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.