To honor Dubai and Northern Emirates IT companies for leading digital transformation in UAE, .GOV Awards were organized last night in Dubai. Total 21 awards were given to public sector personnel and organizations for best IT projects, individual successes and initiatives by the governments in Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman and Fujairah.

More than 200 professionals from IT had attended the gala dinner that was arranged at Grosvenor House, Dubai. The awards were recognized and established by ITP Technology DotGov magazine in the year 2016, so that achievement of public sectors could be named in the fields of ICT, UAE and to give credit to the efforts of public sector in GCC and to deliver engaging government services by using the power of technology.

Winners of the .GOV Awards are:

Dubai Government Mobile App of the Year: Dubai Police – Dubai Police Smart App

G2C Service of the Year: Dubai Department of Economic Development & Smart Dubai – Saad

Smart City Initiative of the Year: Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority – Smart Human Crossing

Northern Emirates Mobile App of the Year: Sharjah Department of eGovernment – Sharjah Land

G2G Service of the Year: Smart Dubai – Robotic Agent

G2B Service of the Year: Dubai Customs – Smart Workplace

Virtualisation Project of the Year: General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs – Data Optimisation Project

Customer Service Initiative of the Year: Dubai Health Authority – CRM Project

Media Campaign of the Year: Dubai Land Department

Public/Private Partnership of the Year: DEWA & Emirates NBD – Tayseer Initiative

Green IT Initiative of the Year: SEWA – Green Bill

Dubai IT Infrastructure Project of the Year: Roads & Transport Authority – iCollaborate

Dubai IT Application Project of the Year: Dubai Statistics Centre & The Executive Office – Qarrar Dubai Strategic Plan 2021

Northern Emirates IT Application Project of the Year: Municipality and Planning Department, Ajman – #Tasdeeq

Northern Emirates IT Infrastructure Project of the Year: Port of Fujairah Data Centre Upgrade Project

Northern Emirates IT Department of the Year: Sharjah Department of eGovernment

Dubai Government IT Department of the Year: Dubai Customs

Innovation in Government Services Award: DEWA – Remote Inspection System

Young Government IT Professional of the Year: Fatima Almarzooqi, DEWA

.GOV Award for Leadership in Digital Transformation: Dr Aisha Bin Bishr, Smart Dubai

Government IT Leader of the Year: Ahmad Al Dashti, Dubai Statistics Center