Government Accelerators in United Arab Emirates

Governance

adjustUnited Arab Emirates

The Government Accelerators RE!FRAMES and RE!THINKS the way government works by fast-tracking project implementation, instilling a culture of entrepreneurship, and driving innovation.

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The Challenge

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government Accelerators are a collaborative effort between RE!NSTITUTE and the Prime Minister's Office of the UAE. The challenge is to build capacity within government ministries to foster a “new way of doing government” and propel the agile and adaptive achievement of National Key Performance Indicators (NKPIs).

The Outcome

With our support, the Government Accelerators team worked with federal and local government entities to identify where programs are stalled in implementation or impact and then built 100-Day Challenge teams to jumpstart movement or accelerate progress on the identified issues. Since the official opening of the Government Accelerators in November 2016, we have supported numerous cohorts of teams across over 10 federal entities.

Money saved

147 M

Amount of money (UAE dirham) saved by reducing road deaths

Air Quality

449,960

Improved air quality at a rate equivalent to removing 449,960 cars of the streets

Screenings

2,201

Women screened for breast cancer in Fujirah

UAE Challenge

The Project Detail

The UAE Government Accelerators are a platform for cross-sectoral government teams to address challenges and achieve unreasonably ambitious goals in short periods of time. The Government Accelerators aim to accelerate the implementation of projects, instill a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation in Government, and encourage integration among Government entities and the private sector. The acceleration methods and choreography used at the Accelerators are based on the 100-Day Challenge and related approaches developed by RE!NSTITUTE.

In 2019, we returned to the UAE to create a program to train and certify leaders in Government to launch and facilitate 100-Day Challenges in their own agencies. This unique program we developed with the UAE Prime Minister’s Office further embedded our 100-Day Challenge principles within the day-to-day operations of Government.

The first cohorts of 100-Day Challenges, achieved very impressive results - including:

24 lives and 174 million UAE dirham were saved by reducing road deaths on the five most dangerous roads in the UAE by 63% over the same 2-month period the year prior (Ministry of Interior team).
16% reduction in emissions from Emirates Global Aluminum factory in 100 Days, equivalent to annual emissions of 44,960 cars (Ministry of Climate Change and Environment team).
27 patents filed in the UAE in 100 Days, a seven-fold increase compared to the same time last year (Ministry of Economy team).
100% of Emirati children on waiting lists enrolled in public kindergartens in Dubai, eliminating a total waitlist of 435 names in 50 days (Ministry of Education team).
1,061 Emirati nationals were hired in the private financial sector in 100 Days (Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation).
2,201 women were screened for breast cancer in the Emirate of Fujairah in 100 Days compared to 1,200 in the full year prior (Ministry of Health team).

We are very proud that the UAE Government Accelerators has continued to launch further cohorts in the program and, to date, has implemented a total of 50 Challenges. Outputs achieved within the Government Accelerators have contributed to directly improving the lives of around 46,000 people and indirectly affecting the entire population of the UAE. [source: accelerators.gov.ae]

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