UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said today that competitiveness is now an integral part of the government's work in the UAE.

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the launch of the UAE's competitiveness, HH said that the UAE is now the world's top 300 index, and in 10 years we will be in the top ten positions in more than 1000 indicators.

"We look forward to a future of innovative competitiveness, with the aim of federal and local governments to achieve the top 10 positions in 1,000 global competitive indices over the next 10 years.

The top 10 centers

UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has urged all federal and local governments in the UAE to achieve the top 10 positions in 1,000 global competitive indices over the next 10 years.

The meeting was held at the Bab Al Shams Hotel in Dubai on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the UAE's competitive start. File competitive state 10 years ago.

"I congratulate my brother Khalifa on the 10th anniversary of the beginning of our career in competitiveness. We have risen to the top positions in the most important indicators of education, health, economy, innovation, security and safety," he said. "We started with an ambitious idea and a small team. , Today's competitiveness has become an integral part of the governmental system of government work. "

"We are looking forward to a decade of innovative competitiveness, building on what we have achieved in the past 10 years," he concluded. "Today, the UAE is ranked first in the world in over 300 indicators, and in the next 10 years we will be in the top ten in more than 1000 countries. From, and we bet on our youth to achieve what our people aspire to be the best in the world ».

Strategic initiatives

His Highness the Crown Prince briefed the audience on the most important achievements made in the global competitiveness in the last 10 years, in addition to presenting a number of strategic initiatives in the fields of competitiveness, statistics and sustainable development goals. .

The members of the Board of Directors of the Federal Authority for Competitiveness and Statistics, chaired by the Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Future Chairman of the Board, Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, members of the Board of Directors and the work team.

Al Gergawi directed the team to work in accordance with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and launch the initiative aimed at achieving the top positions in the Global Competitiveness Reports and Indicators in partnership with the executive teams of the competitive indicators and make every effort to launch this initiative as soon as possible. The state of the gains and achievements in global competitiveness from its inception 10 years ago.

Enabling competencies

The Board members also stressed the importance of focusing on the process of building and empowering young national talent and cadres, and qualifying them in various aspects of the work of managing global competitiveness reports and indicators.

The Board praised the efforts made by the Authority in developing and modernizing the technological infrastructure of the data sector in the country and the importance of the integration of statistical work with the strategy of competitiveness, and directed the team to learn about the advanced international experiences in the field of statistics and data and to use them to make a quantum leap based on the latest technologies on the world stage Such as analytical tools for large data, Internet objects and artificial intelligence.

"Cooperation between federal, local and private sector entities and the community has been and will continue to be one of the key factors that enabled the UAE to achieve these major achievements in the Global Competitiveness Reports, enabling the UAE to enter the Top 10 Club in 311 global competitive indicators," said Al Gergawi. During the coming period and thanks to the team working in the body to double this figure and more ».

"The UAE, under the leadership of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, and the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, have become a model of excellence, pioneering and non-Arab primacy. But the UAE is today leading the administrative development and modernizing mechanisms of government action and the UAE is becoming a destination for the governments of the world who wish to develop from their competitiveness ».

Global Leadership

For his part, the Director General of the Federal Authority for Competitiveness and Statistics, Abdullah Lootah, said that the celebration of the team on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the launch of the global competitive march is a stop in the march of the state continuing towards global leadership. "We have worked over the past years to spread and consolidate competitiveness at all levels in both federal and local government agencies, and thankfully, our partners' response and their work have helped us achieve impressive results in the most important global competitiveness reports and indicators. In 75 global indicators of competitiveness and became among the top 10 in 311 global indicators ».

"This result has been the result of continuous improvement in laws, legislation and procedures, working in strategic partnerships with private sector institutions, as well as international institutions in an innovative manner and focusing on building a unified national data and statistics system," Lootah added.

Vice President of the State:

"We look forward to a decade of competitive innovation and build on what we have achieved in the past 10 years."

«Emirates today in the top positions in the world in more than 300 indicators».

"In 10 years we will be in the top 10 positions in more than 1,000 indicators."

Competitive Journey

The UAE's competitive tour began in 2009 with a team of seven under Mohammed Al Gergawi. After two years of foundation work, the Competitiveness Team expanded in size and function. The Emirates Competitiveness Council was the first independent government body to represent the UAE. Seven. And then moved to take over the presidency of Rim Bint Ibrahim Al Hashemi, witnessed the impact of the competitive process in the State of many important achievements.

In 2015, the Emirates Competitiveness Council and the National Statistics Center were merged to form the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority to promote the country's global competitiveness.

Achievements

Since the establishment of the Federal Commission for Competitiveness and Statistics, the UAE's competitive process has witnessed many important achievements, such as achieving the UAE's top positions in 75 global competitive indicators.

The UAE is now among the top 10 in 311 competitive indicators in 17 competitive reports monitored by the Authority. It also witnessed the establishment of the executive teams of the Global Competitiveness Indexes as one of the outcomes of the competitive sessions in the annual meetings of the Government of the UAE and the results of the number one challenge project, as well as many events, workshops and seminars. Periodic knowledge, publications and studies published annually in the field of competitiveness.