General UAE Legal Questions LawDecree No. (13) of 2000

Article (4) This Decree comes into force on the day on which it is issued, and will be published in the Official Gazette. ©2024 The Supreme Legislation Committee in the Emirate of Dubai 1 Every effort has been made to produce an accurate and complete English version of this legislation. However, for the purpose of its interpretation and application, reference must be made to the original Arabic text. In case of conflict, the Arabic text will prevail.

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Decree No. (13) of 2000 Establishing the Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment Page 2 of 14 Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Ruler of Dubai Issued in Dubai on 24 May 2000 Corresponding to 20 Safar 1421 A.H.

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Decree No. (13) of 2000 Establishing the Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment Page 3 of 14 Charter of the Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment

Article (5)

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Decree No. (13) of 2000 Establishing the Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment Page 4 of 14 Nominations for the DIABP award will be accepted in respect of practices in one or more of the following areas: - shelter and urban infrastructures; - sustainable development of human settlements; - gender equality and combating social exclusion; - improved production and consumption cycles; - urban poverty reduction and job creation; - safe water supply and public health; - improving the urban living environment; - natural and man-made disasters; - responsiveness to the ideas and needs of the youth; - waste collection, recycling, and reuse; - access to public transport and telecommunications; - prevention of crime and achieving social equity; - enhancing the role of government and the promoting accountability and transparency in the government; - use of information in decision making; - architecture and urban design; - meeting the needs of the elderly; and - innovative applied practices.

Article (6) Nomination for the DIABP award is open to: 1. government organisations or agencies, including aid agencies; 2. national habitat committees or habitat committee centres;

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Decree No. (13) of 2000 Establishing the Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment Page 5 of 14 3. multilateral agencies (United Nations agencies, the World Bank, etc.); 4. cities, local authorities, or their associations; 5. non-governmental organisations (NGOs); 6. community-based organisations (CBOs); 7. the private sector; 8. research and academic institutions; 9. media outlets; 10. public or private foundations; and 11. individual initiatives submitted through any of the above-mentioned entities or groups.

Article (10) The Board of Trustees is the authority in charge of supervising the management of the DIABP affairs, developing its policy, and regulating its work, in accordance with the provisions of this Charter and the resolution forming the Board of Trustees. For these purposes, the Board of Trustees may: 1. propose the implementing bylaws regulating the work of the Board of Trustees and submit the same to the Chairman of the Dubai Municipality for approval; 2. prepare the draft annual budget of the DIABP; 3. determine the general and specific criteria and rules of eligibility for nomination for the DIABP award; and, where required, consult on the same with the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (the “UN-Habitat”); 4. form the Technical Advisory Committee and the Jury, in consultation with the UN- Habitat; 5. issue the bylaws regulating the work of the DIABP committees; 6. appoint a rapporteur to the Board of Trustees and determine his duties; and 7. perform any other duties assigned to it by the DIABP Patron or the Chairman of the Dubai Municipality.

Article (17) a. For the purpose of evaluating the practices nominated for the DIABP award, the criteria attached to this Charter are hereby approved. These criteria are contained in the Dubai Declaration on Best Practices, which was issued by the Dubai International Conference on Human Settlements, held in Dubai in November 1995, and was adopted and endorsed during the meetings of the World Associations of Cities and Local Authorities, and the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), held in Istanbul, Turkey, in June 1996. b. The Board of Trustees may, as it deems appropriate and conducive to achieving the objectives of the DIABP, grant any exemption from, or addition to, the criteria.

Article (19) a. Upon verifying their compliance with the basic criteria, as provided for in Article (18) of this Charter, nomination applications for the DIABP award will be referred to the Technical Advisory Committee, which will convene in Dubai as the permanent headquarters of the DIABP or in any other city that wishes to host its meetings. The Technical Advisory Committee will convene on the first day of the month of June

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Decree No. (13) of 2000 Establishing the Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment Page 9 of 14 following the application closing date, and its meetings will be valid if attended by the absolute majority of its members. b. The committee will conduct a detailed review of the applications and then prepare a comprehensive report on the same, which includes the following: 1. the procedures adopted by the committee for selecting the best practices, and description of the phases of the selection process; 2. a list of no more than one hundred (100) best practices selected by the committee from amongst the practices included in submission applications referred to it; and 3. a shortlist of no more than fifty (50) best practices selected by the committee, at its discretion, to be referred to the Jury for final selection of the DIABP award- winning practices.

Article (30) The bylaws and procedures governing the affairs of the DIABP that are in force on the effective date of this Charter will remain enforceable to the extent that they do not contradict the provisions hereof, until new superseding bylaws and procedures are issued. Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Ruler of Dubai Issued in Dubai on 24 May 2000 Corresponding to 20 Safar 1421 A.H.

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Decree No. (13) of 2000 Establishing the Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment Page 12 of 14 Addendum Criteria for Evaluation of Submitted Practices The following basic criteria for evaluating nominated practices are hereby approved, and will serve as the basis for determining the DIABP award-winning best practices. 1. Impact A practice must demonstrate a positive and tangible impact on improving the living environment of people in one of the following primary or secondary significance areas: a. Sustainable Habitat and Community Development: 1. affordable housing, services, and community amenities; 2. easy access to land and finance; 3. community-based planning and participation in decision making and resource allocation; 4. safe water supply and public health requirements; 5. inner-city core, neighbourhood, and settlement revival and restoration; and 6. safe and healthy building materials and technologies. b. Sustainable Urban and Regional Development: 1. job creation and eradication of poverty; 2. reduction of pollution and improvement of environmental health; 3. improved access to public transport and telecommunications; 4. improved waste collection, recycling, and treatment; 5. greening of the city and effective use of public spaces; 6. improved production and consumption cycles, including replacement or reduction of non-renewable resources; 7. conservation of natural resources and preservation of the environment; 8. more efficient energy use and production; 9. preservation of important archaeological sites; and

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Decree No. (13) of 2000 Establishing the Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment Page 13 of 14 10. formulation and implementation of integrated and comprehensive urban development strategies. c. Sustainable, Efficient, Accountable, and Transparent Settlements Management: 1. establishing more effective and efficient management and information systems; 2. gender equality and equity in decision making, resource allocation, and programme design and implementation; 3. crime control and prevention; 4. improved disaster preparedness and mitigation, and reconstruction; 5. social integration and reduction of social exclusion; 6. leadership in inspiring action and change, including change in public policy; 7. promotion of accountability and transparency; 8. empowerment of people, neighbourhoods, and communities and integration of their contributions; 9. acceptance of and responsiveness to social and cultural diversity; 10. potential for transferability, adaptability, and replicability; 11. appropriateness to local conditions and levels of development; 12. promotion of social equality and equity; and 13. improvement of inter-agency coordination. 2. Partnership Best practices must be based on a partnership between at least two (2) of the entities mentioned in Article (6) of this Charter. 3. Sustainability Best practices must result in lasting changes in at least one (1) of the areas listed below: 1. legislation, regulatory frameworks, bylaws, or standards formally recognising the issues and problems that have been addressed;

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Decree No. (13) of 2000 Establishing the Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment Page 14 of 14 2. social policies and/or sectoral strategies at the national and sub-national level that have a potential for replication elsewhere; 3. institutional frameworks and decision-making processes that assign clear roles and responsibilities to various levels of groups and sectors, such as central and local government organisations and community-based organisations; 4. efficient, transparent, and accountable management systems; and 5. management systems that make more efficient and effective use of human, technical, financial, and natural resources. 4. Leadership and Community Empowerment 1. Leadership in inspiring action and change, including change in public policy; 2. promotion of accountability and transparency; 3. empowerment of the people, neighbourhoods, and communities and integration of their contributions; 4. acceptance of and responsiveness to social and cultural diversity; 5. potential for transferability, adaptability, and replicability; and 6. potential for adaptation to local conditions and advanced levels of development. 5. Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Initiatives which accept and respond to social and cultural diversity; promote social equality and equity in all respects, such as income, gender, age, and physical/mental condition; and recognise and value different abilities.

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