The Ministerial Council for Development, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, yesterday discussed the issuance of a federal law on cooperatives, aimed at organizing and developing cooperative work, promoting efficiency according to new economic policy, And the governance and organization of cooperative systems. The aim of the law is to enable sound business practices, consumer protection and intellectual property rights, and to provide a national business environment and partnership to enhance the domestic competitiveness of the national economy, with its impact on the national economy through the added value it will add to the economy. Inflation at acceptable rates in the country.
HH Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan stressed the importance of developing cooperative work in the country to keep abreast of economic and global developments and work on employing cooperative concepts to serve the UAE economy and society in a new framework that supports economic development in the country.
His Highness said that the UAE is at the forefront of global economic and development indicators and seeks to crystallize a national policy for cooperatives to keep up with the state's efforts to activate its role to achieve comprehensive and sustainable development and always upgrade the methods and mechanisms to boost and diversify the economy.
The Council also discussed the proposed maritime transport policy in the UAE, which defines and coordinates the legislative, regulatory, supervisory, developmental and operational roles of maritime transport activities in the UAE, as well as enhancing maritime safety standards, port safety and logistics facilities, For global best practices, in a manner that serves the growth of the national economy and its various sectors, which will enhance the status of the State by sea.
The preparation of a federal law to combat the violation of the examination system was discussed with the aim of organizing and controlling the procedures for organizing and conducting examinations and reducing attempts to cheat, tamper with and breach the examination systems, or the associated piracy or breaches of the examination systems and question banks. .