Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, announced the formation of a new government branch on Tuesday, the Ministry of Possibilities.

Describing the newly established authority as 'unconventional', Sheikh Mohammed said the ministry will not be overseen by a specific minister but instead by a committee of Cabinet members.

The ministry will be tasked with tackling issues of particular national importance, efficiently and quickly.

"We’ve launched a new government branch today. The Ministry of Possibilities. An unconventional ministry. A ministry with no minister. Its crew are the council of ministers, and it works on important national issues," he announced on Twitter.

أطلقنا اليوم منظومة عمل جديدة ضمن حكومة الامارات ... وزارة اللامستحيل .. وزارة غير تقليدية .. بدون وزير .. طاقمها أعضاء مجلس الوزراء .. وتعمل على ملفات وطنية مهمة .. وبناء أنظمة حكومية جديدة للمستقبل pic.twitter.com/VOhpPoup2u — HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) April 23, 2019

"The Ministry of Possibilities will start working on many projects, which include services to the people, and electronic platforms that will ease government spending and reduce waiting times from 60 days to 6 minutes. We will start a platform to discover young talent from all around the country," he posted.

وزارة اللامستحيل ستبدأ عملها على عدة مشاريع .. منها تقديم خدمات استباقية للجمهور .. وبناء منصة الكترونية لتسهيل مشتريات الحكومة واختصار وقتها من ٦٠ يوم الى ٦ دقايق .. وإنشاء أنظمة تخصصية لاكتشاف المواهب في كل طفل في دولة الامارات .. pic.twitter.com/E38WTKJHdu — HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) April 23, 2019

He also said the "future holds many challenges" that require new ways of approaching government, and that, in the UAE, "impossible is not in our vocabulary".

Sheikh Mohammed said the UAE was a country borne out of unorthodox ideas - with ambitions for the future that are far from traditional.

"Our current reality in the UAE is the product of unconventional ideas for non-traditional leaders," Sheikh Mohammed said.

"Our ambitions for the future are not traditional, and we need unconventional systems to make them a reality."

Mohammed Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the Future, said the new ministry would be in line with the UAE's belief that "nothing is impossible".

"Sheikh Mohammed has always stressed that there is nothing that can stand in front of the aspirations of our youthful nation, and that the impossible word is not in the Emirates dictionary," said Mr Al Gergawi.

Saif Alsalman, executive director of SAP, a private firm assisting the UAE government in online strategy, said: “The UAE’s Ministry of Possibilities is a masterstroke in bringing together the best Emirati leaders to drive nationwide digital transformation.

"The Ministry’s focus on design thinking can also help to identify how future technologies can transform government services.”