The Government Excellence Model (GEM 2.1)

The Government Excellence Model (GEM 2.1) is designed to inspire government entities on their journey towards excellence, and to keep the momentum of Excellence. This momentum is intended to result in major leaps of performance and leading positions. The model is based on pioneering thinking and advanced approaches that pave the way for defining and steering future governments. This could be achieved by focusing on 3 key pillars in the Government Excellence Model (GEM 2.1)

Vision Realization
Distinctive Value
Enablers
The Government Excellence Model Fundamentals

The Government Excellence Model philosophy seeks to establish the excellence principles at all levels of government based on a set of pillars. They include an ambitious futuristic vision, flexibility, keeping up with transformative thinking, building distinguished and integrated capabilities, embracing continuous learning and development, leading innovation, providing value to the society and achieving leading sustainable results. This leads to institutional excellence and boost the overall performance and global competitiveness.

Ambitious Vision
Ambitious Vision

The Government Excellence Model positions the UAE among the world’s most advanced nations by guiding government entities to focus on key national priorities that enhance excellence, innovation, and global competitiveness.

Enhancing Wellbeing
Enhancing Wellbeing

The Government Excellence Model drives the government to deliver impactful outcomes that enhance citizen wellbeing and create exceptional value and satisfaction for all stakeholders.

Leadership at the Helm
Leadership at the Helm

The Government Excellence Model fosters a dynamic leadership mindset that drives improvement, embraces agility, and aligns progress with the UAE Government’s vision for excellence.

Anticipating and Adapting
Anticipating and Adapting

The Government Excellence Model harnesses innovation, agility, and adaptability to achieve sustainable success by anticipating future challenges and embracing strategic risks that enable continuous transformation and long-term resilience.

Inspiring Confidence
Inspiring Confidence

The Government Excellence Model promotes a robust governance structure that ensures transparency, accountability, and trust, strengthening stakeholder confidence and institutional integrity.

Embracing the Ecosystem
Embracing the Ecosystem

The Government Excellence Model emphasizes creating added value for stakeholders through effective collaboration and strategic partnerships that foster mutual growth and long-term success.

Outcome-Based Measurement
Outcome-Based Measurement

The Government Excellence Model emphasizes the use of timely, accurate, and relevant information to guide performance and decision-making, ensuring that efforts generate meaningful and high-impact outcomes for stakeholders

Benefits Realization
Benefits Realization

The Government Excellence Model stimulates the government to maximize the return on investment through optimizing the efficiency and effectiveness of all its activities to maximize stakeholder benefit.

Leading Government
Leading Government

The Government Excellence Model enables the government to compete at global standards by fostering distinctive capabilities and strategic partnerships that drive excellence and position the UAE among the world’s leading nations.

Transformational and Disruptive Mindset
Transformational and Disruptive Mindset

The Government Excellence Model fosters a proactive culture of anticipation, adaptation, disruption, and delivery, enabling the government to sustain agility, innovation, and a lasting competitive advantage.

Accelerating Achievements
Accelerating Achievements

The Government Excellence Model drives timely and efficient performance through collaboration, resource optimization, and community engagement to achieve impactful outcomes that enhance quality of life.

UAE Government Excellence Model obtains international accreditation

The UAE has achieved a new global breakthrough in developing the UAE Government Excellence Model, as a global reference for supporting ambitious governments in improving their efficiency and shaping the future of their entities. The initiative embodies the vision of the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, to achieve excellence and inspire the UAE’s leadership in this field. The new model was recognized to be an International Standard at a ceremony held in Dubai and endorsed by representatives from nine world-leading organizations...

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Government Excellence Model Handbook

The Government Excellence Model Handbook provides an overview of the model and modern concepts to shape future governments and achieve the ambitious vision. The Handbook also includes detailed criteria to develop government work programs to attain the highest positions, as well as an evaluation mechanism that ensures optimal evaluation of the leading position of government institutions.

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Sheikh Khalifa Government Excellence Program and Emerald Publishing

Based on the agreement between Sheikh Khalifa Government Excellence Program and Emerald Publishing that aims to establish a scientific and research platform. This platform includes academic studies and researches showing how the impact of implementing GEM on the government entities’ performance and published through three open access journals: International Journal of Future Government; International Journal of Excellence in Government; and International Journal of Disruptive Innovation in Government.

Recent published studies