Provides a stimulating environment for talent and specialized skills

10 innovative initiatives to empower 15,000 programmers

Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, confirmed to "Emirates Today" that the contribution of the digital economy to the UAE economy has jumped during the past three years from 4.3% to 9.7%.

This came during a media meeting at the Museum of the Future, within the "Update" platform, launched by the Artificial Intelligence Office in the UAE government, with the aim of providing the latest numbers, statistics and information for the technological and economic sectors.

The meeting witnessed the announcement of 10 innovative initiatives within the programmers headquarters, one of the initiatives of the National Program for Programmers, including the evaluation headquarters, the programmers headquarters ambassadors, the educational path of the education headquarters, the dialect challenge, the Tanzo community, the “open.hack” hackathon, and the statistics of the LinkedIn company. And a set of challenges in partnership with Majid Al Futtaim Group, the joint cooperation initiative between Emirates Airlines and the evaluation headquarters to nominate programmers for job opportunities, and the “Dave Salam” exhibition specialized for programmers, in a package of new initiatives to empower more than 15,000 programmers in the country, with the aim of increasing the number of programmers in the country To be the best in the world in terms of the ratio of programmers to the population, to raise the software community to be the best in the region, and to provide the best opportunities in the labor markets for the software community, thus consolidating the position of the UAE as a global center for programmers and the digital economy.

Al Olama said, "The UAE government continues its efforts to advance the digital economy and achieve global leadership in this sector," noting that "the country was able to achieve a qualitative leap by doubling the percentage of the digital economy's contribution to its economy, which amounted to 4.3% in 2019, and today it has reached 9.7 percent. % ».

He added that strengthening the programming community in the UAE is a primary goal for the programmers headquarters, and for its initiatives that seek to form a comprehensive picture of the reality of the programming community and the requirements for strengthening it, building the capabilities of programmers, and empowering them with the skills required for the future labor market.

He pointed out that the launch of the new initiatives translates the goals of the programmers headquarters in providing an incubating and stimulating environment for talent, minds and specialized skills to enhance the country's leadership and aspirations in achieving scientific and technological excellence in various fields.

The programmers headquarters aims to build and qualify a new generation of programmers, enhance their capabilities and skills in the fields of programming and technology, reformulate the concept of programming communities, provide an incubating and stimulating environment for those with specialized skills, and empower them with the tools and expertise necessary to innovate in implementing the future, thus consolidating the leadership of the UAE and its position as a global center for programming and programmers. and the digital economy.

The meeting witnessed the announcement of a number of partnerships between the programmers headquarters and a group of leading agencies and companies, with the aim of strengthening the programmers community in the UAE, and consolidating the country’s position as a global destination for programmers, most notably the partnership with the Dubai World Trade Center to hold the “Dev Salam” summit, which brings together many programming summits. In addition to cooperating with the programmers headquarters to nominate software talent, and partnering with the Majid Al Futtaim Group, which contributes to supporting and promoting programming science and technology, and building a sustainable digital economy.

For his part, Director General of the Department of Economy and Tourism in Dubai and the Dubai World Trade Center Authority, Helal Saeed Al Marri, confirmed that Global DevSlam is working in cooperation with the Programmers Headquarters to support the National Program for Programmers by attracting distinguished cadres globally, empowering programmers and supporting programming communities and all those interested in various programming fields Pointing to the launch of several initiatives to strengthen the local community of programmers.

The Chief Operating Officer of Emirates Airlines, Adel Al Reda, confirmed the planning this year to launch initiatives within the framework of the coders HQ programme.

The Emirates Group also plans to employ more than 500 IT professionals to develop its talents and participate in supporting future projects.

The “assessment headquarters” focuses on developing a clear classification for programmers according to the type of skills they possess, providing them with opportunities to reach companies and agencies looking for these skills in a customized manner, in addition to setting a baseline to know the programming level at the national level, and facilitating the recruitment processes of programmers in the private sector. By reducing the resources used in the recruitment process to enhance its efficiency, programmers wishing to participate in the evaluation headquarters initiative can submit their applications through the website

, where the initiative is based in its first phase on a comprehensive evaluation of programmers in more than 200 Programming skill.

Omar Sultan Al-Ulama:

• “The state has made a quantum leap by doubling the contribution of the digital economy to its economy within 3 years.”

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