She sheds light on the successful experiences of national cadres working in the "sector".

Mansour bin Zayed launches the "Nafes" award to raise the competitiveness of the "private" in Emiratisation

  • The mechanism for selecting the winning companies is fully automated through the performance management system.

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His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Presidential Court, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirati Cadres Competitiveness Council, launched the first round of the “Nafes” award for the year 2022-2023, under the slogan “Compete and Excellence”, with the aim of encouraging positive competition between the sector’s establishments. Specialization in the field of Emiratisation, by honoring the establishments that have achieved the Emiratisation goals, as well as celebrating the distinguished Emirati cadres working in this sector.

The award comes a year after the launch of the "Nafes" program within the package of fifty projects, to be a driving force for the development of the national economy system, by strengthening partnership between the government and private sectors, empowering the private sector, and consolidating its role as a main engine in the development process of the UAE.

His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan stressed the importance of the role played by "Nafis" during the first year of its launch, in highlighting the advantages of working in the private sector, and encouraging Emirati citizens to search for promising professional opportunities within private establishments, thus contributing to the promotion of Their presence as an influential workforce and contribution to the advancement of this sector, and the consolidation of its role in advancing the economic development of the state.

His Highness also affirmed that the leadership of the UAE considers youth the real wealth of the country, and works to achieve their aspirations and give them a decent life that suits them, indicating that the UAE government is keen to achieve the goals of Emiratisation in the private sector, and to translate the directives of the leadership, by honoring the establishments that have achieved the goals. Emiratization and distinguished national cadres in the private sector.

In turn, the Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Manan Al Awar, said: “The award is an affirmation of our leadership’s interest in the priority of the Emiratisation file. A major demand and a main driver for achieving the goals, based on being a strategic partner of the government in the development process of the UAE ».

Al-Awar expressed his confidence in the positive impact that the award will achieve in “in terms of motivating private sector establishments to achieve Emiratisation goals at a higher pace, and in return encouraging Emirati cadres working in this vital and important sector to prove their competitiveness, competence and capabilities in their various job positions, which contributes to the efforts made to upgrade In the national human development system, so that its participation is active and leading in the strategic economic sectors, present and in the future.

For his part, Ghannam Al Mazrouei, Secretary-General of the UAE Cadres Competitiveness Council, indicated that the "Nafes Award", which is sponsored by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, aims to highlight successful experiences according to three main levels that align with the leadership's aspirations and support the country's efforts to empower Emirati competencies to fill distinguished positions in the private sector institutions in its various sectors and fields.

He added, “This award is a stimulus for the efforts of private establishments to achieve the goals of Emiratisation, and to provide distinguished job opportunities through which national talents stand out, to contribute to achieving economic growth, and to lead the comprehensive development process in the country, towards new horizons of excellence and leadership.”

It also sheds light on the successful experiences of national cadres working in the private sector, who were able to prove their worth as vital and effective forces capable of bringing about positive change in various economic sectors, in addition to celebrating our strategic partners who had an active role in the success of the plans of the Nafes program.

Cooperation was made with the Sheikh Khalifa Government Excellence Program to ensure the alignment of the award categories and criteria and the mechanism used for evaluation with government directives, best international practices and standards, to ensure the governance of the evaluation process, promote the concepts of institutional and individual excellence, and consolidate the principles and culture of excellence in the private sector to support the Emiratisation file and raise the performance of National competencies, and enhance their productivity in various fields.

The result of this cooperation was three main levels of the award, the first level includes private companies, the second targets individuals, and the third targets the strategic partners of the Council.

The first level includes private companies registered on the Nafes platform, which have achieved Emiratisation targets according to the following sub-categories: the category of large companies that employ 1,000 or more employees, the category of medium companies that employ between 500 and 999 employees, and the category of small companies that employ less than 499 employees. an employee.

The mechanism for selecting the winning companies will be fully automated, through the performance management system, which will depend on the percentage of achieving the Emiratisation targets in accordance with the criteria set by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation.

The second level (individuals category) includes each of the following specialized categories: nursing jobs, medical jobs, financial jobs, legal jobs, retail jobs, programming jobs, supervisory/leadership jobs, administrative jobs, professional jobs and trainees in an experience program.

The criteria for selecting the winners were determined around three main axes: “performance and continuous learning, adaptation and positive citizenship, results and achievements.”

As for the third level (Strategic Partners), this category was allocated to the appreciation of partners from government and semi-governmental sector institutions, in appreciation of their efforts and their complementary role in supporting Nafes programs, and their contributions to achieving the vision of the Council with regard to the Emiratisation file.

 Mansour bin Zayed:

"The leadership of the UAE considers youth the true wealth of the nation, and works to achieve their aspirations and grant them a decent life."

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