Preparing for the Ajman Excellence Programme
We prepare Ajman's government entities for the Ajman Excellence Programme: we establish where you stand against the criteria, build the evidence with you and ready your team for assessment — with a clear method from day one.
About Ajman Excellence Programme
The Ajman Excellence Programme is the Government of Ajman's programme for embedding a culture of excellence in the emirate. It is a family of awards rather than a single one: it recognises government entities for their institutional performance and services, honours distinguished employees, and extends to the community and scientific research.
Official site: ajep.ajman.ae
The programme's awards
Ajman Award for Government Performance Excellence
We prepare for thisFor the emirate's government entities: institutional performance, customer service, talent management and partnerships.
Global Star Rating System for Services
We prepare for thisStar ratings for service centres, websites and smart applications.
Ajman Project Management Award
For an entity's project management system, at institutional and operational level.
Distinguished Government Employee Award
We prepare for thisHonours distinguished employees in supervisory, administrative, field, innovation and customer service categories.
Ajman Community Award
For members of the community: positive citizenship, good example and voluntary work.
Scientific Research Award
Honours outstanding scientific research.
How assessment works
The programme assesses institutional performance on two axes, each with three criteria:
Capabilities
- Effectiveness
- Efficiency
- Development and improvement
Results
- Comprehensiveness
- Achieving results
- Development in performance
What that means for your file
- “Development in performance” means a result is read as a trend, not a snapshot: prepare at least three years of data for every key indicator.
- “Comprehensiveness” means your results cover everything that matters to your work, not only the comfortable indicators. A gap in coverage is read before a gap in the numbers.
- Capabilities are judged on effectiveness and efficiency together, then on development and improvement: an approach that is applied is not enough — it must be applied, measured and improved, with evidence.
- Assessors meet criterion owners face to face. Whoever answers during the visit must have lived the work, not written the file.
Where we work with you
Institutional performance and its categories
A structured self-assessment, a numbered gap report, a coded evidence matrix, submission writing and a simulated site visit with the criterion owners.
Learn moreCustomer happiness and the Star Rating
Customer journey mapping, written service standards for every touchpoint, and internal mystery-shopper rounds ahead of the official assessment.
Learn morePreparing excellence teams
Accredited programmes for your team: excellence model foundations, award submission writing, and internal assessor training on the RADAR logic.
Learn moreHow we prepare you
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Read the Criteria
Decomposing the award guide into measurable, trackable requirements.
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Self-Assessment
A structured internal assessment to establish the real baseline.
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Close the Gaps
Delivering initiatives and building missing evidence within a defined window.
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Submit & Defend
Submitting the file and preparing fully for the site visit and interviews.
Check your award readiness in three minutes
The nine questions we ask every entity before we start. Answer honestly; the result shows immediately and we ask for no details to reveal it.
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Frequently asked questions
When should we start preparing?+
Six to nine months before the assessment phase. We can work to tighter timelines, but the return is higher the earlier we start, because genuine evidence is built, not written.
Can we gauge our readiness before contacting you?+
Yes. The readiness check on this page is free and gives you the result at once, with your weakest area, without asking for your details.
Do you guarantee a win?+
No one can guarantee the decision of an independent assessment panel. What we do guarantee: you will know exactly where you stand, and your team will enter the assessment with genuine evidence it can defend.
Let's establish where you stand
Tell us where you stand and what you want to achieve, and we will come back with an initial view of scope, duration and investment within two working days.