Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has arranged a number of workshops for its divisions. The workshops reviewed their strategies and cascaded each division's strategic plans and Balanced Scorecards from DEWA's business method and Balanced Scorecard. The workshops support DEWA's efforts to cascade its strategy according to the fourth-generation government excellence system, and its efforts to update its sectors' strategic plans and waterfall sub-strategies with its 2021 Strategy. The workshops likewise evaluated Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and tactical efforts to align them with DEWA 2021. The first workshop, kept in cooperation between DEWA's Strategy and Business Development and other departments, took place in May.

'Strategy is the cornerstone of our success and the means by which we can achieve our vision to become a sustainable innovative world-class utility.This year, we are focusing on cascading DEWA's strategy based on the 4th- generation government excellence system. The fourth generation of the federal government excellence system will update government work, based on innovative standards to achieve the Dubai Plan 2021. This in turn, achieves the highest rates of people's happiness," said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA.

"All of DEWA's divisions and departments add to achieving DEWA's vision, which supports the Dubai Plan 2021 and the National Agenda of the UAE Vision 2021. The strategy-cascading workshops reflect DEWA's commitment to finest practices in strategic planning and application. Leadership and innovation are crucial elements in DEWA's growth and development as a strategy-focused organisation. This supports Dubai's directives and goals to achieve sustainable development, and promotes the Emirate's position as an international hub for trade, finance, and tourism," added Al Tayer.

DEWA's strategic planning model has 6 phases: Strategic Plan Preparation and Approval, Strategy Communication, Cascading and Alignment, Implementation and Execution, Assessment and Review, Innovation, and Improvement and Adaptation.

DEWA was the first organisation in the Middle East and North Africa to be inducted into the Strategy Hall of Fame, for implementing the Balanced Scorecard and adherence to the five principles of the Strategy-Focused Organisation, developed by Kaplan and Norton, creators of the Balanced Scorecard.