Dubai Municipality is the first in the world to obtain international accreditation as the best government entity in leading innovation

Dubai Municipality has obtained international accreditation from the Global Innovation Institute (GIMI) as the best innovative government entity in leading innovation at the fourth level, which is the highest in this category, making it the first municipality in the world to achieve this advanced level, in a step that confirms the leadership and maturity of the integrated government innovation system that Dubai Municipality applies within its institutional paths.

This international accreditation reflects the qualitative leap achieved by Dubai Municipality in building an integrated and sustainable innovation system that adopts the best international practices in managing government innovation and designing the future of municipal work, which contributes to enhancing the quality of life and consolidating the emirate’s position as a global destination for living, working and investing.

The global assessment was based on a set of qualitative initiatives and innovations that reflected the advanced level of maturity of institutional innovation in the municipality, where its efforts were distinguished in aligning the knowledge and innovation strategy with institutional priorities and digital transformation and linking innovation with anticipating the future by analyzing the drivers of change and employing the latest technologies to ensure future readiness, in addition to strengthening the governance system, developing a regulatory environment supportive of innovation, and integrating the innovation life cycle according to an integrated methodology that ensures sustainability and enhances institutional value.

Engineer Nasser Hamad Bushahab, Executive Director of the Planning and Governance Sector at Dubai Municipality, expressed his pride in this global accreditation, which represents the product of a solid institutional culture that believes that innovation is a continuous journey, not a final destination. It reflects the efforts of qualified and distinguished cadres who turned challenges into opportunities and proved that the governance and institutional innovation system in Dubai Municipality is a key part of enhancing the quality of life in the emirate. This achievement also crowns our efforts in building an integrated and sustainable innovation system that enhances Dubai’s leadership as a capital of innovation. “And a laboratory for ideas and anticipating the future.”

In the same context, Dubai Municipality’s leadership has emerged through strengthening open partnerships and building an effective innovation network with the private sector to create proactive solutions and implementing hackathons and innovation laboratories to generate smart solutions and innovative business models for institutional challenges and opportunities, as well as providing certificates and training programs to raise human cadres and enable them to develop and qualify smart and innovative skills.

Emphasizing its commitment to establishing a culture of “experience and learning,” the municipality provided a safe environment for innovative initiatives and projects while applying advanced performance indicators to measure the return on innovation and ensure its sustainability and operational efficiency.