The President of the State, Mohammed bin Rashid and Mohammed bin Zayed: Citizens first, second and third

Khalifa directs allocating 24 billion dirhams to absorb 75,000 citizens in the private sector within 5 years

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His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, directed the allocation of 24 billion dirhams to accommodate 75,000 citizens in the private sector during the next five years, at a rate of 15,000 jobs annually, as part of the program launched by the government of the United Arab Emirates within the second package of «projects». The 50th", which aims to support and strengthen the national economy and achieve a qualitative developmental shift in the UAE.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, approved the government program to support the private sector to accommodate 75,000 citizens over the years. The next five, which includes support for the salaries and benefits of citizens in the private sector, and 13 initiatives and projects to achieve the program's objectives.

Their Highnesses confirmed what His Highness the President of the State emphasized, that “the citizen is first, second and third.”

His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan said, "A decent life for the people of the nation will remain our main priority.

Building a more balanced national economy is our main approach to development.” His Highness added: “The economic system based on diversity and on partnership between the public and private sectors is essential to our economic future.”

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum stressed that "the government and the private sector are partners in the nation... and partners in the future... and partners in the development process," pointing out that "the UAE is moving for the next fifty years and is confident in itself... supportive of its people." ...to its economy."

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan said, "Empowering our children is the essence of our planning for the future."

His Highness added that "the launch of the government program to support the employment of citizens in the private sector aims to enhance the participation of national competencies in this vital sector, in order to achieve our development ambitions in the future."

His Highness expressed his confidence in the determination of the people of the country and their determination to build a national economic society that is the most competitive in the region.

In addition, His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, said, "The Federal National Program for Supporting the Private Sector to Provide Jobs for the Sons and Daughters of the Emirates establishes a new stage in our development process...a stage called the competitiveness of our cadres and the competitiveness of our private sector."

His Highness continued, "The Emirates, under the leadership of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa, the President of the State, may God protect him, and with the vision of Mohammed bin Rashid and Mohammed bin Zayed, embark on the next fifty-year journey, placing human empowerment and economic empowerment as priorities to create the best and most competitive economic environment."

The announcement of the government program to support the private sector to accommodate 75,000 citizens during the next five years, "Nafis", through 13 detailed projects in the event of the second package organized by the Committee of 50 and held at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, as part of a series of media events to reveal the "50 projects". In the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, a number of ministers and officials in the UAE government and local and regional media.

The “Emirati Cadres Competitiveness Council” was established, under the directives of the President of the State, to be responsible for implementing the government program to support the absorption of citizens into the private sector “Nafis”.

The Council is chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, while His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, is the Vice President.

The council includes in its membership the Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Muhammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, the Minister of Economy, Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, the Minister of Education, Eng. Hussain Al Hammadi, the Minister of Community Development, Hessa Issa Buhamid, and the Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises, Dr. Ahmed Abdullah Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, Nasser Thani Al Hamli, Minister of State for Youth Affairs, Shamma Suhail bin Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of State for Advanced Technology, Sarah Yousef Al Amiri, and Head of the Department of Finance in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Jassim Mohammed Buatabah Al Zaabi.

The council's tasks include developing a long-term strategy for training and qualifying Emirati competencies and cadres, developing orientation programs for Emiratis to raise the percentage of citizens in the private sector, in addition to developing initiatives, projects and programs for training and employing citizens in the private sector.

Dedication to freelancing

The list of projects presented by the UAE government in the second event of the "Fifty Projects" included the announcement of the sabbatical leave program for self-employment for citizens.

This system allows citizens working in the federal government, who wish to engage in self-employment and establish their own projects and companies, to devote themselves to a full-time job for a period of six months to a year, so that the government pays 50% of their salaries within 12 months, which is the sabbatical period.

The program aims to encourage citizens wishing to establish their own free projects in the private sector to obtain the opportunity for a long career leave, allowing them to start their projects and move to new areas to exploit their energies and potentials.

"expertise"

He announced, within the "50 projects", the "Experience" program.

It is a program that provides professional and practical training for national graduates from various scientific and professional disciplines.

It is an internship of up to 12 months in private companies or semi-governmental organizations.

A monthly financial reward is given to the trainees during the training period.

Upon completion of the training, the trainees receive an experience certificate from the authority in which they were trained, which makes it easier for them to join distinguished jobs, as they have documented practical experience.

The program comes to bridge the gap between theoretical academic life and practical and professional life, which makes the graduate qualified functionally to join the labor market in the private sector in the country, especially in competitive fields that require exceptional expertise.

Nursing sector cadres development

Within the Nafees program, he announced a program aimed at training, qualifying and graduating young Emirati cadres, who are qualified and ready to support the medical sector in the UAE on an ongoing basis, and during crises, in order to ensure the quality of medical services and health care throughout the country and enhance their efficiency and sustainability.

The program targets 10,000 citizens over five years, within the health assistant program for high school graduates, the higher diploma in emergency medicine and the bachelor's program for nursing at the Fatima College of Medical Sciences and the Abu Dhabi Center for Technical and Vocational Education and Training.

The program comes in response to the health crisis caused by the Corona Virus (Covid-19) pandemic in the world, and with the aim of working to develop the medical and health system in the UAE.

Allowances for children of workers in the private sector

In the event of the second package within the "50 projects" and within the "Nafis" program, a special bonus was announced for the children of workers in the private sector.

The allowance for children of workers in the private sector is the first of its kind in the UAE, through which the government will disburse allowances to the children of citizens working in private sector institutions and companies, up to 800 dirhams per month for each child, with a maximum of 3,200 dirhams per month in total, bearing in mind that the allowance for the children of citizens Workers in institutions and government agencies 600 dirhams per child.

This bonus, which will be paid to citizens, will encourage more highly qualified national expertise and competencies to join the private sector in various fields, and build their career path on the basis of refining their skills, accumulating their expertise, and developing and upgrading the career ladder in their institutions.

Alumni Fund

The UAE government, under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, announced a graduate fund of one billion dirhams, to support university students and recent graduates of citizens with micro-loans to start their own projects, in cooperation with universities in the UAE.

The project aims to graduate entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs from national universities, and also to involve universities in creating new companies and institutions that feed the national economy.

early retirement

The voluntary early retirement program for citizens working in the federal government, which was revealed during the second event of the “Fifty Projects”, encourages the discovery of job opportunities in the private sector, outside the framework of the government job, so that the government buys 5 additional years of service or gives them a financial reward, within what Known as the "Golden Handshake" system (a financial reward as compensation for retirement or end of service), which allows them to start their own business or establish their own companies.

«competencies»

The Kafaat Program is a development program that aims to raise the competitiveness of Emirati cadres, and enable them to fill 75,000 jobs in private sector institutions in the country during the next five years.

The program allocates one billion and 250 million dirhams to offer specialized training programs.

Globally recognized certificates and professional programs will be provided to young people.

It also aims to place young people within the circle of talents that major companies and institutions in the private sector seek to capture, and to offer them job offers.

National job targets in the private sector

Among the 13 projects included in the Nafees program, the UAE government announced a program for targeted percentages of Emirati jobs in the private sector.

It aims to set target percentages for the employment of nationals in private sector institutions and companies, so that the percentage starts from 2% of the total cadre in any institution, within the skilled jobs, and increases annually at an additional 2% rate for a period of five years, during which the percentage reaches 10%.

The application of the program is limited to companies and private institutions that have been established or established in the UAE for five years, and in which the number of workers in skilled jobs exceeds 50 employees.

The percentage will be applied to skilled workers only.

The gradual increase in the rates of employment of Emirati youth in private institutions and companies would create a national pool of skills, competencies and expertise, which constitutes one of the precious and main assets in the private sector, which forms the basis of the future of the economy in the UAE.

temporary support

Among the national projects announced by the government within the "50 projects", a program to provide temporary financial aid to citizens.

The program aims to provide temporary financial aid to citizens who lose their jobs in the private sector, due to a circumstance or crisis experienced by the institution or company in which they work, which may force it to lay off a number of its employees.

The program provides a monthly financial aid to these citizens for a period of six months, which enables them to search for another job opportunity.

Supporting the salaries of citizens in the private sector

The Nafes program to support the private sector to accommodate 75,000 citizens during the next five years includes a program to support citizens’ salaries in the private sector, through which the government bears the cost of training a citizen in the private sector for a full year during the training period, with a monthly salary of 8000 dirhams for university degree holders 6500 dirhams for diploma holders and 4000 dirhams for high school certificate holders.

It will also support the salaries of citizens in the private sector for a period of five years, with a maximum of 5,000 dirhams per month for university graduates, 4,000 dirhams for diploma holders, and 3,000 dirhams for high school holders, above the salary they receive.

This program aims to encourage major companies and institutions in the private sector to attract national talents and competencies in the UAE, who hold university degrees, so that they invest in them and provide them with the opportunity to explore job prospects and gain qualitative experiences and skills.

The program also seeks to encourage citizens to join the private sector.

Advantages

The “Mazaya” program, among the 13 projects offered by the “Nafis” program, aims to support citizens working in distinguished professional jobs and specializations in private sector institutions, such as programmers, nurses, accountants and auditors, by giving them a fixed bonus above the salary, amounting to 5,000 dirhams per month for five years, i.e. It was their actual salary.

The program aims, through the unprecedented financial support system provided by the government to employees in the private sector, within specific fields, to encourage male and female citizens to pursue areas of work that suffer from a lack of human capabilities and competencies, which are considered strategic priorities for the UAE government.

"Participation"

The government of the United Arab Emirates has announced the “Subscription” program within the “Nafis” program, whereby the government bears the pension contributions of citizens working in the private sector for a period of five years, for salaries that are less than 20,000 dirhams per month.

The government will also bear the bulk of the employer's contributions to the retirement fund for national employees during the first five years of their joining the concerned institution or company.

The program aims to enhance job and social security for citizens working in the private sector, encouraging them to stay in their jobs and not to abandon their careers in private institutions.

Khalifa bin Zayed:

• "A decent life for the people of the country will remain our main priority... and building a more balanced national economy is our main approach to development."

Mohamed Ben Rached:

• "The government and the private sector are partners in the nation... and partners in the future... and partners in the development process."

Mohammed bin Zayed:

• “Empowering our children is the essence of our planning for the future... and we are confident of the determination of the people of the country and their determination to build a national economic community that is the most competitive in the region.”

Mansour bin Zayed:

• “(Nafees) establishes a new stage in our development process, entitled the competitiveness of our cadres and the competitiveness of our private sector.”

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