Dubai
Customs, in collaboration with the University of Dubai (UoD), has launched an
excellence initiative, “Tafawoq”, geared towards training Customs leaders and
managers both professionally and academically in the fields of customs work and
logistics.
Last
June, DC and UoD inked an agreement to offer diploma and bachelor’s degree
study programs in supply chain, logistics and customs. Enrollees
from both customs and non-customs staff are entitled to receive accredited
degrees from the University.
Commenting
on the initiative, H.E. Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, Director of Dubai Customs, said
that the United Arab Emirates is relentlessly pursuing excellence towards
number one status in all spheres, guided by the clear direction drawn by the
wise leadership.
“In
the same perspective, Dubai Customs is committed to attracting talented and
skilled individuals, and building their competencies within a stimulating work
environment favorable to career growth, while picking the best of specialized
professional programs for them to keep up the journey of excellence and help
maintain the UAE’s leadership in all areas both regionally and
internationally,” he stated.
Buti
Al Jumairi, Executive Director of Human Resources, Finance and Administration
Division at Dubai Customs, highlighted that such initiative is part of Dubai
Customs steady strides to increase the pool of UAE local talents specialized in
customs and logistics.
“This
specialization is one of the rarest in the world, and will definitely
contribute a lot to improving the efficiency and professionalism of our
personnel to help meet DC’s strategic objectives and anchor the UAE’s knowledge
economy,” he said.
The
course of study is mainly targeting elite leaders and managers with no less
than three years of experience in customs fields, and who have achieved
outstanding performance results, have the true ambition and motivation
for self-development and output improvement, and are capable of cascading
knowledge to fellow workers and leading by innovation.
“Dubai
Customs’ academic and professional programs are aimed at empowering enrolled
employees to be able to analyze customs policies, procedures and declarations
with high efficiency, in addition to increasing their overall knowledge
pertaining to international customs pacts and world trade agreements, supply
chain and analysis of customs cases,” added Al Jumairi.
Sheikha
Al Ghafri, Senior Manager of Customs Training Center at Dubai Customs, said:
“Tafawoq initiative is set to empower DC staff, expand their knowledge base and
enhance their self-development. Moreover, we have launched a series of in-house
field visits and workshops in order to promote the initiative at a larger scale
among leaders and managers; clarifying the admission requirements and the
program contents.”
Dubai
Customs is always keen on supporting education as a lead catalyst for
innovation and creativity; adding up a new milestone to the mounting
achievements of the UAE’s sustainable development drive. –End-
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