Dubai Central Military Grievances committee (DCMGC) has held a workshop at Emirates Academy for Civil Defense, chaired by Col. Dr.  Ahmed Alshihi, Secretary-General of Dubai Military Human Resources Committee.

 Held workshop aims to explain the special procedures pertaining to military cadre grievances process, legal spans of the procedures affecting their positions, status and other functional affairs, ways of assuring justice, functional happiness and stabilization, as well as ensuring rules and regulations are applied in the most appropriate way.

Col. Dr. AlShihi indicated that the committee is entitled to accept recruits’ grievances in case the concerned department refuses to take any actions against their cases.

The committee will look upon such cases without biases towards any party.

Conducted workshop witnessed interactive discussions between committee representatives and military audiences, who are involved in the committee working system and those benefiting from it.

Workshop participants comprises of 1st Lt.  Tariq AlBloushi, Director of legal affairs office, at Military Human Resources, and 1st Lt.  Marwan ALshiba, Director of Committee Secretariat General Office.

Dubai Civil Defense was represented by Col. Abdulrhman BalShalat and Col. Ahmed Kemidish and Col. Jamal Ahmed Ibrahim and directors and heads of other concerned departments and sections.

Maj. Gen. Expert Rashid Thani Rashid Al Matrooshi, Director General of Dubai Civil Defense has chaired a meeting set to review the performance results of departments of Resources and Support Services sector. Smart Services sector and Fire and safety protection sector for 2019, respectively, in the presence of Brig. Rashid Khalifah BuLaflasa, assist. Director General for Smart Services and Lady Afaf Jassim AL Muhieri, Director of Strategy and Future Department.

During the convened meeting, directors of Services and Supplies, Emirates Academy for Civil Defense, Financial Affairs, Human Resources, Preventive Safety, Civil Protection, Communications Systems, Information Technology, as well as Smart Systems have demonstrated detailed performance results for 2019, major initiatives and projects achieved during 2019, challenges been rectified through implementation of developmental plans, and nature of innovative initiatives for remedying them. 

Directors also reviewed projects linked to strategic goals proposed for 2020, which coincides with inauguration of EXPO 2020.

Al Matrooshi emphasized the following:

DCD’s vision, work methodologies and projects should be a part of overall trends of the Government of preparations for the coming 50 years, and reshaping the future using pioneer initiatives and projects, entrenching integration principles with our partners in both public and private sectors, developing institutional performance, delivering best services and achieving best possible results. 

Meeting was attended by Col. Jamal Ahmed Ibrahim, Director of Supplies and Services, Col. Juma Mubarak, Director of Emirates Academy for Civil Defense, Col. Abdullrahman BalShalat, Director of Communications Department, Maj. Dr. Abdullrahman AlBloushi, Director of Financial Department, Maj. Khalid ALtaniji, Director of Preventive Safety Department, Director of Human Resources Department and Mr. Eisa BalShalat Director of I.T. Department.

Under the patronage of His Excellency Maj. Gen. Expert Rashid Thani Al Matrooshi, Director General of Dubai Civil Defense Department, annual ceremony event to (Honor Suggestions Providers) was held, in the presence of Brig. Rashid Khalifah AL Bufalasa, assist. Director-General for Smart Services and chairperson of Higher Committee for Suggestions and Complains.

In his inauguration speech, Brig. Rashid stressed the following:

Developmental suggestions constitute an important factor among other innovative knowledge factors that contribute in human resources progress and enhancing sustainable institutional development strategy, therefore, Dubai Civil Defense is sincerely dedicated to establish a number of effective channels to receive innovative ideas and suggestions from both military and civil employees, and the partners, and creating innovative based environment that encourages providing ideas and suggestions, fostering the spirit of innovation and creativity, through direct contact with raised ideas and suggestions owners, as part of its development strategy in different sectors and services to assure people’s happiness.

For her part, Lady Afaf Jassim, Director of Strategy and Future Department indicated that:

In line with our ongoing keenness to activate all channels to provide electronic suggestions, encouraging employees to deliver it, and honoring suggestions providers as being a vital inspiring tool for creating and attracting more developmental ideas.

Suggestions play important role as basic pillars to demonstrate developmental ideas, which can be implemented in reality to assure best services, competent functional performance, hence DCD launched a contest branded ( Let us Innovative together to Gear up for Fifty years ahead), which focusses on Government trends, and on the core business of the Civil Defense.

118 candidates comprising military and civil employees, who have provided ( 201 feasible suggestions) out of the total 973 suggestions provided through the Government Suggestion Program, were honored during the ceremony event.

Brig. Rashid expressed his sincere thanks, at the end of the ceremony, to department’s directors, sections heads, and other civil employees for their raised suggestions, which positively contributed in developing functional and institutional performance, in order to achieve DCD’s strategic goals.

He also thanks to the top ten employees who have provided a great number of suggestions, through an electronic system, and praised the efforts of the suggestions and complaints committee members.

As part of Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) events held at “City Walk”  and in a festive atmosphere mode full of safety and security, Dubai Civil Defence has displayed “ Little Fire fighter” event on the celebrations stage, in a wide presence of families and interactive participation with the children, event includes informative  and entertainment items about fire fighter’s work nature, risky field tasks involved, noble goals for which they put their lives to risk  in order to save lives and protect and properties of others, while responding to emergency and fire incidents,  Children were educated about  safety awareness tips for preventing from different risks threating personal and public safety, they were also learned about different fire and rescue equipment and apparatuses been displayed, in addition to fire suit components, and other firemen apparatuses and how to be donned, and their roles to protect the fire fighters.

Event includes in addition to entertainment items, drawing, a colouring, and contests programs.