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In a bid to reduce bureaucracy, High Highness Sheikh Mohammed has announced the three best and worst entities based on their performance
10 February 2025
| Last updated on 11 February 2025
Pictured: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed at a UAE Cabinet meeting.
Emirates Post, Pensions Authority, and Ministry of Sports ranked among "worst" entities.
In a recent post on social media, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and the Ruler of Dubai, has named the best and worst government departments in the UAE with the aim to eliminate and reduce bureaucracy.
The initiative was first launched in 2023, and has since observed the performance of various government sectors across the emirates.
According to H.H Sheikh Mohammed, the top 3 government entities are: The Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of State, and the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, all of which have excelled in their efforts to combat bureaucracy.
On the far end, Emirates Post, the Pensions Authority, and the Ministry of Sports were listed as the worst departments.
"At the end of 2023, we launched a movement to eliminate and reduce bureaucracy in the departments. We launched an assessment of the extent of the departments’ response to ensure better services, higher efficiency, and facilitation of people’s lives," H.H Sheikh Mohammed posted.
"We say to those who do not make sufficient efforts: The bad systems created by government bureaucracy over the years can be changed by bold and quick decisions in days. As well as people and officials," said the Dubai ruler.
He added that, "Government bureaucracy is the art of turning simple things into complex ones [...] and the art of creating administrative systems to combat individual creativity [...] In government bureaucracy, procedures are more important than results, papers are more important than service delivery, and systems and rules are put in place to limit thinking outside the box."
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