His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Council, yesterday morning, in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Second Vice President of the Executive Council, and members of the Council, meeting of the Strategic Affairs Council of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai At the council headquarters in Emirates Towers, where a number of topics on the agenda were discussed, related to the fields of education, financial settlements and smart services in the emirate.
During the meeting, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai reviewed a report on private education and its important role in establishing the emirate's position as a global center for the knowledge economy, by attracting skills and enhancing the attractiveness of Dubai as a leading destination for business and investment, where the private education sector provides services to about 300,000 school students. In addition to more than 50 thousand students enrolled in higher education, while education is one of the most essential elements for achieving family stability and affirming the value of Dubai as a preferred place to live and work, while the report showed that the private education sector, both school and higher, contributes to adding approximately 18 billion dirhams to the emirate’s economy .
The Authority also touched on its presentation of the implications of “Covid-19” on the sector and the potential opportunities that can be exploited through distance learning and integrated learning policies, stressing to ensure the provision of high-quality education for students in a healthy and safe environment, ensuring their future and their mental and physical development, by developing mechanisms To follow up the quality of the educational services provided, and to amend the school supervision framework accordingly, with full commitment to take all precautionary and preventive measures in preserving the safety of male and female students, educational bodies and administrative cadres, in light of the current global conditions, and in line with federal directions in this regard.
For its part, the Dubai Police General Command made a presentation regarding the field of financial settlements, by relying on the service to inquire about the criminal situation in financial cases, in order to enable the public to inquire about their criminal status in financial cases, in addition to travel ban orders, whether issued by police stations Dubai, or the judicial authorities of the Emirate of Dubai. More than 75 thousand customers from more than 150 different nationalities benefited from this service, and the number of inquiries exceeded 540 thousand inquiries, which contributed to returning 2.6 billion dirhams to their owners, in addition to achieving financial savings exceeding 18 million dirhams.
The Dubai Police General Command has reviewed the percentage of achievement resulting from the application of the smart notification service for those who have had simple financial obligations, or who are prohibited from traveling, through text messages to end the circulars issued against them. More than 21,000 customers from 137 different nationalities benefited from the service, contributing to the return of approximately 2.1 billion dirhams and financial savings of more than 38 million dirhams.
The Dubai Smart Department presented a report on the level of achievement in implementing the Dubai paperless strategy, which aims to enhance the emirate’s efforts in digital transformation, achieving environmental sustainability and reducing the carbon footprint, as 33 government agencies succeeded in reducing their paper consumption by 67%, and dispensed 195.4 million papers from Out of 293.2 million it used annually. These entities were also able to provide huge financial sums, amounting to more than 831 million dirhams, and a time of 8.8 million hours at the level of government agencies, in addition to the positive impact in the environment represented by saving 23,448 trees, which could have been used in the paper industry.
The strategy seeks to enhance the ability of the Dubai government to dispense with paper 100% before the end of 2021, and to support it with an internal digital environment that works to achieve high levels of efficiency and effectiveness, as the strategy defines two types of paper: the first: paper for operations and services, which can only be dispensed with By studying it and proposing digital alternatives, the second: optionally printed paper, which is used because of the customer or employee culture of using paper.
Propose plans and strategies
The meeting of the Strategic Affairs Council comes within the framework of its role to support the efforts of the Executive Council, by proposing plans and strategies that contribute to the application and embodiment of the leadership vision aimed at achieving excellence in all sectors, innovating solutions and initiatives to develop services, accelerate their pace and raise the level of their quality, and to establish the leadership position In the field of developing government work, improving the capabilities and quality of community life, and achieving the happiness and well-being of all its members.
- The service to inquire about the financial criminal situation contributes to returning 2.6 billion dirhams.
- Intelligent notification of those wanted for financial obligations returning 2.1 billion dirhams to their owners.
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Million dirhams, saving the result of implementing the Dubai paperless strategy, by saving 23,000 trees.