ME Newswire
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, January 25th 2014
The
Ministry of Interior launched the second edition of the Minister of
Interior’s Award for Scientific Research for its staff members. This
step falls in line with the ministry’s pivotal efficient role to enhance
delivery of services across all its sectors. It also stems out of the
Ministry of Interior’s belief in the importance of scientific research,
and its instrumental role in advancing communities.
The Award’s
Board of Trustees approved the technical standards for the researches
participating in the Award during its meeting that was recently held at
the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters. The meeting was chaired by
Major General Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Secretary General of the
Office of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, and
Chairman of the Award’s Board of Trustees.
The board decided to
accept online entries for the Award. The relevant application form was
approved and posted on the websites of the Ministry of Interior and the
Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters, in accordance with the electronic
services provided by the ministry.
The board also examined a
report on the Award’s inaugural edition, which included a total of 122
participating researches, and 169 participants. 117 researches qualified
for the final round, and included 87 individual researches and 30 joint
researches. Five researches were disqualified.
The Board of
Trustees’ members reviewed assessment of the previous edition’s outcomes
to be used as criteria to develop processes in the second edition. They
also established the second edition’s time schedule and approved the
appropriate work plan, which includes organized visits to the various
police general headquarters across the country, to introduce the award.
The
meeting was attended by Board members: Dr. Matar Hamad Halis Al Neyadi,
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Energy; Dr.Husam Sultan Al Ulama,
Director General of the UAE’s National Body for Scientific Research;
Major General Dr. Abdul Quddous Abdul Razzaq Al Obaidly, Director
General of Total Quality at Dubai Police; Dr. Jassim Ali Al Shamsi,
Former Dean of the Faculty of Law at UAE University; Lieutenant Colonel
Dr. Salah Obeid Al Ghoul, Director of Law Respect Culture Bureau, the
General Secretariat of H.H Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior,
Chairman of the Founding Committee and Head of the Executive Committee
of the Minister of Interior’s Scientific Research Award; and Lt. Colonel
Dr. Ahmed Ali Al khuzaimi, Director of the Officers’ Training Institute
at the Police College.
Major General Al Nuaimi welcomed the new
board members, stressing the need to encourage all police staff members
to participate in the award, which would enhance the standards of
scientific research at the Ministry of Interior. He also instructed
relevant authorities to help researchers overcome any potential
obstacles they may encounter.
Members of the Award’s Board of
Trustees extended their thanks and appreciation to the police leadership
for its renewed vote of confidence for the board and the appointment of
new scientifically skilled members. They reiterated the award’s
importance in enriching scientific research at the countrywide level and
the region.
“The award is a prestigious initiative launched by
His Highness Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Interior. It
includes all disciplines and areas that serve police and security work
in general, and allows everyone to contribute their expertise to the
progress witnessed by police and security sector in the state. The award
is different from other similar awards, because it not specifically
designed for individuals; it encourages joint efforts on one single
research,” said Major General Dr. Abdul Quddous Abdul Razzaq Al Obaidly.
Adding
further, he said that the award’s previous edition witnessed a high
level of competitiveness between the ministry’s staff members. Winning
researches were prestigious and qualitative, and were instrumental to
implementing administrative amendments that were discussed in the
meeting.
For his part, Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Salah Obeid Al
Ghoul said: “The award is the perfect opportunity for the Ministry of
Interior and the police force’s staff members to express their spirit of
innovation and creativity, and to contribute their scientific and
practical expertise to supporting the scientific research process.”
Dr.
Jassim Ali Al Shamsi added: “This award is an incentive for individuals
working in the police force to conduct scientific research and foster a
healthy way of thinking, with a view to enhance their skills in their
respective areas of work. Their researches are also beneficial to serve
the country’s leadership’s aspirations and development process.”
“The
arbitration process for selecting winning researches will be carried
out by highly skilled specialized committees. The submitted researches
have to be original, unpublished, and not plagiarized. Researches have
to be purposeful, innovative and well thought out. Researchers need to
honestly acknowledge their sources, and complement their work with
realistic approaches, and be capable to refer to scientific sources in
different languages such as English,” Dr. Al Shamsi added.
As per
the statute of the award, the candidate should be an affiliate or
retired staff member of the ministry. Submitted researches need to be
serious, original and well thought out, containing ideas that tackle
security phenomena, problems and issues, and contributes to developing
efforts that serve the ministry and police work. The research should
meet the basic conditions of serious scientific work; the research
author should not have already won a previous award or acquired a
scientific certificate by virtue of the entry. The research should be
presented in Arabic, unless the nature of the topic requires otherwise,
and should be presented on time to the Award’s Board of Trustees. In
conclusion, the candidate should not be a member of the board.
The
winning researches shall receive an appreciation certificate and a
commemorative gift, in addition to a financial reward of AED 100,000 for
the first place winner, AED 50,000 for the second place winner, and AED
30,000 for the third place winner.
The award aims at encouraging
intellectual and innovative individuals, as well as motivating
competitiveness among the Ministry of Interior’s staff members to
develop police work. It is also designed to help identify scientific and
academic skills and inherent expertise of these individuals, with a
view to adopt them and invest them in improving the standards of police
work and human sciences, thus enriching the police library with
researches and studies.
The award is also the ministry’s way of
expressing appreciation and support for scientific research, and
empowering competent staff members to forge ahead for the benefit the
police force and society. It is also designed to create an
institutionalized system for police data and promote security to serve
security and stability in the country. It also aims to consolidate
scientific research as an essential tool for building a knowledge base
as reference for decision-makers in all fields across the Emirates.
These studies and researches shall be published; with a view to leverage
their outcomes and recommendations.
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Arabic-language text of this announcement is the official,
authoritative version. Translations are provided as an accommodation
only, and should be cross-referenced with the Arabic-language text,
which is the only version of the text intended to have legal effect.
Contacts
The UAE Minister of Interior's General Secretariat, Tactical Affairs and Security Media Department
Abu Dhabi Police GHQ - Security Media
Chris Cron +971-(0)-50-987-1317
E-mail: cron.media@hotmail.com
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