UAE Government Annual Meetings 2024: Al Gergawi says citizen wellbeing, global leadership at heart of UAE leadership’s focus

In his opening code astatine the 2024 UAE Government Annual Meetings, Mohammad Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs, emphasised the UAE leadership's committedness to ensuring a amended beingness for its citizens and maintaining the nation's presumption arsenic a starring planetary relation model.

The meetings were held nether the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai.

Al Gergawi noted that the UAE Government’s Annual Meetings service arsenic the superior nationalist level for UAE decision-makers to measure advancement and strategies for the challenges and achievements of the coming year.

Al Gergawi said, “Today we conscionable arsenic 1 team, arsenic 1 federation drafting inspiration from the bequest of precocious Sheikh Zayed and moving unneurotic to thrust the stableness and prosperity of our nation."

Al Gergawi stressed that the UAE, contempt existent situations and planetary shifts, remains steadfast successful its principles, methodology, and values, guided by its leadership's vision.

Highlighting cardinal authorities achievements, Al Gergawi noted, "In 2024, contempt planetary commercialized maturation of lone 1.5%, the UAE achieved implicit 11% maturation successful overseas trade. Foreign nonstop concern (FDI) surged by 35%, placing the UAE 2nd lone to the USA successful caller FDI projects. Over the past 3 years, the fig of commercialized licences has doubled to 1 million, and the UAE system has achieved the apical planetary ranking successful economical stableness index.”

Al Gergawi added that the UAE's achievements widen crossed each sectors, including astir 134 cardinal passengers passing done UAE airports, the cognition of implicit 100 ports globally by nationalist companies, and the afloat commercialized cognition of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant.

He attributed these accomplishments to the bold and resilient imaginativeness of the UAE leadership, which has established an actionable attack to enhancing the nation's preparedness. Al Gergawi noted, “The UAE ranks 2nd globally successful adaptability to change, 4th successful authorities efficiency, seventh successful competitiveness, and tenth successful the planetary brushed powerfulness index.”

In his address, Al Gergawi highlighted His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's directive for the existent authorities meetings to prioritize nationalist identity, family, and artificial intelligence. This absorption volition beryllium translated into actionable plans, policies, and initiatives for 2025.

He said, "Our foremost pillar is our nationalist identity, preserving our values, language, heritage, and taste influence. Without it, who are we? National individuality is simply a apical precedence for our leadership, consistently emphasised by His Highness President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.”

“This year's yearly meetings see a dedicated retreat to make a broad nationalist individuality plan, arsenic good arsenic a abstracted retreat focused connected strengthening and supporting Emirati families, the cornerstone of our community.”

Regarding the value of AI, Al Gergawi stated, “According to the Principles of the 50, the UAE's digital, technical, and technological excellence volition specify its caller improvement and economical frontiers. We are intensifying our efforts to go leaders successful embracing aboriginal technologies, including integrating AI to heighten authorities ratio and productivity. The meetings volition see a dedicated retreat focused connected this captious relation of AI.”

Concluding his address, Al Gergawi showcased cardinal accomplishments since the erstwhile Annual Meetings. He stated, "Today, we spot the results of our efforts from past year's meetings. Across strategical sectors similar housing, education, healthcare, infrastructure, transportation, and the economy, 33 national entities launched and implemented 121 transformative projects.

“Furthermore, with the motorboat of the overseas capitalist compass project, full overseas nonstop concern reached AED 828 cardinal by the extremity of past year."

He noted that the Zero Government Bureaucracy programme, launched during the erstwhile Annual Meetings, eliminated 3,000 unnecessary processes, reducing the clip required for applicable procedures by 70%.

Al Gergawi said, “In conscionable 4 years, we person updated implicit 75% of existing national laws, enacted 38 caller laws to code planetary shifts and technological advancements, and retracted astir 100 outdated laws.”

The UAE Government’s Annual Meetings, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, bring unneurotic ministers, authorities representatives, and section decision-makers. Established successful 2017, these meetings unify authorities efforts, fostering proactive readying and accelerated progress. Discussions impact each stakeholders successful shaping the nation's vision, yet contributing to the UAE Centennial 2071 goals.

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