“The UAE ranked fifth globally in the rate of improvement in reducing the number of road deaths, according to the analysis of the World Transport Forum,” said Major General Abdul Quddus Abdul Razzaq Al-Obaidli, Chairman of the Emirates Association for Strategic Planning and Looking Ahead.

He pointed out that the UAE managed to reduce traffic accident deaths per 100,000 people from 20.2 cases in 2005 to 3.8 cases in 2019, stressing that this is an indication of the great success and global leadership of the UAE thanks to its policies and strategy in developing all fields and in indicators of global innovation and equality Gender and security in all its forms.

This came during his participation in a virtual Ramadan council organized by the Ministry of Interior recently "remotely" under the slogan of future emirates ready for the fifty, and moderated by the member of the Federal National Council Muhammad Issa al-Kashf.

Major General Al-Obaidli stressed that the United Arab Emirates topped the list of indicators of global competitiveness with the wisdom of its leadership and its pioneering approach to development, noting that the UAE ranked first globally in the result of the percentage of feeling of safety index according to the Gallup Institute for Law and Global Order Report for the year 2019, achieving a score of 95.9% on the general index It is ahead of international countries such as Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain and other countries known to be the safest countries on the global level.

He pointed out that the UAE has achieved this advanced global level thanks to a number of policies, regulations, practices and women's empowerment in the public position and in public affairs in all fields, has occupied advanced positions in the federal ministries and local departments and in the Federal National Council and local executive councils and in the business sectors, and did not come It is a coincidence, but rather as a result of the founding leaders ’direction and vision of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who personally took an interest in educating women and their equality in rights and duties, and empowering them in public affairs on an equal basis with their brother brother.

For his part, astronaut Sultan Saif Al Niyadi said that the future is for those who seek it, and that the UAE has made great progress in preparing for the future by enhancing the capabilities of Emirati youth, noting that the jobs of the future depend on space science and advanced science from engineers, doctors, researchers, and astronauts.

He added that the forward-looking services in the fields related to space science are among the basic sciences in the future as they help in providing services for all sectors, aerial photography, weather, navigation and photography, all of which are in the interest of the future and provide services and job opportunities to all sectors in a country and contribute to enhancing the standing and global of the Emirates.

For his part, Dr. Sulaiman Al Kaabi, CEO of the Future Outlook Foundation in Abu Dhabi, stressed the importance of future skills for present and future generations, and it is necessary to work to develop and care for these generations in a way that enhances future skills and tomorrow's science.

He pointed out that the UAE in various circumstances provides a high-level education for all, and the distance education currently under way is a vivid example of this, and indicates the level of UAE readiness for the future.

He said that the United Arab Emirates has a clear road map for the future based on the multiplicity of skills, which is a guaranteed recipe for the future and many initiatives based on vital and advanced sciences, and the state is working on this future approach and attention to all specialties and developing the skills of the Emirati citizens to face challenges in the future and keep up with the bright future.

In turn, the director of science and technology policy management in the Office of Advanced Science Ali Suhail Abdul Rahman Al Hashemi said that it is time to create technical, scientific or specialized career paths in institutions or departments and sectors of a technical or digital nature, and their parallels to a salary and position in administrative and office paths if not at least higher At the lower to middle levels, adding that there is an opportunity to governance public data especially digitally, as well as to spread a 'digital data culture' within institutions.

An engineer and an international arbitrator in the field of mechatronics engineering at the Future Plant, Eng. Meshal Al Marzouqi said: We are witnessing in the UAE qualitative leaps in the field of health, especially precision medicine, in what necessitates looking at the security and societal aspects (for example: genes and their characteristics, digital data transmission and rights and security implications locally and internationally) ).

He added that through the vertical sectors that will witness transformational leaps (health, education, tourism, logistics, etc.), the companies that manufacture the technologies and capabilities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution will witness strong and sustainable growth, pointing to the importance of attracting and supporting these companies in the state, or partnering with them, especially the small ones and the entrepreneurs in them .

He pointed to a study conducted indicating the high acceptance of society in the Emirates for promising technologies and emerging uses compared to other countries that are witnessing technical development, and among the analyzes of that is that the UAE community has a high confidence in the government contributed to this societal acceptance thanks to policies and strategies that started two decades or more, not only infrastructure Which was ready for the crisis, but also the community became ready and one of the aforementioned strengths.

The meeting recommended preparing a report of future jobs and skills for each of the ministries of the state, and building on the directives issued by the wise leadership regarding the economy in the post-Corona period “belt tightening” and investing in knowledge transfer programs from leading countries in specific fields such as the satellite manufacturing program .

They also recommended the establishment of a similar institute for scientific institutes in programming, future studies and artificial intelligence, programming of self-driving cars, open data, review of all university majors in our national universities, the elimination of unwanted majors and the inclusion of majors that cope with current and future changes, and encouraging innovation in areas Food, water and energy security.

The conferees emphasized that the Emirates wisely lead them from the first among the leading nations to look to the future and pay attention to advanced science and modern technologies, including developing future strategies based on artificial intelligence, space science, and advanced biological sciences, noting the importance of preparing an educated generation capable of keeping pace with changes and contributing to building a brighter future.

They pointed out that the Emirates dictionary does not know the impossible, and that by seeing its leadership, with the will and the will of its people, it is able to enter the next era with confidence and steadfastness, with the presence of qualified national cadres in advanced science and the availability of the necessary equipment and infrastructure for that.

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