has deservedly
made the municipality to contribute effectively
to make the city one of the most outstanding centres
of industry, trade, business and tourism in the
Middle East and the world as a whole. This is
apart from providing several distinctive services
to various segments of the society.
Objectives
of Dubai Municipality
Commercial
Sector:
To provide sufficient commercial land plots, allocate
them and classify them in a way that ensures high
quality service to investors in the Emirate of
Dubai; and develop administrative procedures,
studies, planning information and related legislation
with a high degree of transparency.
Industrial
Sector:
To provide sufficient industrial land plots, allocate
them and classify them in a way that ensures high
quality service to investors in the Emirate of
Dubai; and develop administrative procedures,
studies, planning information and related legislation
with a high degree of transparency.
Tourism
Sector:
To provide sufficient land plots for tourist activities,
allocate them and classify them in a way that
ensures high quality service to investors in the
Emirate of Dubai; and develop administrative procedures,
studies, planning information and related legislation
with a high degree of transparency.
Infrastructure
Sector:
1.
To set up modern, safe, comfortable and economically
viable roads; continually develop them; achieve
a high degree of safety in them; increase the
capacity of the Creek crossing mechanisms; and
pursue comprehensive technical systems.
2.
To provide the city with a safe drainage, ground
and storm water disposal network; provide an irrigation
network for the city's green belt in public streets
and parks; provide fertilizers; set up and maintain
public parks; and increase green areas in the
emirate.
3.
To protect the architectural heritage; preserve
the distinctive architectural identity and modern
environment of the emirate; maintain public buildings
and roads; and provide housing services.
4.
To protect environment and safeguard public health
by preventing spread of communicable diseases;
ensure a good international standard for foodstuff
available in the emirate; and ensure general and
occupational safety in all establishments of both
the public and private sectors.
5.
To ensure the most ideal use of the state-of-the-art
technology in the field of information and telecommunication
in developing the administration and its constant
improvement.
Cultural
Sector:
To provide advanced library services using improved
techniques in serving the public.
Human
Resources Sector:
To Develop the human resources; increase their
efficiency; and continue to promote them by laying
down outstanding recruitment and training policies
and plans; introduce recruitment, training and
nationalization programmes under an administrative
framework that encourages floating of new ideas
and innovative initiatives.
