The UAE Government's Annual Meetings aim to unify all government entities at the federal and local levels to discuss current challenges, strategies and initiatives that would lead the country on the path to achieve the Centennial 2071 Plan.
In one of the biggest participation sessions of the UAE Government held in September 2017, the UAE Cabinet announced that it would hold a nation-wide meeting for representatives of all UAE government entities every year at the federal and local levels to discuss challenges and strategies related to the country’s five-decade national development plan, known as annual ‘UAE Centennial 2071’.
The annual meetings aim at unifying government work at the federal and local level and discussing developmental issues at all levels and in attendance of the decision makers. The meetings also aim at participation of the various sectors in shaping the development vision of the UAE until the UAE Centennial 2071. A large number of federal authorities and local departments of all emirates will attend the annual meetings, which will include workshops and discussions about the national KPIs for Vision 2021.
The UAE Government's third annual meetings will take place in Abu Dhabi on Monday 25 November 2019. The annual meetings will review the various phases of development to reach the UAE Centennial 2071, as well as government action programs to be implemented in the next 10 years, which constitute the first phase of the plan, which spans five 10-year phases.
The UAE Government's second Annual Meetings took place in Abu Dhabi on 27 and 28 November 2018. The meetings were attended by 500 dignitaries which included heads of UAE executive boards, ministers, heads of federal government bodies, heads of local government agencies, federal, local, and regional directors, along with assistant agents and executives.
The meetings witnessed discussions on national issues, a review of achievements of 2017 and updates on targets of Vision 2021. In addition, seven long-term strategies and over 100 national initiatives were launched to promote the development model of the UAE to reach the UAE Centennial 2071. The strategies and initiatives covered areas of education, health, investment, security, housing and government services on the local and federal levels.
Strategies and initiatives
The following strategies and initiatives were launched and presented during the second annual meeting to tackle specific goals and challenges.
Strategies
Initiatives
Two initiatives for efficiency and sustainability of the data to achieve SDGs were launched. They are:
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Four initiatives to develop work mechanisms in environment and municipalities’ sectors were launched. They are:
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Four initiatives to engage youth in shaping the future were launched. They are:
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A strategy and a smart platform to promote knowledge-based manufacturing was launched. They are:
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Three initiatives to promote wellbeing were launched. They are:
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Two initiatives in AI and Blockchain were launched. They are:
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Three initiatives for developing water and energy resources management to promote economic sustainability were launched. They are:
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A law was launched to establish Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) with the objective of unifying water production and power generation efforts in Abu Dhabi and the other emirates that are currently served by Etihad Water and Electricity.
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Four initiatives to promote spending efficiency were launched. They are:
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Three initiatives to promote the tourism sector were launched. They are:
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Three initiatives to leverage AI and big data in promoting financial audit were launched. They are:
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Five initiatives to develop the transport sector were launched. They are:
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Five initiatives to promote trade and shape the future of economy were launched. They are:
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Three service initiatives to shape the future government were launched. They are:
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Three initiatives for human resources and a future system for talent management and capacity building were launched. They are:
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Three initiatives to self-employment and redistribution of employees to promote Emiratisation were launched. They are:
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Three initiatives for a unified model for judicial adjudication and an attorney fees were launched. They are:
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Three initiatives for housing development were launched. They are:
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Four initiatives to boost food security were launched. They are:
Over 120 initiatives for 30 national pillars were launched at the UAE government’s annual meetings, in the presence of over 450 government officials. Below is the list of pillars including the key initiatives launched at the meetings.
Mars Science City: Building a complex of buildings called Mars Science City. The AED 500 million city will cover 1.9 million square feet making it the largest space-simulation city ever built. It will provide a viable and realistic model to simulate living on Mars.
Social services: Three initiatives including one dedicated to providing family counselling services that seek to provide families with the tools to achieve happiness were launched.
Laws and legislation: Five initiatives including an annual agenda for legislations in the UAE, in order to coordinate all efforts to achieve the national agenda goals were launched.
The environment: Three initiatives including the development of an integrated national programme to address challenges in the face of climate change and ensure the flexibility of the economic and social development processes in response to climate change were launched.
Health and prevention services: Two initiatives including developing an integrated national birth and death registry, linked to a smart data system were launched.
Youth services: Four initiatives including one titled Youth Echoes were launched. Youth Echoes is an annual report that seeks to collect the thoughts and feedback of young people on various national matters and to share them with the relevant decision-makers and officials in order to make the voices of the youth heard.
Energy: Seven initiatives including one dedicated to studying how various countries around the world source and utilise natural gas were launched. This initiative aims to study and implement the most appropriate regulatory regime for the UAE’s natural gas market.
Local education — Emirati School: Four initiatives including one dedicated to standardising public and private schools’ educational models were launched. This initiative aims to set a new and consistent academic standard for all schools in the UAE.
Higher education and scientific research: Three initiatives including National Standards For Quality Assurance of Higher Education Institutions were launched. This initiative includes standardising academic requirements to develop a higher-quality education system.
Science, technology and innovation: Three initiatives including the Emirates Smart Data Centre were launched. Emirates Smart Data Centre is a large-scale Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform dedicated to the strategic analysis of data.
Governmental human resources: Six initiatives were launched. One of them is the Future Skills Study, which seeks to analyse and forecast future trends, then align them with academic institutions in order to prepare young generations for the future.
Government leadership and capacity: Three initiatives were launched under this pillar. One of them was developing a framework for Emirati leaders and introducing a database of national leaders and their competencies, mapped to the objectives of the UAE government.
Media: Three initiatives were launched under this pillar. Leading media institutions will collaborate with academic institutions in order to provide competitive educational programmes focused on the needs and best practices of the media industry.
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