The Government of the UAE has launched the Government's First Government Design Initiative, which represents a new methodology in government action that embraces the principles of design thinking, which focuses on the aspirations of the community and the needs of its members, and promotes a culture of design in developing and launching human-centered initiatives, policies and programs. Social and economic development, leading to the achievement of the objectives of «UAE 2071».

The UAE Government, under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has established an exceptional model in government development that embraces the future and employs its tools to create a better tomorrow for the community.

"The launch of the Government Design Initiative represents a deliberate government movement to reflect these trends by adopting a culture of design thinking in all areas of government work and working in partnership with the community to design innovative solutions to future challenges," said Al Gergawi. Formulate solutions and initiatives to enhance the quality of life in society. "

He pointed out that the government design initiative embodies a government partnership with all segments of the society, which examines their needs in a deeper manner, strengthens the interrelationship between government agencies and individuals, and relies on research and studies and a synthesis of national and international experiences and expertise to design effective and effective decision-making solutions.

The ceremony was attended by Minister of Climate Change and Environment Dr. Thani Bin Ahmed Al Zwaidi, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratization Nasser bin Thani Al Hamli, Minister of Community Development Hessa Bint Isa Buhamaid, Minister of State for Health and Quality of Life Director General of the Office of the Prime Minister, Khalfan Al-Roumi, and a number of ministers and senior officials in government and academic institutions in the country.

"The UAE is a pioneering model in adopting innovative solutions in government work by building competencies and capabilities and developing a government-driven approach that will build on the aspirations of the community," said Paul Bennett, Director of Innovation at Audi Worldwide. Design and guide the development process and future industry.

Charles Hayes, one of IDIO's partners and chief executive officer of its China office, outlined his experience in promoting systematic innovation by training cadres of executives in the design thinking system and employing these skills to find innovative solutions to the challenges faced by global companies by understanding Economic trends that affect the various areas of life, and stressed that design thinking is based on knowledge of the needs of people and meet them, through new innovations that lead to the positive impact in society.

The Government Design Initiative is based on the launch of a new work phase based on a sophisticated methodology to provide creative solutions to the various challenges facing society by designing and developing new mechanisms and ideas in government work, enabling government agencies to embrace change, Thus ensuring greater coherence between government agencies and society.

The government's design initiative aims to prepare a new generation of government-based talent that adopts a business approach and enables it to explore its potential to understand the aspirations and vision of individuals and develop new directions in government action by launching a learning and design program aimed at capacity building at the administrative and technical levels, To introduce new concepts of government action.

The initiative focuses on the development of a government-based design system based on the individual's experience in partnership with the community by enriching government mechanisms with creative community ideas and skills to design best practices and make effective and effective government decisions based on the UAE's developmental model.

Qualifying the first generation of government designers

The Government of the UAE is working to strengthen the culture of "government design" in the institutions' curricula, by building the capacity of a generation of government designers, qualifying executive heads of government design, and government designers to foster the adoption of design thinking about the needs of the community.

The four-month "Learning and Design" program is designed to train the first generation of executive heads of government design by building the capacity of government candidates with cognitive curiosity and creative thinking to lead positive change and contribute to team training. And preparing future cadres that design the future of government work.

Program participants will be selected through government nominations for their employees who have the skills of creative thinking and creative government, while government employees with creative skills can nominate themselves individually through the initiative's website https: / / Design.gov.ae/.

The role of the executive head of government design is to make change in government work by adopting an inspirational and creative vision for the work teams, exploring opportunities for improvement, enhancing cooperation and integration between the parties, and building the capacity of the work teams and enabling them to adopt the design that depends on the vision and aspirations of the society to develop the governmental work system In order to achieve the objectives of «UAE 2071».

Mohammed Al-Gergawi:

• "The Government Design Initiative embodies a government partnership with all segments of society."