The Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate's committed body for heritage, arts as well as culture, has won the third place under the 'Best customers of social media in the Arab world' category at the 15th version of the Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah Informatics Awards. At a ceremony held at Bayan Palace in Kuwait, the honor was gotten by a delegation of Dubai Culture led by Dr. Salah Al Qassim, Advisor at Dubai Culture & Arts Authority; Mohamed Al Hammadi, IT Department Acting Director as well as Elham Sharaf, Senior Executive Communications at Dubai Culture.

'His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah Informatics Award' is a yearly event presented in 2001 with the purpose of making the Arab world an integrated, advanced informatics area. Developed to build individual abilities in the innovation in IT, it likewise promotes the part of social establishments to stay on par with the brand-new state-of-the-art fads in the market.

The Awards additionally aim to construct human capabilities in IT growth, advertising the part of social organizations to keep pace with technical improvement, increasing IT skills along with highlighting Arabic digital content as well as preparing Arab young people to develop a sophisticated IT culture.
Dr. Salah Al Qassim stated: "We are delighted to have accomplished this distinguished honour. This honor underlines the efforts made by Dubai Culture to leverage information technology to attain organisational quality, as well as improve customer complete satisfaction in all categories. This success highlights our initiatives in accomplishing excellence in the IT industry and also boosting people's satisfaction in line with the instructions of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed container Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President as well as Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to achieve the Dubai Plan 2021 to establish Dubai as the smartest city worldwide.".

The award's organising committee gave a set list of requirements for participants to comply with. The authorities social media pages were required to be in Arabic and needed to offer a modern feel that innovatively stood for each participant.

The victor was chosen with 2 evaluating stages. The first round was the analysis phase in which a panel of judges short-listed the candidates. Throughout the second phase, ten professionals from 9 countries representing government markets, international organisations, and civil societies additionally examined each social media page.

Dubai Culture is committed to planting the social garden of Dubai by improving its rich Arabian heritage, nurturing and also advertising talent, and also encouraging intercultural dialogue with electronic media in between the city's areas' as well as adding to the social campaigns that benefit UAE nationals and also citizens alike.