The phrase "Pride" was made in the Emirates

Years ago I saw with a friend pictures that we were all proud of, the Emirati girl appears holding her fingers with engineering tools and equipment, to create and manufacture advanced technical parts for engineering uses related to aviation, and at angles of about 90 degrees, so I asked him to try to carry the same tool that weighs at least 700 grams for eight hours throughout Business days a week, and what will be the result! He asked: What is the alternative? So I presented the concept of Ergonomics Design science, its importance in raising efficiency and productivity, and promoting health and safety in the work environment, and even the use of hydraulic or mechanical capabilities, up to the enhancement of "automation" of manufacturing stages using robots, and then this company adopts the applications of the industrial revolution Fourth, to become a model for these applications in the country.

The early endeavor of the UAE government to enhance the readiness of the future, innovation and the fourth industrial revolution contributed to the formation of the “Emirates Council for the Fourth Industrial Revolution” and the adoption of the state’s strategy to align with the state’s trends and achieve an industrial renaissance dependent on advanced technologies with the arms, minds and creations of the nation’s youth.

The readiness for the post-“Covid-19” stage, and the challenges and complex risks, demonstrated the importance of investing in automated industries, robots, 3D printing, and others. And the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Dubai Future Foundation and Mubadala Development Company and General Electric International to establish two factories in the UAE, the first of their kind in the region, to develop 3D printing projects, in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the State The Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, during the World Summit for Industry and Manufacturing, hosted by Abu Dhabi in 2017, reflects ambitious aspirations for a more innovative and advanced future, as well as the opening of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Center in “Zone 2071”, in cooperation with the World Economic Forum in 2019, to be the center The first of its kind regionally, and the fifth globally.

With the acceleration of our entry into the aerospace industries, and our focus on advanced fields, which are precision medicine, artificial intelligence and machine learning, these and other initiatives are a guarantee for the employment of advanced technologies and science.

The decisions to establish a Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology, and merging the Standards and Metrology Authority with it (so that it can adopt the best international standards and implement them simultaneously), transfer the Minister of State for Advanced Science to be under the umbrella of the newly created ministry, and appoint a minister who heads the Mohammed bin Zayed College of Artificial Intelligence (and contributed to the development And launching the first program of local content and other achievements), makes us realize what our leaders see and aspire to, to look for leaps that support the adoption and consolidation of advanced industries and industrial innovations.

Carrying out a qualitative update of policies and laws pertaining to innovation, and adopting international best practices in activating these policies in the most innovative countries in the world, up to the «UAE Centennial 2071», is one of the challenges and opportunities for improvement that may branch out to govern the exchange of the 1% of the budget allocated The Innovation Council of Ministers, to ensure that it directs the localization of these technologies and their applications, and enables the "Emirates Award for the Future Factory 4.0" initiative, which must include concessions for companies and factories that convert to advanced industrial technologies and support local content by launching a federal version of the Abu Dhabi Local Content Program.

The exploitation of technologies and applications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution has become a pillar of existence in terms of product quality and productivity, leading to a reduction in operational and competitive costs for market shares.

The development of qualitative initiatives that enhance innovation and motivate entrepreneurs to go to develop the applications and technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution locally, is an important and fundamental issue for the localization and consolidation of the knowledge economy, and we have turned into an exporter of technologies, in preparation for what was called for by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, from a celebration of the last barrel of oil in the not-too-distant future, for the technologies to wear the Medal of Honor “Made in the Emirates”.

A non-resident internal management consultant at the Emirates Knowledge and Consulting Center at Mohammed bin Rashid College for Government Administration

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