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.
