Abu Dhabi Residency launches ‘Innovation Lab’

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, November 26th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

As a part of the UAE Innovation Week activities, the Directorate General of Residency and Foreigners’ Affairs in Abu Dhabi launched an ‘Innovation Lab’ at the directorate’s headquarters.

Brigadier Mansour Ahmed Ali Hamoud Al Dhaheri, Director General of Residency and Foreigners Affairs at Abu Dhabi Police, called upon staff members to pursue an innovation approach in order to further improve and develop the services provided by the police to community members. This approach aligns with the Abu Dhabi Police’s vision in the field of creativity and innovation.

The ‘Innovation Lab’ reflects the Ministry of Interior’s vision to promote innovation and sponsor innovators by adopting their ideas, and enabling them to unleash their intellectual potentials, and endeavor to leverage these potentials to achieve concrete and constructive results. The lab also embodies the directorate’s commitment to support talented and innovative staff members and help them to turn their ideas into reality.

The ‘Innovation lab’ provides an appropriate environment conducive to innovation, which encourages staff members to submit innovative ideas and suggestions to upgrade work and improve the services offered to members of the public.

During the lab’s inauguration ceremony, a number of staff members submitted a set of proposals to develop police work. Staff members also attended a workshop, which tackled the creativity and innovation concept, as well as mind mapping and brainstorming tools.

The ceremony was attended by Brigadier Yusuf Ismail Khouri, Deputy Director General of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Abu Dhabi, as well as heads of departments and chiefs of sections.

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Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs Organizes Events for UAE Innovation Week

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, November 24th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Major General Khalifa Hareb Al Khaiaili, Acting Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior for Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs, inaugurated the events of the ‘UAE Innovation Week’ under the slogan “Making customers happy by developing and upgrading their experience”.  The events are held at the United House Hall in the Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs Building in Abu Dhabi; and are organized by the Strategy and Performance Development Department at the Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs. Residency and Foreigner Affairs general directorates nationwide are participating in the event.

Major General Al Khaiaili said: “The UAE Innovation Week contributes towards achieving the UAE Vision 2021; as innovation is a part of our culture to enhance competitiveness, and to enhance the ambitious generations of individuals by supporting them to accomplish more creative ideas that serve their country and place the UAE at the forefront of innovation.” He continued by saying that the Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs relentlessly endeavors to upgrade the levels of work and services provided to the public at the various locations.

Colonel Suleiman Abdullah Al Dir’e, Head of the Strategy and Performance Development Department at the Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs, stressed the importance of keeping pace with the world’s innovative fields by supporting creative personnel with an environment that enables them further. He noted that the UAE Innovation Week includes activities and events that motivate creativity, namely the “Innovation Lab”, which works to develop and upgrade the customer’s experience in order to achieve their happiness.

The week also includes a workshop entitled “Innovation management, the road to achieve sustained leadership and growth” and presented by Dr. Imadudin Hussein, CEO of a specialized institution in the field of administrative excellence.  Courtesy of the Emirates Identity Authority, the best practices in the field of innovation will also be reviewed during the week’s activities. The top three innovators will also be honored as ambassadors of innovation with the Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs’ Assistant Undersecretary’s Innovational Excellence Award. An exhibition will additionally be held at the end of the Innovation Week, which will be organized for the most significant and prominent innovations prepared by the personnel of the Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by Brigadier Saeed Rakan Al Rashidi, Director General of Naturalization; Brigadier Ahmed Sultan Al Khider, Director General of Resources and Support Services; Brigadier Abdullah Ali Al Hosani, Deputy Director General of Ports and Airports; Brigadier Suhail Juma’a Al Khaiaili, Deputy Director General of Naturalization;  Colonel Sameh Khalaf Al Daen, Deputy Head of the Strategy and Performance Development Department in the Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs; department heads; and a large number of officers and Naturalization, Residency and Ports Affairs personnel.

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MoI Calls Upon Staff Members to Continue Providing Innovative Ideas

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, November 24th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Major General Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, Inspector General of the Ministry of Interior, called upon staff members enrolled in the second Creativity Development Program, organized by the Creativity and Leadership Development Center at the Ministry of Interior, to continue providing innovative ideas  that enhance efforts to develop and keep abreast of latest developments. He also urged staff members to pursue further academic attainment, teamwork, and to pursue new endeavors in creativity in a variety of fields.

While meeting with staff members enrolled in the second Creativity Development Program at Al Ittihad Hall at the Ministry of Interior, Major General Al Raisi said: “The Ministry of Interior, through this program, aims to leverage human resources in order to achieve its strategic goals. It also aims to deliver institutional standards by sponsoring and developing creative individuals, as well as nurturing creative competition among employees.” He also stressed the firm belief of the police leadership in the vital importance of discovering and sponsoring creative people in order to develop a young leadership that is capable of excelling.

Adding further, Major General Al Raisi said: “Creativity is not limited to one specific field of expertise; it includes all aspects of life. The UAE has adopted a national strategy, based on innovation and creativity to further promote its leadership in this field.” In conclusion, he also reviewed a number of innovative experiences in the fields of emergency, civil defense, e-Ports, and the audio-visual courts project.

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MoI: Measurement of Community Members’ Satisfaction with e-Smart Services

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, November 25th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

The Smart Government Program at the Ministry of Interior began implementing its survey program to measure community members’ awareness and their satisfaction with the e-smart services provided by the ministry via its website www.moi.gov.ae  and smart phone application UAE-MOI. This initiative aims to collect purposeful proposals and discussing the possibility of improving them; so as to enhance the delivery of the best services to customers.

As part of the program plan, the work team in charge of assessing community members’ awareness and their satisfaction with the e-smart services visited the Vehicles and Drivers Licensing Department Headquarters at the Abu Dhabi Police, and met with customers. The team members collected customers’ opinions with respect to the ministry’s e-smart services and their development proposals.

Lt. Colonel Faisal Mohammed Al Shimmari, Executive Director of the Smart Government at the Ministry of Interior, stressed the Ministry of Interior's keenness to further improve its e-smart services with a view to provide  services in an innovative manner and acquaint customers with the sophisticated service projects already achieved. “The ministry continues to adopt a comprehensive approach to promote its e-services via mass media and social media channels. This aims to facilitate access to the services to the widest range of customers in a smart and streamlined way. It has also made sure to establish performance indicators to measure services performance according to governmental standards and assess performance of the different service provision channels,” he said.

Lt. Colonel Al Shimmari called upon the public to avail of the new service and to submit their proposals and inquiries around the clock, so as to contribute to the development of services in accordance with their aspirations, by calling 8005000 or by emailing on smart@moi.gov.ae.He said that the suggestions shall be studied by specialized teams at the ministry and included in the development process for current or future services.

The team was greeted upon arrival by Lieutenant Colonel Saif Hamad Al Zaabi, Vehicles Licensing Branch Manager at the Abu Dhabi Police. Lt. Colonel Al Zaabi emphasized the Ministry’s commitment to upgrade work performance and improve the e-smart services in the best possible way.

For his part, Jad Rammal, Team Leader, said that several workshops have been organized to measure the public’s satisfaction and awareness, according to the Smart Government Services standards for the Ministry of Interior’s services. “The program includes field visits to a number of police departments in the upcoming period to measure customers’ awareness and their satisfaction with the e-smart services offered to the public,” he explained.

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MoI Launches Innovation Diploma in Cooperation with HCT

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, November 26th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

The Ministry of Interior launched on Tuesday the ‘Innovation Diploma’ program, in cooperation with the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), during a celebration that was held at Abu Dhabi Police Departments Complex.

Brigadier Mohammed Hamid bin Dalmouj Al Dhaheri, Strategy and Performance Development Director General at the General Secretariat of the Office of H.H Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, said that launching the diploma program comes in response to the higher leadership’s directives to encourage innovation and spread the culture of innovation in society. He also noted that the Ministry of Interior has been a pioneer in adopting a methodology to motivate creativity, excellence and innovation amongst staff members in order to improve police and security work.

Brigadier Al Dhaheri also noted that the diploma program spans over 9 weeks, during which students affiliated to the Ministry of Interior will take part in theoretical and practical lectures that focus on innovation, innovation methods, and ways to create educational and training programs. He explained that 100 MoI staff members applied for the program and were enrolled in the different Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah within the diploma lectures program.

Brigadier Al Dhaheri added that the Innovation Diploma will play a major role in qualifying graduates to become lecturers in the field of innovation in the future, which would spread and promote the concept of innovation based on advanced scientific criteria.

The Director General of Strategy and Performance Development expressed his thanks to the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) for cooperating with the ministry to implement the program. He also called upon staff members to benefit from scientific material provided by the prestigious experts and lecturers, and to encourage their colleagues to be creative and innovative according to solid scientific foundations.

For his part, Dr. Adel Al Ameri, Deputy Director of the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) for Strategy and Communication, praised the Ministry of Interior’s efforts to encourage innovation and its cooperation in the implementation of the diploma. He wished students the best of luck and success in their endeavors to become the pillar of future innovation and creativity processes at the Ministry of Interior.

As a part of the ceremony, the Ministry of Interior launched the ‘Innovation Lab’. The innovation lab aims at developing innovative solutions to the different challenges facing the UAE society that are closely related to the ministry’s tasks. It also provides community members with the opportunity to submit their suggestions and ideas, in order to be discussed later in search of innovative, practical and pragmatic solutions.

The ‘Innovation Lab’ focused on the appropriate ways to increase customers’ satisfaction with police services, on par with the best international levels. Participants were divided into four groups to discuss four major topics, notably the services delivery channels; services information; service delivery employees and services completion procedures. Each group was assigned to discuss one specific topic, aimed at increasing customers’ satisfaction in each respective topic, in order to reach the optimal applicable suggestions.

The ‘Innovation Lab’ event was attended by a significant number of Ministry of Interior’s staff members and service providers, in addition to a number of customers.

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GCC e-Government Award winners to be announced tomorrow

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, November 24th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Winners of the ‘GCC e-Government Award' will be announced and honored during the opening ceremony of the fourth e-Government Conference and Exhibition, which will take place tomorrow, Wednesday in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The United Arab Emirates, represented by the Security Support Department, at the General Secretariat of the Office of H.H Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, will be taking part in the conference.

The UAE Ministry of Interior has qualified for the final phase, for the ‘best government practice in community e-participation’, one of the key categories of the award, where government ministries, agencies and authorities from the GCC countries compete by showcasing their international best practices using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) tools to provide services, and information and conduct online transactions, all of which are in line with the standards set that are aligned with the GCC vision, which seeks to promote an knowledge-based economy and society.

The conference is another opportunity for GCC member countries to meet and brainstorm ideas, and to exchange expertise and experiences between officials, decision-makers and experts in GCC e-Government programs. This would benefit all Member States, and support the e-transformation process. The ‘GCC e-Government Award' is organized in conjunction with the conference and exhibition, where a number of GCC government agencies participate to review the latest applications and techniques used in their respective fields of work.

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SES Inaugurates ATF and SOC in the Presence of HRH Grand Duke Henri

LUXEMBOURG - Saturday, November 28th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced today the inauguration of its new Antenna Field Technical Facility (ATF) building - that hosts the Satellite Operations Centre (SOC) - in the presence of HRH the Grand Duke Henri and Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Vice Prime Minister Etienne Schneider. The new ATF is a result of the significant growth of the SES fleet controlled from the Betzdorf SOC.

The 450 square metres SOC overlooks the new antenna field and displays state-of-the-art features, as well as the highest level of redundancy for infrastructure including power, cooling, network, security and computer systems.

From this SOC, a team of highly-skilled satellite controllers provides 24/7 monitoring and management of 33 SES satellites, as they deliver a range of services including broadcasting high quality television channels; corporate networks for major global companies; high-speed connectivity for airlines and the maritime industry; and supporting multiple Government activities around the world. The SOC is sized to control up to 100 satellites and is organised in consoles, with one controller managing six to nine satellites from a single console.

The remaining satellites from the SES fleet are operated from Gibraltar and Princeton (US). The ATF designed by Christian Bauer Associés fits into the high-tech context of the overall Betzdorf site. It displays metal and glass facades to its exterior and perforated metal textures within exterior surfaces.

Divided into four levels, the ATF enhances technical support for the new antenna field and helps improve engineers’ working conditions, while a central stairwell with zenithal lighting via multiple domes provides access to the different levels and various functional areas. The main roof is “extensively green” with rain water funneled from the top of the roof to all rain water reservoirs throughout the entire facility and then further supplied to nature.

“With a constant eye on operational excellence, resiliency, customer success and security, SES has positioned its three primary satellite operations centers in widely diverse regions of the world,” noted Martin Halliwell, Chief Technology Officer for SES. “Our new Luxembourg-based SOC features the latest control technologies and capabilities that will allow SES to meet ever-evolving customer demands and an ever-changing satellite fleet for decades to come,” Halliwell said. “Whether it’s electric propulsion satellites or an expanding fleet, SES has the expertise and the advanced satellite control stations to deliver on the future.”

The ATF building meets the requirements of the “New Energy Passport” for business-industrial and office buildings while certification as a Class C building is targeted. This is achieved through the implementation of powerful technology as well as other architectural measures, which meet energy requirements. For instance, a new energy-efficient cooling, free-chilling system, substantially lowers the costs of cold production and improves heat exchange. In addition, the amount of energy required to produce heat has been kept to an extreme minimum and is sourced from waste heat from the refrigeration compressors which are operated as heat pumps.

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