The UAE Innovates Award was launched in February 2021 to celebrate innovative individuals and organizations in the UAE. This is in line with the UAE’s continuous efforts to support innovative ideas and their application in the government sector and to promote the position of the UAE as one of the most innovative countries worldwide.
Innovations that aim to optimize available resources—whether natural, financial, human, or technological—to streamline processes and enhance productivity in order to address challenges.
Most Innovative Digital Transformation
Innovations that leverage digital technologies to create more agile, efficient, and customer-centric solutions through the introduction and adoption of new and advanced technologies, processes, and business models, fundamentally changing the work model.
Most Impactful Social Innovation
Innovations that aim to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, responsiveness, and impact of social and humanitarian services to address the needs and well-being of society.
Most Innovative Government Process
Innovations that implement new and improved methods, strategies, or technologies to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, and responsiveness in delivering services that better meet the evolving needs of citizens.
Most Innovative Disruptive Project
Innovations that disrupt and replace the existing work models and approaches.
Most Innovative Project In Sustainability
Innovations that aim to create a more positive, sustainable, and resilient future across the environmental, social, and economic sectors.
Award Criterias
Novelty
The evident difference between the proposed solution and other existing solutions.
Replicability
The ability of the innovation to be replicated in other sectors.
Impact
The extent to which the solution helps promote societal well-being.
Rapid Response
The speed of the solution’s (innovation’s) response to rapid changes
Proactivity
The ability to anticipate future events and develop innovative solutions to address them.
Agility
The ability to improve and develop the entity’s work ecosystem in line with governmental and international trends.