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.