This agreement signed between Digital Dubai and the Dubai Future Foundation reflects their commitment to cultivating national talent that can anticipate and shape the future through innovative technologies, concepts, and tools.
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Tariq Al Janahi, CEO of the Corporate Enablement Sector at Digital Dubai, sealed the partnership with Saeed Al Falasi, Executive Director of Future Design and Acceleration at the Dubai Future Foundation. A partnership like this demonstrates commitment to how skills will match future technologies and demands.
Focus on the Digital Pioneers Programme
The heart of this collaboration is the Digital Pioneers Programme, a program initiated by Digital Dubai to train fresh graduates for a year to become future leaders. It involves technical and behavioral skills with a focus on emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and tools of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
According to Tariq Al Janahi, this deal exactly matches the vision of Digital Dubai:
“This agreement aligns with the strategy of Digital Dubai to develop digital competencies, invest in its talent driving the digital transformation process, and arm them with advanced and diverse resources for training. We are pleased that Dubai Future Foundation is becoming a prime learning and training ground for Dubai’s digital talent.”
According to Al Janahi, “the importance of this common vision is that the value of this agreement lies in the shared vision of both parties, predicting what the future technologies will look like and preparing strategies for readiness to shape the future of Dubai. Both parties have set a goal of making Dubai an example of future cities as reflected in the Digital Dubai Vision, which aims at the digitization of all aspects of life in the emirate. This partnership is a reflection of the directives from our wise leadership and Dubai Economic Agenda D33, underpinning the need to create highly skilled local talent who would support the shaping of the future.”
Dubai Future-Ready Strategy
Saeed Al Falasi underscored the foundation’s commitment to future-forward initiatives.
“Imagining, designing, and executing the future while being prepared for its opportunities and transformations is a key tenet of the various programs and initiatives offered by the Dubai Future Foundation. Strategic partnerships with leading entities such as Digital Dubai, which leads in world-class leadership in digital transformation, will further consolidate Dubai’s position as the world’s most future-ready city.”
Al Falasi also highlighted the broader goals of Dubai’s strategic initiatives:
“Dubai continually applies strategic initiatives and programs designed to enhance capacities and sharpen competencies. These efforts form talent and professions that would eventually enable them to be experts and competitive at future technologies such as prompt engineering, testing of future technologies, driving innovation through the government, and advanced research and development. That really does go with our leadership’s vision, which has an investment in future skills and is empowering pioneers in making futures in all directions.”
Advancing Dubai’s Leadership in Digital Transformation
This is a landmark agreement on efforts to integrate preparation for future young talent skills to enable Dubai to become a global leader in the context of digital transformation. Important areas of cooperation are, holding joint training programs with global technological companies and participation in international exhibitions of innovations in the fields of future technologies. This accord would support the strategic aim of Dubai, to become one of the world’s leading economic cities by the end of this decade, fostering sustainable growth, and competitiveness in the skills of professionals trained with all the latest tools and modern technologies.
