Dubai Strategic Plan 2015: Dubai where the future begins

His highness Sheikh Mohammad announced in an interesting presentation yesterday the
" Dubai Strategic Plan 2015 " that is parallel to the overall UAE strategic plan by his Highness Sheikh Khalifa .


Few highlights:


1. Expected increase in the growth rate by 11% by 2015
"raise per capita GDP to $44,000 from $31,140 now by creating 882,000 new jobs, bringing total employment to 1.73 million"


2. Increase in the private sector

3. It will focus on the key dynamic economic sectors that contributed to the 13% growth rate.
He mentioned the fact that those sectors are not affected by the fluctuation of oil prices which gives it more stability.


4. " The plan, divided into five sections - Economic Development, Social Development, Infrastructure, Land and Environment, Safety, Security and Justice and Public Sector Excellence - also addresses the major public concerns of traffic, rent, inflation, lack of regulatory framework and labour disputes that have influenced the everyday lives of the UAE residents over the past two years."


5. He focused on the economic diversification as an important tool.



6. The plan also calls for enhanced accountability among government officials and the development of UAE national human capital that will ensure the success of the plan.


7. A common framework for the integrated governmental entities that focuses on: economic development; social development; infrastructure, land and environment; security, justice and safety and, public sector excellence.



8. The importance of having an effective social infrastructure through:

Preserve National Identity. This will be achieved by revising policies and procedures to ensure demographic balance; increasing the sense of belonging and the awareness of local culture by updating educational curriculum and developing the capabilities of national teaching resources; ensuring comprehensive cultural content through relevant activities and channels including media, arts and literature; and increasing focus on the Arabic language as it encompasses national history and culture,"


A Last Dot:

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  "The sky doesn’t rain gold and silver… we must get it from the Earth”.


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  "God has showered us with countless blessings. One word best describes the majority of these blessings: security."


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  "All of man’s efforts are carried out in the belief that they will bring security: personal security, psychological security, economic security, social security and political security"


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  “Without security life becomes a living hell, and talk of development, quality, excellence and success becomes worthless, idle chatter. "
  “The grace of God coupled with effective policies and dedicated people, have made the UAE one of the safest countries in the world and Dubai one of the safest cities."
  “Our Strategic Plan is designed to ensure that the security, justice and safety sector is able to keep up with the economic and social growth. "
  “I depend on God first and foremost, and then on the brain and brawn of the children of this nation, to them I entrust much and from them I expect much."
  “In the past I told you that we will succeed, and we did. And today I tell you that I see further success in the future. We will write new pages in our nation’s epic of glory, pride and achievement."
  “We will present to our world proof that we are capable of action, capable of imposing our presence, and capable of communicating, interacting, co-existing, and co-operating with all other cultures and civilisations.”

Sources: emiratestoday

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