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.
