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The Higher Organising Committee and Jury Committee of the Dubai Award for Sustainable Transport  (DAST) have held a meeting at the Head Office of Roads Authority (RTA). The meeting discussed several issues related to improvements of the Award’s business processes in the forthcoming 11th edition of the Award. 

Attendants of the meeting included Nasir Hamad Bu Shehab, Chairman of the Higher Organising Committee; Hamdan Al Shaa’er, Chairman of the Jury Committee; and several members of higher committee. 

Bu Shehab stressed the importance of preparing well for the 11th edition of the Award, which will be released on 1st August 2018 and reviewed key lessons learnt from the previous round. He called for benefiting from feedbacks and lessons learnt to ensure successful delivery of the forthcoming edition of DAST. 

“During the gathering, the composition of the Jury Committee for the 11th DAST was discussed such that it would include experts in the newly-introduced categories of the Award.

He also stressed the importance of field visits by Jury Committee to the venues of participants to ensure applications were accurately judged on merit. Bu Shehab called for further simplification on the submissions.  

“From inception, the Higher Organising Committee of DAST has been endeavouring to improve the business process to realign it with the extensive improvements of RTA’s projects and initiatives. It was also concerned with broadening the participation in the Award to include the largest possible number of government, semi-government entities as well as private companies to contribute to the sustainable transport in the UAE,” added Bu Shehab.

The Higher Organising Committee of DAST urges the business community of the UAE to make submissions to the Award through the website (http://www.dastawards.com/)  that will ensure a speedy and smooth submission.