Dubai Now, Smart Dubai Government's innovative app that includes more than 50 smart services supplied by 22 federal government entities, has actually won the 'Best Government Mobile App of the Year' category at the '. GOV Awards 2016' held recently in Dubai.

The award-winning app provides clients a set of service bundles developed to meet their requirements and assembled within sub-bundles that are categorized into 11 categories to gain access to services anytime and anywhere with ease and speed in one place. The classifications are Payments and Invoices, Public Transportation, Security and Justice, Health, Car Driving, Visas, Education Services, Islam Service, Business, Housing, and Public Services.

H.E. Dr. Aisha Bint Butti Bin Bishr, Director General, Smart Dubai Office, said: We aim to offer sustainable happiness to the residents of Dubai in line with the directives of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler Dubai, who has stated that Making people happy is a task that cant be delayed and therefore dedicate this award to him. Smart Dubai Government is working to make Dubai the worlds smartest and happiest city and has developed a unique plan for the city based on technological and smart innovations across four pillars and six strategic dimensions. We have set a benchmark from the worlds 10 smart cities to enhance smart services in the emirate to ensure comprehensive happiness of the community. The integrated services platform Dubai Now, Smart Dubai Platform and the Happiness Index are the most important initiatives and services that we have developed and launched.

For his part, H.E. Wesam Al Abbas Lootah, CEO, Smart Dubai Government stated: "Smart Dubai Government is working according to a clear technique that runs parallel and incorporates with the roadmap of Smart Dubai. We aim making individuals of Dubai happy by increasing their self-confidence in the services provided to them in line with the vision of the smart leadership in harnessing modern-day innovation to serve the emirate's homeowners. This will not be possible without irreversible development and continuous improvement of all the services supplied by us."

Lootah added: "We have invented "Dubai Now' which is the first government service platform that combines more than 50 services in a single contact point for clients, complementing the instructions of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, for providing an incorporated one-stop-shop for services. We have executed this platform in cooperation with our tactical partners in numerous federal government and private entities given that it required collective efforts of all parties included to collaborate as an integrated team that has the thought, knowledge, and reliable efficiency which is based upon advancement and performance, using innovation-based modern-day principles and ignoring the future to provide smart and innovative options, guaranteeing the consumers have access to the services 24/7 with easy, streamlined, extremely efficient and transparent procedures to meet the requirements and expectations of clients in the city of happiness 'Dubai'.".

" We have actually engaged people and locals of Dubai via the Customer Experience Lab in developing 'Dubai Now' smart app, which has won the '. GOV Awards 2016' in Dubai and the Northern Emirates. We had actually gathered consumers' ideas and explored their views and requirements such as customer contact points, preferred colors, and the most popular services to boost the app to make them pleased. This also guarantees positioning of Dubai as an international design for the incorporated and connected smart city that considers customers as its upper priority.".

The ingenious 'Dubai Now' app has likewise won the 'Best Government Mobile Service Award' in the One Stop App category at the nationwide level at the World Government Summit 2016 held between February 8 and 10, 2016 in Dubai. The app has actually signed up significant reaction from clients who are taking advantage of the services offered at one area. The latest stats of Smart Dubai Government expose that 'Dubai Now' app has so far been downloaded 143,600 times from the Apple Store and Google Play. The app is continuously upgraded and customers can now make an application for certifications of good conduct from Dubai Police and get smarter signals allowed for mParking totally free timings. 'Ejari' and 'Makani' services have also been contributed to the list of other inter-connected and integrated services it provides, such as payment of traffic fines, look for the nearest car registration centre, car registration renewal and locating the place to pick it up. In addition, it helps with payment of bills, consisting of electricity &, water, Etisalat & du, Salik, Nol, and Dubai Customs in addition to donation to Dubai Cares and Al Jalila Foundation in a more intelligent way.

Dubai Now app enables a consumer to customize the list of smart services according to their choice with one click. Consumers can also add and delete at the same time, by dragging the smart service to contribute to the Favorites menu or deleting it by dragging the service off the menu.

The app can be accessed in three simple ways-- MyID, mPay, or direct subscription of the app after downloading it from the link: http://bit.ly/1nj5RA3.

The '. GOV Awards 2016' was founded by ITP Technology to highlight the leading scientific development of the governments across the area in the field of smart government and the use of IT for establishing company and enhancing the standard of living.