Dubai Future Foundation expands Gig Economy Sandbox with four industry giants

Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) contiguous announced that Emirates Airline, Amazon, Careem, and GEMS Education person joined forces nether the Gig Economy Sandbox inaugural to assistance make regulations that alteration the improvement of the gig economy.

The announcement was made during an lawsuit successful Emirates Towers, attended by Sandbox Dubai partners and officials from section regulatory bodies and authorities entities. Sandbox Dubai is an innovative level dedicated to enhancing Dubai’s legislative and regulatory situation successful enactment with aboriginal needs. Under the platform, authorities and backstage assemblage entities collaborate to make regularisation and authorities that helps businesses to leverage caller trends and technologies.

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Dubai Future Foundation, precocious approved the Sandbox Dubai inaugural arsenic portion of Dubai Economic Agenda (D33). There are 2 sandboxes nether the inaugural – the Gig Economy Sandbox and the PropTech Sandbox.

Khalifa AlQama, Executive Director of Sandbox Dubai, emphasized the indispensable relation of backstage assemblage partners successful processing regulations, investigating ideas and piloting projects to marque Dubai the astir future-ready city.

AlQama said: “Sandbox Dubai squad volition enactment successful collaboration with nationalist and backstage assemblage partners to research aboriginal opportunities and found an ecosystem that gives everyone a accidental to lend to shaping the aboriginal of Dubai’s cardinal sectors.”

Oliver Grohmann, Executive Vice President Human Resources for Emirates Group said: “Emirates Group is pleased to enactment the Gig Economy Sandbox, a cardinal inaugural aligned with the objectives of D33 to beforehand caller sectors and make a future-ready knowledge-based economy. We are enthusiastic astir the possibilities this caller inaugural volition bring to beforehand innovation, boost capableness and broaden the endowment excavation successful Dubai, and we basal acceptable to enactment with our expertise arsenic this sector’s scenery evolves successful size and significance.”

Ronaldo Mouchawar, Vice President of Amazon Middle East, Africa, and Tukey said: "We are excited to spouse with the Dubai Future Foundation connected Sandbox Dubai Initiative, to signifier flexible moving models and boost Dubai’s integer economy. By leveraging Amazon’s planetary expertise and technology, we purpose to aviator programs that make caller opportunities for talent, heighten economical productivity, and thrust innovative solutions that elevate lawsuit experience.”

Andro Valdes, VP Operations astatine Careem Technologies said: “Sandbox Dubai inaugural is accelerating the adoption of emerging technologies by connecting nationalist and backstage sectors to iterate and accommodate regulatory practices. The gig system is an important constituent of immoderate beardown economy, helping to heighten ratio and make flexible earning opportunities. We’re excited to spouse with Dubai Future Foundation to stock our insights connected Careem’s travel from a ride-hailing level into the region’s starring Everything App.”

Dino Varkey, Group Chief Executive Officer, GEMS Education: “We are delighted and honoured to beryllium partnering with Dubai Future Foundation connected its sandbox initiative. It is simply a premier illustration of Dubai’s forward-thinking and innovative attack to public-private assemblage collaboration, promoting economical maturation done ever greater flexibility and opportunity, and unlocking quality superior successful the emirate. At GEMS, we person a agelong way grounds of driving innovation successful acquisition assemblage and attracting champion educators from astir the satellite to the region. We are truthful afloat aligned with this breathtaking inaugural and look guardant to contributing to its success.”

Gig Economy Sandbox aims to make regulations to conscionable the needs of sectors that often necessitate seasonal workers, including retail, hospitality, tourism, aviation, education, transport, and logistics. The enactment volition assistance these sectors to turn portion boosting the competitiveness and future-readiness of Dubai’s labour market.

Gig Economy Sandbox volition lend to sustainable economical maturation successful Dubai and the UAE, helping to trim overheads for businesses portion promoting greater flexibility for workers. The planetary system has precocious seen a important summation successful request for seasonal employment, with companies and freelancers alike benefitting.

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