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29-04-2019 Media in\ Abu Dhabi
The Undersecretary of the Department of Economic Development in Abu Dhabi stressed the keenness of the Department to enhance mutual cooperation and constructive communication between the various parties and supporting bodies to enhance the competitiveness of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi regionally and internationally.
The opening ceremony of the 2019 Business Forum, organized by the Abu Dhabi Competitiveness Office, was held at the St. Regis Hotel in Abu Dhabi in the presence of Rashid bin Lahej Al Mansoori, Director General of the General Administration of Customs in Abu Dhabi.
“This forum is an ideal platform for exchanging experiences and learning about the best practices and practices in developing and modernizing the procedures and laws of doing business in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. It is also an important opportunity to exchange ideas and coordinate among government institutions to develop the investment environment in the emirate and facilitate business, Encourage innovation in the provision of government services and raise the emirate’s competitiveness in international reports and indicators.
He added that the forum comes in line with the 2019 World Bank Doing Business report, which ranked Abu Dhabi as the twelfth largest in the world in terms of business activity, ahead of 23 rankings in the world rankings compared to the 2016 report in an unprecedented achievement of the emirate. .
He pointed out that the advanced centers of regional and international competitiveness achieved successively by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the UAE in general are the result of the vision of the wise leadership of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, Enabling it to achieve national plans and strategies and to enhance competitiveness and economic diversification.
“These results are a result of the joint efforts of the Abu Dhabi Office for Competitiveness and a number of related government entities, the most important of which are Urban Planning Department, Municipalities, Abu Dhabi Municipality, General Administration of Customs, Abu Dhabi Ports Company, Abu Dhabi Distribution Company, Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, Of the Department “.
At the opening of the forum, he wished the forum to achieve its goals in enhancing communication between all government agencies and institutions and to draw conclusions, recommendations and recommendations that will enhance the position of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the UAE in general on the global investment and business map.
For its part, the Director of the Office of Abu Dhabi Competitiveness Office of the Department stressed the keenness of the Office to develop and improve the emirate’s position as an important and strategic center in the region in the business sector to enhance its competitiveness among the different cities of the world and to translate the objectives and determinants and pillars of Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030.
She said that the Emirate of Abu Dhabi is firmly in the direction of achieving its strategic objectives based on its firm belief that the citizen is the main focus of development and that the achievement of the best centers in regional and international competitiveness reports is mainly due to the application of the principles of knowledge and the establishment of innovation among all segments of society.
She explained that the forum is an opportunity to review regional and international performance reports and indicators in a number of targeted strategic sectors, which contributes to comparing them with the plans and initiatives that Abu Dhabi is working to implement, which makes it easier to measure their results and determine their competitiveness.
In addition, the Undersecretary of the Department honored the representatives of the participating parties with the Abu Dhabi Competitiveness Office in completing the Doing Business Report 2019 issued by the World Bank.
The forum’s first panel discussion on the future of digital business focused on the importance of digitizing the business in a large amount of business talks whether to start a digital business entirely in social media, mobile applications or Internet networks or to digitize the business processes of traditional businesses. Session The most important topics in the field of digital business are their reasons and how to protect their intellectual property rights.
The second panel discussed the future of the Fourth Industrial Revolution with the aim of clarifying its importance as a new era for humanity that led to vast changes in almost every industry and created tremendous changes in a world that seeks new innovations at tremendous speeds. The adoption of the right tools to comply with the effects of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and its application is vital for economies. Seeking competition.
The forum concluded with a discussion session on best practices in business activities to share experiences in attracting foreign investments, facilitating the business environment in countries, clarifying processes and programs on business activities, exchanging ideas and presenting best practices to improve the life cycle of companies.
