5 factors that enhance the attractiveness of the UAE to thinkers and creators
Various aspects of support for the growth and success of creative intellectual projects, amid official and community interest and hospitality.
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Over the past years, the UAE has turned into one of the most important destinations preferred by thinkers and innovators in the literary and artistic fields, which qualified it to occupy the fifth place globally in the index of attracting this category, according to the report of the Global Talent Competitiveness Index issued by the “Insead” Institute, while five factors played She played the most prominent role in promoting their choice of the Emirates, in which they found various aspects of support for the growth and success of their creative intellectual projects, amid official and community interest and hospitality.
Quality of life and tolerance
The quality of life, which includes the level of the education sector and the variety of options it provides, in addition to the quality of health services, infrastructure, recreational options, and others, is the most prominent factor in enhancing the attractiveness of the Emirates, while the values associated with tolerance and acceptance of the other are seen as a very important factor for many creators. thinkers and celebrities.
sustainable movement
The UAE has succeeded in filling its annual agenda with a long list of events, events, conferences and exhibitions concerned with various aspects of intellectual, literary and scientific creativity, through which the UAE has become a semi-permanent home for the most prominent and important international writers, writers and artists.
The list of the most prominent annual events and events includes the Cultural Summit - Abu Dhabi, book fairs, film and art festivals, and international cultural events that attract artists and creators from all over the world, such as the Sharjah Biennial, Abu Dhabi Art, and Dubai Art.
In addition, the UAE has worked over the past decades to transform into a center of intellectual radiation, through a list of museums, libraries and intellectual edifices that have turned it into a civilizational bridge, displaying local culture and identity on the one hand, while displaying cultural monuments of several international civilizations, such as the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, The Museum of the Future in Dubai, and the House of Wisdom Library in Sharjah.
Accommodation options
The UAE’s launch of the golden residency system contributed to strengthening its leadership as one of the most preferred destinations for residency, as the system allows categories of investors, entrepreneurs, brilliant talents, scientists and specialists, first students and graduates, pioneers of humanitarian work, and the first line of defense, a long-term residence without the need for a guarantor or host The advantages of golden residency constituted an important factor that increased the attractiveness and leadership of the UAE, and its ability to be the preferred destination for residency in the region.
rights protection
Finally, the UAE took a set of steps and measures that contributed to enhancing its attractiveness to thinkers and creators from around the world, foremost of which is the issuance of Federal Decree Law No. 38 of 2021 regarding copyright and related rights, which strengthened protection mechanisms for intellectual works and creative production in various fields.
The decree guarantees the protection and support of the creative economy in the country in accordance with the latest international practices, stimulating investment in creative industries and intellectual, artistic and creative production, and ensuring a national environment free from infringement of copyright and classification in all its forms, including intellectual works in the sectors of the new economy and the digital world, such as programming and smart applications, as well as other creative sectors in the arts, sciences, and various arts.
The decree established integrated legal frameworks that protect copyrights, and at the same time enable the concerned authorities to benefit from intellectual and creative production, benefit individuals, society, the economy and the business environment, and enhance the state's position as a destination for creativity, innovation, creators and talents from all over the world, and in all fields.
integrated strategy
In turn, the national strategy for cultural and creative industries, launched by the UAE last December, enhances the presence and position of the country as a global destination that attracts expertise and creative talents, and enables it to produce creative content in a supportive and distinguished environment that ensures sustainability, efficiency and quality.
The strategy, which is the first of its kind in the Arab region, enhances the country's position on the map of global cultural creativity and global competitiveness indicators, highlights the UAE's pivotal role in empowering and inspiring creative human competencies, and contributes to the UAE being an attractive destination for innovators in the cultural and creative field from all over the world. It was also able to provide the appropriate environment for talents and creators to establish and develop their innovative projects in the UAE.
In the next 10 years, the strategy aims to promote the cultural and creative industries, increase their size and capabilities to be among the top 10 economic industries in the country, and increase the contribution of the cultural and creative industries sector to 5% of the GDP.
The strategy identified 40 initiatives, divided into three main axes, namely the axis of talented and creative people, the axis of professionals and the business environment, and the enablers of the business environment, with 16 initiatives in the axis of talented and creative people, 10 initiatives in the axis of professionals and the business environment, and 14 initiatives in the axis of enabling the business environment.
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