In implementation of the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, adopted a decision to cancel fees for some government services in Dubai, in a step from It will contribute to reducing the cost of living, facilitating doing business, and supporting investors.

This came during his highness presiding over the meeting of the Executive Council at its headquarters in the Emirates Towers, in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Council, to discuss a number of topics on the agenda.

This decision comes in the wake of the adoption of a package of decisions to reduce government fees and exempt from other fees as part of the ongoing incentive initiatives to enhance economic growth in the emirate, and stems from the Dubai government's keenness to enhance the economic competitiveness of the emirate, embodying its continued support for its investment environment, and enhancing the confidence of investors and the general public in the government .

His Highness, the Crown Prince of Dubai, emphasized that the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, reflecting his keenness to follow the performance and requirements of various sectors to facilitate all the supporting elements, ensuring the positive results achieved, stressing His Highness to continue to adopt development initiatives and harness all potentials, to meet Aspirations and further accomplishments.

His Highness said: “The role of the government is to elevate Dubai to the ranks of the most developed, developed and happy cities in the world, and it is their responsibility to serve people and create an environment conducive to achieving welfare for all members of society, and to establish happiness as an essential feature in society, which necessitates us to review periodically existing legislations and policies in a way that guarantees Keeping pace with all changes and the sustainability of our development path ».

About 2,356 administrative drawings were studied in 22 government agencies and reviewed in detail, after a comprehensive review of all administrative fees, to put in place a policy and framework that regulates and codifies the process of imposing administrative fees in various government agencies to ensure a reduction in the cost to citizens, the business sector, investors, residents and residents of the emirate.

The decision included the cancellation of some health sector fees, such as fees for medical education activities and awareness campaigns for school students in addition to health services and ambulance, and in the economic sector such as fees for sales of goods, contracts, services, promotional campaigns, property rentals, and fees for a set of permits, licenses, and tickets related to commercial and tourism activities, etc. Concerning the maritime sector, these canceled fees included services related to the issuance of residencies, establishment certificates and business cards. As for the social sector, the decision to cancel fees included items such as entry tickets for a group of entertainment facilities. The service, such as heritage sites, public libraries, etc., and within the infrastructure sector. The decision to cancel the fees included some engineering supervision services, electronic registration fees, vehicle traffic fees, and other vital services provided in the emirate.

The Council adopted the medical education and research strategy in the emirate and the proposed programs for its development in terms of governance and integration between colleges and health facilities, in addition to the quality of specialized programs for residency physicians and medical research, where the council discussed the main goals of the medical education and research strategy 2020 - 2030, which includes improving the quality of care and rates Healing and safety of patients, enhancing the interconnection between hospitals and medical colleges to improve the quality of education, support health and educational tourism, establish Dubai as a leading destination for medical education and research, and achieve sustainability of the health care system , Promote a culture of innovation and medical research.

Dubai Crown Prince:

“Mohammed bin Rashid is keen on following up the performance and requirements of different sectors to facilitate all the supporting components.”

"It is imperative that we periodically review existing legislation and policies to ensure that all variables are kept abreast."

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An administrative drawing in 22 government agencies that have been studied and reviewed in detail.

Attracting community contributions to support medical innovation

The medical education and research strategy includes a number of programs, such as building and establishing a system of medical education and research governance, building specialized capabilities, establishing a system that is interlinked between curative services, academic education, and medical research, strengthening residency programs for doctors, developing an educational curriculum based on innovation in education, and setting priorities Medical research, creation of databases and infrastructure, establishment of a center for clinical innovation, in addition to attracting community contributions to support innovation and medical research and enhance investment for the future.

5 sectors

The decision to cancel fees for some government services in Dubai included:

■ In the health sector: fees for medical education activities and awareness campaigns for school students, health services and first aid.

In the economic sector: sales fees for goods, contracts, services, promotions, and property rentals

Permits, licenses and tickets related to commercial and tourist activities.

In the marine sector: services related to the issuance of residencies, establishment certificates and business cards.

In the social sector: entrance fees for entertainment and service facilities such as heritage sites, public libraries, and others.

■ In the infrastructure sector: some engineering supervision services, electronic registration, vehicle traffic, etc.

The Executive Council adopted the strategy of medical education and research.