Supreme Legislation Committee successfully concludes The Legislative Process in Dubai: Principles and Practices training
The Supreme Legislation Committee (SLC), the government entity responsible for releasing and reviewing legislations in Dubai, has successfully concluded the very first session of its training program themed 'The Legislative Process in Dubai: Principles and Practices'. The training is committed for legal experts who work in government entities in Dubai responsible in formulating legislations. The Committee has actually focused to train in the existing session 20 legal experts from 20 government entities in Dubai as part of its efforts to establish the legislation process concept for these entities and to be able to understand the development of Dubai's policies and strategies.
The program was organized in coordination with the Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government. It covers numerous subjects related with the drafting of legislations in Dubai, the preparation procedures and practical procedure in drafting legislations, including understanding the historic approaches in legislation and the principles behind its terms. The training program focuses on the planning and application of an integrated platform that will assist government entities in creating legislations in Dubai. By developing a unified standard following the concepts and basic rules in the formulation of an effective legislation, the program can help accomplish the emirate's goals of having legislations that follow Dubai's policies and strategies.
H.E. Ahmed bin Meshar, Secretary General of the SLC, said: "We are working to establish an effective legislation procedure and raise the legal specialists' capability by organizing programs where they can discover the finest practices in the legislations industry. We have formulated The Legislative Process in Dubai: Principles and Practices to provide legal experts who are working in government entities in Dubai with the technical and appropriate methods to prepare and formulate legislations that are aligned with Dubais policies and strategies and strengthen collaboration among all government entities.The subjects which are fundamental to promote the legislation work in government entities in Dubai have actually been gone over, including communicating with the responsible legal specialists in developing a legislation."
H.E. Dr. Ali Bin Saba, CEO of Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, commented: "We are delighted with our collaboration efforts with SLC in arranging legal programs, seminars, lectures and workshops especially those that are related to the development of a legislation process in Dubai. This is in line with our efforts to more advance the legislation and legal work in government entities in Dubai to keep pace with the worldwide developments in this sector.
Individuals in the programs have discovered new expert abilities and were satisfied with the total outcomes of the program as well as the topics gone over during the training sessions, apart from the topics that directly worry their tasks in terms of the legalization process.
Numerous topics taken on during the program consist of legislation requirements in Dubai; technical backgrounds in creating legislations in Dubai in both theoretical and useful framework. Legal expert Mohammed Al Atewi, Head of the Technical Office of the General Secretariat of the Supreme Legislation Committee, explained concept behind legislation, its value and how it is related with the government's strategies. Forming a legislation include determining the components, parts and types and the best ways to construct a legislative draft.
Dr. Yahya Adwan, a legal consultant has actually provided the 'Legislation Preparation Procedures' where he explained the treatments of issuing local legislations including how it should be provided. The terms in producing legislations were supplied by Mr. Salim Al Ahmed, Head of Research and Publications Department, SLC where he focused in the language use and dictation requirements in drafting the appropriate legislation and noted on the most common errors in drafting laws and bills through practical examples. He highlighted that the most important vocabularies should be used when drafting a legislation. The session concluded with practical applications in the preparation of legislations presented by the attendees and reviewed by the lecturers.
Organizing this program falls in line with SLC's strategic goals through coordination with other the government entities. The training was held in collaboration with Mohammed bin Rashid School for Government as a strategic partner to establish the legislation process in Dubai; and work together towards establishing legislation and function of a legal structure in the basic performance of government entities in Dubai.
