Mohammed bin Rashid chaired the meeting and approved the organization of the work of humanitarian institutions and foreign aid donors

Cabinet approves UAE strategy for digital economy

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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, chaired the Cabinet meeting, which was held at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Lieutenant-General H.H. Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, where a number of initiatives, legislation and strategies were adopted within the agenda of the meeting aimed at further developing government work.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said: "I chaired a cabinet meeting at Al Watan Palace in Abu Dhabi, during which we approved the UAE's strategy for the digital economy... Our goal is for this sector to contribute 20% of our total non-oil national economy in the coming years... and we formed a Council for the Digital Economy." headed by Minister of Artificial Intelligence Omar Al Olama.

His Highness said: "During the session, we approved an additional organizational framework to support the external humanitarian work of the UAE, which includes the establishment of coordination offices for humanitarian aid within the country's foreign missions in a number of countries.

Our humanitarian work is on the rise, praise be to God, and the Emirates will remain the capital of good, God willing, and preserved with this goodness.”

His Highness also said: "Within the Cabinet session, we adopted unified standards at the state level to license and encourage family counseling professions.. The goal is to raise quality..and increase efficiency..and help families by providing the best specialists to provide advice and advice in all family matters."

His Highness added: "During the session, we approved the restructuring of the Board of Directors of the Higher Colleges of Technology headed by Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi. Education needs to develop outputs, raise skills, and prepare for a future full of changes."

His Highness also said: "We have also adopted a set of international agreements, including an agreement to link the payment systems of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries... and agreements with the United States, Denmark and Brazil.

We have approved the country’s joining of the International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy to support our clean energy goals.”

In detail, the Cabinet approved the national strategy for the digital economy, as the strategy aims to double the contribution of the digital economy to the GDP from 9.7% to 19.4% over the next 10 years, and also aims to make the UAE the center of the most prosperous digital economy in the region and at the level of the world.

The strategy includes more than 30 initiatives, projects and programs that affect six basic sectors and five new growth areas, through which the definition of the digital economy will be unified at the state level, and a unified mechanism for measuring it will be established, and indicators will be determined and measured periodically, and through the strategy, the strategic priorities of the digital economy will be determined. In the country, with the aim of all other economic sectors working to promote and support the priorities of the digital economy.

The Cabinet approved the establishment of the Emirates Digital Economy Council for a three-year renewable period, headed by Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications.

The establishment of the Emirates Council for the Digital Economy supports the state’s directions to double the contribution of the digital economy to the UAE’s GDP in 2031. It also enhances the implementation of the digital economy strategy initiatives in all economic sectors, as the contribution of the digital economy to the economic sectors of the state’s GDP is 9.7%, and in The non-oil GDP is 11.7%, and the country is among the top 25% of the countries on the level of the most important global digital indicators.

In legislative affairs, the Council of Ministers approved the issuance of a federal law in the matter of public finance, obligating the federal authorities to coordinate with the Ministry of Finance to achieve the objectives set in the medium-term financial strategy approved by the Council of Ministers, and to obtain its prior approval when amending any of them, and the federal authorities estimate their financial resources The ministry studies and approves it within the draft financial strategy and the general budget link law.

The Council approved the issuance of the executive regulations for the decree-law in the matter of private education, aimed at regulating the work of private schools in the state, in accordance with the objectives of the Private Education Law, whose provisions apply to all private schools in the state, while granting the Ministry of Education or the educational authority the authority of initial approval for a student The license to allow him to start the incorporation business.

The executive regulation aims to strengthen a high-level educational system that regulates the mechanism of licensing private schools, to ensure the quality of education, and to place students among the best students in the world in knowledge assessment tests.

The council also approved an organized framework for coordinating and organizing humanitarian, charitable and development work for humanitarian and charitable institutions and Emirati donors, which includes a guide for foreign aid donors, regulating the seasonal work of Emirati donors concerned with foreign aid affairs, in accordance with international standards consistent with best practices from international donors, and their harmonization in a manner appropriate With the foreign aid policy and strategy of the country, the framework also includes the establishment of coordination offices in the country’s missions abroad for foreign aid in a group of countries receiving Emirati aid.

The decision also contributes to regulating financial transfers to donors, humanitarian and charitable institutions in the UAE in the beneficiary countries.

The Council of Ministers approved a decision regarding licensing family counseling professionals, which includes criteria and procedures for licensing family counseling practitioners. Licensing family counseling practitioners, and licensing highly qualified family counselors, which positively affects the quality of life of individuals and society, and ensures the provision of services of a high professional level.

The Council adopted a decision to cancel the registration fees in the Suppliers Register and the Federal Contractors Register, which encourages suppliers to participate more, supports an increase in the number of suppliers registered in the federal government, positively affects price rates, improves the quality of government services provided, and increases supplier interaction by registering in the digital procurement platform for the federal government.

The decision also supports alignment with the application of the new digital procurement platform settings, which were recently launched on federal agencies, as well as alignment with the new digital procurement policy in the federal government, in addition to supporting entrepreneurs from small and medium enterprises, stimulating the business sector in the country, and facilitating their entry process. on the Federal Government Procurement System.

In regulatory affairs, the Council of Ministers approved in its meeting the re-formation of the Board of Trustees of the Higher Colleges of Technology for a period of four years, headed by the Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises, Dr. Ahmed bin Abdullah Belhoul Al Falasi, and the membership of a number of officials, including: CEO of TECOM Group Business, Malik Sultan Al Malik, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Center for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Dr. Mubarak Saeed Al Shamsi, Director General of the Culture and Arts Authority in Dubai, Hala Yousef Badri, Chief Marketing Officer at Dubai Holding, Huda Issa Buhumaid, and CEO of the Emirates Foundation, Ahmed Talib Al Shamsi, and Dr. Samer Seif Al Samahi.

The Council also agreed to assign the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure to play the role of the restricting authority for petroleum hazardous materials, and to issue approvals for the import of these materials and to follow up their circulation, in coordination with the local authorities licensed for commercial activities and authorized to enter the state for dangerous materials.

The council discussed a number of reports, including a report on the results of agreements to avoid double taxation on income and protect and encourage investment, and a report on developments in the implementation of the national policy for senior citizens, in addition to reports on the work of a number of councils and committees during 2021, including the report on the work of the UAE Committee for the Coordination of Foreign Humanitarian Aid The work report of the Quality of Life Council, the work report of the Digital Life Quality Council, and the work report of the Emirates Scholars Council.

international agreements

The Council ratified and approved an agreement on the system of linking payment systems between the countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, an agreement between the state and the Federal Republic of Brazil, two agreements between the state and the Kingdom of Denmark, and another agreement between the state and the United States of America.

He also approved the country's joining the International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy IPHE, as the UAE seeks to integrate hydrogen in many priority sectors, and to promote long-term decarbonization plans, in line with the strategic initiative for climate neutrality 2050, and the goals of the International Maritime Organization for decarbonization. 2030, the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, and the Smart Mobility Strategy.

The partnership will provide access to a global knowledge database for green hydrogen, and cooperate with existing hydrogen initiatives and other relevant actors. Joining the organization will also support the country's position in the competitive indicators of renewable energy.

The Council agreed to issue the necessary decisions to implement the provisions of the FATCA Agreement between the government of the country and the government of the United States of America to improve international tax compliance and implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Law.

Deputy Head of State:

• • “Our goal is for the digital economy sector’s contribution to be 20% of our total non-oil national economy in the coming years.”

•• “During the session, we approved an additional organizational framework to support the external humanitarian work of the UAE.. It includes the establishment of coordination offices for humanitarian aid within the country’s foreign missions in a number of countries.”

•• “Our humanitarian work is on the rise, praise be to God.. The Emirates will remain the capital of goodness, God willing..and it is preserved with this goodness.”

•• “We have adopted unified standards at the state level to license and encourage family counseling professions.”

•• “We have also approved a set of international agreements, including an agreement to link the payment systems of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries... and agreements with the United States, Denmark and Brazil.”

On the agenda of the Cabinet meeting

• Adopting the national strategy for the digital economy and establishing the Emirates Digital Economy Council headed by Omar Al Olama.

• Adopting a federal law in the matter of public finance.

• Issuing the executive regulations for a decree-law in the matter of private education.

• Adopting a regulatory framework regarding strengthening coordination and organizing humanitarian, charitable and development work for Emirati donor institutions and bodies, and establishing coordination offices for foreign aid in countries receiving Emirati aid.

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