Dubai Customs has been crowned at the top of the worlds innovation and creativity realms upon winning the grand prize from Ideas UK Association for the year 2014; hence becoming the first government entity in the globe to receive this prestigious recognition.
Dubai Customs also secured the platinum level accreditation for implementing suggestions system . DC is the first government department of its kind to earn such accreditation worldwide for the fifth consecutive year, with a full score for two successive years.

Dubai Customs was awarded the Grand Idea of the Year award for its recent famous invention, Al-Kashif Vehicle the first of its kind innovation in the Middle East and the whole world. The Al-Kashif idea has been adopted in many countries worldwide.
Introduced 72 years ago by Ideas UK, the Grand Idea of the Year trophy is the worlds first-rate acknowledgment in the area of innovations and suggestions. It is annually presented to the best organization worldwide in the field.

The awarding ceremony was held by Ideas UK Association and brought together several government and private organizations from around the globe, including 9 public and private institutions representing the UAE.

H.E. Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, Director of Dubai Customs, said: The prestigious global award received by Dubai Customs from Ideas UK is an expression our commitment to nurturing a solid culture of innovation and creativity among our employees, so as to keep pace with the vision and aspirations of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, which drive us to ensure that Innovation is a daily government practice and a firm corporate culture by meeting the goal set by His Highness in turning generation of ideas into an organizational process within all governmental departments.

Ahmed Mahboob Musabih received the team that represented Dubai Customs in the recent Ideas UK Conference and Awards event. The team was headed by Hussain Fardan, Manager of Suggestions and Complaints Department, Mohammed Al Khanjari, inventor of Al-Kashif vehicle, Abdullah Hussain, communication networks idea owner; Salim Al Jabti, cameras idea owner. Ahmed Mahboob praised the teams outstanding efforts which culminated in DC winning the Grand Prize on a world stage.

Ahmed Mahboob affirmed that DC will continue developing its award-winning Suggestions System, adding that this will be among the organizations top priorities for the next stage in order to increase efficacy of customs performance using employees creative ideas aiming to leverage our services and operations.

The proceeds Dubai Customs generated from the implementation of staff suggestions between 2005 and the second half of 2014 amounted to almost AED 1 billion, following the application of as many as 1364 suggestions, he said.

Ideas UK is an non-profit association with a mission to promote employee involvement programs worldwide. The association is aimed at assisting organisations - in both the Public and Private sectors - to develop robust ideas and suggestions systems and to provide a forum for membership networking.