Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) won 17 awards at Ideas America 2019, the world’s largest platform for sharing best practices and innovative ideas. The awards were distributed during an event in Florida, USA. This is a new achievement to be added to DEWA’s list of international awards, especially in the fields of creativity and innovation.
DEWA won 9 gold awards for the Breakthrough Innovation Idea of the Year, Green Idea of the Year, Policing Security Idea of the Year, Team Idea of the Year, Individual Idea of the Year, Champion and Advocate of the Year, Performance Excellence for Dollars Saved, and Performance Excellence for Savings per Implemented Suggestion. DEWA also won 3 silver awards for Team Idea of the year, Performance Excellence of Suggestion per 100 Employees, and Net Saving per Eligible Employee. DEWA also won 3 bronze awards for Executive Leadership, Best Program Administrator of the Year, and Excellence in Employee Participation. The awards also included a Kudos award. DEWA also won Overall Idea of the Year award.
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, expressed his happiness with this great achievement. “The 17 awards that we received at Ideas America 2019 reflect our commitment towards creativity and innovation, and our success in establishing innovation in all our departments and divisions, as a corporate value that enhance efficiency and government work. Innovation is a key element at DEWA and we are committed to including it in our various strategies and initiatives in line with the vision and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, who once said, ‘Governments that set an example for innovation have the power to implant a nationwide culture of creativity. When such a culture takes root, people feel inspired to run further with their ideas.’ In line with DEWA’s vision to become a globally leading sustainable innovative corporation, we work according to an integrated vision that is based on innovation and creativity. This will improve work and ensure providing electricity and water services. Our operations and services are developing all the time. We provide everything needed to our employees to enhance knowledge and creative capabilities and establish a creative and innovative work environment,” said Al Tayer.
“DEWA places innovation at the forefront of its priorities and never fails to support innovators who contribute to the development of effective solutions to achieve sustainable development goals. We support innovation in Dubai and the UAE, towards achieving the objectives of the UAE Centennial 2071 to make the UAE the world’s leading nation, and in line with the National Innovation Strategy launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, to make the UAE one of the most innovative nations in the world as well as the Dubai Innovation Strategy to make Dubai the most innovative city in the world. DEWA has added strategic objectives within its strategy map with a focus on envisioning the future, innovation, and stakeholder happiness, and institutionalised innovation across all its divisions and operations. Our advanced innovations and projects have contributed to many successes and achievements, ranking DEWA among the most prestigious organisations in the world,” added Al Tayer.
“We are proud to receive 17 awards at Ideas America 2019. This is a significant increase over the number of awards we won in previous rounds. This achievement reflects our senior leadership’s support for creativity and innovation, to support our employees, thus enhancing our prestigious global position. We strive to achieve excellence and success in our work, our ambitious initiatives, our development projects, and our aspirations. This award reflects our aspirations and ongoing efforts to be in the lead by implementing the best international standards across all of our projects,” said Marwan Bin Haidar, Executive Vice President of Innovation and the Future at DEWA.