Defining Sustainability:

• Sustainability is the ability to exist and develop without depleting natural

resources for the future. Sustainable practices support ecological, human, and
economic health and vitality.
• Sustainability means meeting our own needs without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainability is not just
environmental- ism. Embedded in most definitions of sustainability we also
find concerns for social equity and economic development.
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 Why is Sustainability Important?

• There are many benefits to sustainability, both short-term and

long-term.
• We cannot maintain our Earth’s ecosystems or continue to
function as we do if more sustainable choices are not made.
• If harmful processes are maintained with no change, it is likely
that we will run out of fossil fuels, huge numbers of animal
species will become extinct, and the atmosphere will be
irreparably damaged.
• Clean air and nontoxic atmospheric conditions, growth of
resources that can be relied upon, and water quality and
cleanliness, are all benefits of sustainability.

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 There are 3 pillars of
sustainability:
1- Environmental
protection.
2- Social Development.
3- Economic Development.

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 1- Environmental Protection
• Environmental protection is the most frequently discussed element.
• It is concerned with the reduction of carbon footprints, water usage, non-
decomposable packaging, and wasteful processes as part of a supply chain.
• These processes can often be cost-effective, and financially useful as well as
important for environmental sustainability.

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 2- Social Development
• Social development is about treating employees fairly and ensuring
responsible, ethical, and sustainable treatment of employees,
stakeholders, and the community in which a business operates.
• This may be achieved through more responsive benefits, like better maternity
and paternity benefits, flexible scheduling, and learning and development
opportunities. For example, business should operate using sustainable labour,
which involves fairly-paid, adult employees who can operate in a safe
environment.
• Are you familiar with names of businesses that use child labor? (This is illegal)

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 3- Economic Development
• Economic development is probably the simplest form of sustainability.
• To be economically sustainable, a business must be profitable and produce
enough revenues to be continued into the future.
• The challenge with this form of sustainability is achieving an equilibrium.
• Rather than making money at any cost, companies should attempt to
generate profit in accordance with other elements of sustainability.

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 Sustainability in the UAE
• In January 2012, Sheikh Mohammed launched the Green Economy initiative
under the slogan: A green economy for sustainable development. Under this
initiative, the UAE seeks to become a global hub and a successful model of the
new green economy, to enhance the country's competitiveness and
sustainability and preserve its environment for future generations. A green
economy is an economy that aims at reducing environmental risks

• Through this initiative, the UAE aims to become one of the world leadersto
maintain a sustainable environment to support long-term economic growth
while protecting the environment. (BOTH ECONOMIC AND EVIRONMENTAL
PRESERVATION)

• The initiative includes a range of programmes and policies in the areas of

energy, agriculture, investment and sustainable transport in addition to new
environmental and constructional policies.

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 Sustainability in the UAE
• 1. The first field of green energy aims to promote the production and use of
renewable energy. (Renewable energy is energy that has been derived from
earth's natural resources that cannot run out such as wind and sunlight.)
• 2. The second field includes government policies aimed to encourage
investments in green economy and to facilitate the production, import, export
and re-export of green products and technologies.( GREEN PRODUCTS-a
sustainable product designed to minimize its environmental impacts
during its whole life-cycle and even after it's of no use , examples -
Ballpoint Pens Made From Recycled Water Bottles, Recycled Plastic
Toothbrush, Recycled Toilet Tissue).

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 Sustainability in the UAE
• 3. The third field relates to developing urban planning policies that preserve
the environment and to raise the efficiency of housing and buildings
environmentally. (An economically and environmentally sustainable city)
4.The fourth field consists of means for dealing with the effects of climate
change, promote organic agriculture, maintain biodiversity and protect the
ecological balance. (Biodiversity- groups of living organisms.)
• 5.The fifth field aims at rationalising (balancing) the use of water
resources, electricity and natural resources and recycle waste.
• 6. The sixth field includes development and promotion of green
technology. (Green tech–or green technology– describes the use of
technology and science to reduce human impacts on the natural
environment. Solar Panels , Wind Energy , Composting , Electric
Vehicles.)

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 Examples of Sustainability in the UAE:
Reducing the use of plastic.
• Carrefour was the first UAE retailer to offer a recyclable carrier bag in 2007
and they have chosen to reduce the circulation of single-use plastic by 500
million bags each year.
• In 2019, Carrefour announced that is will stop the use of plastic by 2025.

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 Sustainability in Expo2020
• Expo 2020 Dubai, It installed renewable energy systems with a combined total
capacity of 5.5 megawatts on all permanent building projects across the site.
• How this place supports sustainability ?
• Reducing water consumption
• achieved a 52.4% reduction of water demand in our buildings, compared to the water
requirements baseline of the Dubai Electric and Water Authority (DEWA).
• Reducing waste
• introduced the Planet Over Plastic Pledge, where we ask International Participants
and our commercial partners to commit to reduce packaging and single-use
materials, and recycle on site.
• Generating clean energy
• installed renewable energy systems with a combined total capacity of 5.5 megawatts
on all permanent building projects across the Expo site.
•
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 Sustainability in Expo2020
• Using sustainable building
materials
work with environmentally and
socially responsible suppliers,
use sustainable materials during
construction, and the timber
used on site carry sustainable
forestry certification

• Terra pavilion/ Sustainabilit

Pavilion
• Expo 2020 Dubai has made it
one of its subthemes. In line with
that, it has created Terra, the
Sustainability pavilion, stationed
as the centrepiece of the
sustainability district.
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 Masdar City in Abu Dhabi
• Masdar is one of the world’s most sustainable urban communities, a low-
carbon development made up of a rapidly growing clean-tech cluster.
• 90% of construction waste is reused or recycled
• The city remains around 15 degrees Celsius cooler than the surrounding area
because of its unique design

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 Masdar City in Abu Dhabi
• Vehicles are used for
transportation within the
city. Currently there is a
bike-sharing station
available, but paths
haven’t been built yet.
• There are no light switches
or water taps in the city.
Movement sensors are
used instead to cut
consumption of light and
water by more than 50%

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 Masdar City

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THE UAE ECONOMY BEFORE OIL
Simple…depended on pearls
• Before the discovery of oil, the UAE economy simply depended on selling pearls.
• Many international brands used UAE pearls in the beginning for prestige
• While pearls are no longer an exclusive commodity only from the UAE, some of today’s most top-
ranking brands began their careers by using UAE pearls for prestige and quality
insurance. Cartier is one of the most famous examples of a loyal customer of the pearls of the
Arabian coastline, with Jacques Cartier making his first journey to the region in 1912 to hunt for
the mother of all jewels, which is what the pearl is so often referred to as.

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THE UAE ECONOMY BEFORE OIL
• Unfortunately UAE pearls were replaced by
artificial Japanese pearls by the 1900’s
• By the early 1900’s the Japanese had
discovered a way to make artificial and
flawless pearls, which unfortunately caused
the pearl industry in the UAE to plummet.
That and the discovery of oil in the Arabian
Peninsula caused many local Emiratis to shift
positions from the pearl industry to the oil
sector.

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DATA
.

Economic development is the planning for increased economic activities

in order to raise the national production and the growth of capita GDP.
Expansion in productive activities was through:
1. Development of government departments
2. Development of specialized institutions
3. Development in the private sector

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OIL IN THE UAE
.

• Oil was found in the UAE in the late 1950s. The country started to benefit from selling it once the
seven Emirates became united.
• The UAE government witnessed important economic and social developments since 1971.
• The capita share of GDP increased from 20.2 thousand dhs in 1972 to 62.4 thousand dhs in
1998.
• The per capita government spending on education, health and other services increased from 3
thousand Dhs to 12.2 thousand in 1998.

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OIL IN THE UAE
.

• UAE is ranked 5th in the world in terms of oil reserves(2008).

• This made it one of the highest rates of economic growth in the world
• Thus helping to stimulate high level of capital flow and ensure economic
diversification.
• Economic diversification means having other economic activities that bring
money to the country.
• Give examples of such economic activities in the UAE.

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OIL IN THE UAE
Having a diversity of economic activities helped.

• This made it one of the highest rates of economic growth in the world.
• Thus helping to stimulate high level of capital flow and ensure
economic diversification.
• It ranks 2nd in the Arab world and 4th in the world in terms of its
reserves of natural gas.

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PRODUCTION OF OIL IN THE UAE
.

• Abu Dhabi owns more than 90%of the oil and gas reserves .
• Gas derivatives are used in power generation and desalination of
sea water. Both are used for public consumption and used as fuel for
heavy industries (smelters)
• The State institutions run the investments( most often with foreign
partners) especially in the oil and gas sectors.
• Also, privatization is encouraged to participate in essential industries.

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OIL IN THE UAE
.

• UAE has 6 ports, 6 international airports.

• Dubai Port is one of the largest container ports in the world.
• Dubai airport is over 61 years old as of 2021.
• Today, DXB Airport has over 70 airlines flying to over 220 airports in 214 cities across 94
countries
IT HAS BEEN VOTED AS THE BEST AIRPORT IN THE MIDDLE EAST MULTIPLE TIMES
HAVING SEVERAL AIRPORTS IN THE COUNTRY MEANS THAT IT IS EASY TO TRAVEL FOR LEISURE
AND FOR BUSINESS TO AND FROM THE UAE.

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OIL IN THE UAE
.

• Fujairah is the 3rd in the world in terms of supplying ships with fuel.
• In 2009, UAE hosted the International atomic renewable energy.
Where 120 country has participated.
• The headquarters is in the city of Green Energy in the capital (Abu
Dhabi).
• Masdar. What do you know about Masdar City?

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OIL IN THE UAE
.

• Oil represents about 30% of GDP

• While other sectors represent about 70% indicating the growth of
non-oil economic sector.
• The private sector achieved 31 %of total investments in 2001. It
relies on the manufacturing sector, trades, restaurant, hotels, and
crude oil.
• They represented 26.4% of total investments done in agriculture,
electricity, water, transportation, storage.
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FINANCE

• Oil revenues still represent the highest percentage of foreign trade; however, UAE strives to
reduce dependence on oil to other sectors.
• Salaries have increased 4.3% annually; 23% from 1995 to 2000.

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FOREIGN TRADE
Oil in the UAE

• It plays an effective role with most revenue coming from crude oil.
• There’s also gold billion trade (import and exports).
• Re-export amounted to 29%
• Free zones imports amounted to 16.6%

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 OIL IN THE UAE
.

• Economic diversification means having other economic activities that bring

money to the country.
• Give examples of such economic activities in the UAE.

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 NON-OIL ECONOMY
Includes:

• Industry
• Investment
• Export and re-export
• Agriculture
• Electricity and water sectors
• Financial enterprise
• Transportation, storage and communication
• Tourism.

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 INDUSTRY
.

• The power of countries is measured by the level of industry.

• The more advanced the industry is, and the more reliant it is on
modern technology = more capable to compete with the world
industries and more forceful economy.
• Many industries are reliant on agricultural produce such as food
industry. Also, mining sector provides raw materials for metal
industries.

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 INDUSTRY
.

• The government has provided incentives and facilitates all necessary

resources for building a highly modernized industry.
• Established modern industrial zones built according to the highest
international standards.
• Free zones
• Encouraged the private sectors (ISO)
• Government helped with portions of some industries’ capital, and
offered shares for public subscription.
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INVESTMENT
.
• Total investment in the country reached 1.7 billion in 1972 to 51.4 billion dirhams
in 1998 with a growth rate of 14% which is higher than other developing and
developed countries.
• In the educational field 227 additional schools were built in Northern Emirates.
• Higher education has ongoing expansion in the premises of colleges and
residences for The Emirates University and the Higher colleges of Technology to
cope with the increasing numbers of male and female students.
• Also, in health services, a number of health centers and preventive medicine have
been completed.

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EXPORT AND RE-EXPORT
.
• The average annual growth in wages in the period 1972 to 1998
was about 19.1%.
• They achieved a high rate of growth in workers’ productivity
reaching 6.9% per year (from 1972-1998) due expansion of
training and introducing of modern methods of work.
• UAE has the fastest growing and dynamic economy in the Arabian
Gulf region, not only because of huge reserves of oil and gas, but
also of non-oil economy.

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EXPORT AND RE-EXPORT
.

• UAE is ranked 5th in the world in terms of oil reserves(2008).

• This made it one of the highest rates of economic growth in the world
• Thus helping to stimulate high level of capital flow and ensure
economic diversification.

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 UAE INTERNATIONAL INDICATORS
There are 5 international indicators in the UAE.
• Global Trade index(Dubai:44 of 75 cities)
• Ownership rights index(23rd of 115 countries)
• Ease of doing business index(46 of 181)
• Competitiveness in travel and tourism index(33 of 133)
• Ease of access to capital(29 to 122)

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AGRICULTURE
.
• The state had policies that increased the cultivated area and thus increased the
agricultural production.
• Agriculture: Industries such as canning vegetables, dates and food were established.
• Despite weather conditions, the leadership showed interest in the sector and supported
it.
• This helped to reduce food imports to meet the demand of the rapid growth of the
population.
• Also an extensive program of forestation. One hundred fifty million trees were planted
in the desert.
• More than 30 million palm trees are planted making UAE one of the largest producers
of dates in the world.
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ELECTRICITY AND WATER SECTOR:
.

• Voltage was increased in the northern coast(Ras Al Khaimah).

• Keep in mind that the UAE was mostly desert. Making electricity available in new areas meant that
schools, houses, hospitals can be built there.
• The state is focusing on water desalination plants in the Emirates of Rak, Fujairah, and Umm Al-
Quwain. Desalination focuses on removing salt from the sea water.
• In addition, there are many factories in the UAE that prepare and sell bottled water.
• Can you name some of them?

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FINANCIAL ENTERPRISE
.

• Banking system and insurance companies revived this

sector.(11.4% annual growth rate)
• Stock market establishment has significant positive effect.

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TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE, AND COMMUNICATION:

• Because of ports and airports had a growth rate of 9.3%.

• Dubai Metro Project (9-9-2009) helped reduce congestion and
attracted tourists saving time and effort.
• The (without-driver) Dubai Metro’s line is the longest in the world.
• Du telecommunication is considered as a support to the service of the
telecommunications with Etisalat company.
• Whole sale and repair services are active sectors.
• Real estate and business services play efficient role.
• The State provides for more social services, health, educational, cultural,
security or social welfare.
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 TOURISM IN THE UAE
.

• Tourism includes: hotels, restaurants, malls, …etc.

• Tourism is one of the bigger non-oil sources of revenue in the UAE. That is
because of the massive construction projects, high-quality services, and huge
entertainment projects. There is currently $350 billion worth of active
construction projects
• Tourism accounts for upto 13% of the GDP in the UAE as of 2021.
• Name some touristic places and events in the UAE.

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EXPO2020
Choosing Dubai to host expo shows the international trust that people from other
countries have for the leaders of the UAE.

• Expo2020 was scheduled to open on October 2020. However, due to Covid19, Expo was
postponed to 2021.
• Near Expo opening, the number of Covid19 cases became less.
• This made people from around the world feel that it is now safe to come and visit Expo, since the
country is taking its safety measures which include: vaccination program, mandatory use of masks
in closed places, less costly PCR tests, in addition to maintaining social distancing.
• Expo2020 helped in reviving the economy after its economic losses during the pandemic.

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GREEN ECONOMY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

By virtue of Vision 2021, the UAE is striving to diversify its income •

resources by moving away from oil. In January 2012, Sheikh
Mohammed launched the Green Economy initiative under the slogan:
A green economy for sustainable development. Under this initiative,
the UAE seeks to become a global hub and a successful model of the
new green economy, to enhance the country's competitiveness and
sustainability and preserve its environment for future generations

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GREEN ECONOMY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
.

•
Through this initiative, the UAE aims to become one of the world leaders in
this area as well as a center for the export and re-export of green
products and technologies, and to maintain a sustainable environment to
support long-term economic growth while protecting the environment.
•
The initiative includes a range of programmes and policies in the areas of
energy, agriculture, investment and sustainable transport in addition to new
environmental and constructional policies
•

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GREEN ECONOMY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
.
• The first field of green energy aims to promote the production and use of renewable
energy.
• The second field includes government policies aimed to encourage investments in the
green economy and to facilitate the production, import, export and re-export of green
products and technologies.
• The third field relates to developing urban planning policies that preserve the
environment and to raise the efficiency of housing and buildings environmentally.
• The fourth field consists of means for dealing with the effects of climate change,
promoting organic agriculture, maintaining biodiversity and protecting ecological
balance.
• The fifth field aims at rationalizing the use of water resources, electricity and natural
resources and recycling waste.
• The sixth field includes development and promotion of green technology
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FACTS ABOUT MASDAR
What do you know about Masdar City?
• Established in 2006, in Abu Dhabi.
• Develops both utility-scale and off-grid renewable energy projects
• Active in more than 30 countries worldwide
• The power generating capacity of the renewable energy projects in which Masdar is a
partner is about 10 gigawatts (GW), representing a combined investment of
approximately US$19.9 billion
• Clean technologies deployed: onshore and offshore wind power, solar photovoltaics (PV),
concentrated solar power, carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), waste-to-
energy, water desalination, electricity and thermal energy storage

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FACTS ABOUT MASDAR
What do you know about Masdar City?
• Aims to be one of the most sustainable urban communities in the world
• A ‘greenprint’ for sustainable cities of the future
• The first Estidama 4 Pearl community in Abu Dhabi
• Buildings in Masdar City are designed to be at least 40% more energy and water efficient than
conventional buildings
• Buildings use low-carbon cement as well as other locally sourced and verified materials
• 90% of construction waste is reused or recycled
• Iconic Personal Rapid Transport (PRT) network of driverless vehicles has carried more than 2 million
passengers
• Home to 50,000 residents and 40,000 professionals and students by 2030

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 NUCLEAR ENERGY IN THE UAE
.To meet the country’s demand in electricity.

• Nuclear field:
It has signed a nuclear energy contract led by U.S. and Korea Electric Power
Corporation with the first station which began operating in 2017 and the rest of
the stations to be completed in 2020.
• This is the first nuclear power plant in the UAE and in the Arab world
as well.
• Location: Al Dhafra area in Abu Dhabi, 280km away from the city centre.
Power supply: 25 per cent of the UAE's peak-energy needs will be met
with the electricity generated when the plant is fully operational. by the
four units at the plant.
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INCIDENTS THAT AFFECTED THE UAE ECONOMY
The Global Financial crisis in 2008 and Covid-19.

• UAE has confirmed to the Third Committee of the General Assembly of the UN in
14-10-2009 that the country survived the impact of the global financial crisis by
taking precautionary measures.
• This ensures the continuation of the economic development projects, social stability
(per capita income), and fulfillment of their commitments to the foreign
humanitarian assistance.
• The World Bank classified UAE among the top 10 countries which managed to
minimize the impact of the crisis.

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THE UAE ECONOMY AND COVID-19
.

• As a result of covid-19, the UAE’s economy shrank by 6.1% in

2020. The country’s account balance dropped to six per cent of
GDP in 2020 from 8.5 per cent in 2019 due to the
underperformance of both hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon
exports mitigated by lower imports.
• In late 2021, it was announced that UAE’s banking assets are
expected to grow by between 8 per cent and 10 per cent in 2022 as
the second-biggest Arab economy continues to recover from the
covid-19 pandemic. It was also announced the UAE’s economy might
grow at a aster than projected rate, reaching 4.6% in 2022.
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 “ DIGITAL ECONOMY
PROVED ITS IMPORTANCE
AND EFFICIENCY DURING
THE PANDEMIC. DIGITAL
ECONOMY DOESN’T
REQUIRE HUGE
INFRASTRUCTURE OR
HUGE FINANCIAL .
RESOURCES, IT REQUIRES
BRIGHTER MINDS,” SAID
SHEIKH MOHAMMED.
PLAN FOR ECONOMIC ENHANCEMENT
.

1. Raising the level of productivity of various economic activities.

2. Improving the quality of production methods
3. Focusing on areas of modern industrial technology which has big
capital
4. Giving priority to industries that rely on raw material
5. Providing a greater level of coordination and integration with the
countries of GCC and other Arab countries.

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THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
.
• Intensify investment in productive activities to reduce reliance on oil resources.
• Broadening the capacity of local economies.
• Securing enough water resources to serve the needs of development.
1. Use sophisticated technical means to rationalize the multiple uses of water
2. Regulate, promote, and support ways to maximize use of rain water(establishing dams and
purifying drinking water)
3. Control the consumption of ground water.

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Introduction
• It has become clear today that the future is not only one sided but
multi-sided future.
• Nations should understand all the different sides to know which side is
more appropriate.
• This means people will be able to make their own future with their own
hands.

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Features and capabilities required for FR
the future individual.
• 1- Unique and non-stereotyped human being.
• The individual should refuse stereotyping and being like
everyone else. S/he would seek to rely on his/her resources
and abilities to be open to new ways of information and
knowledge coming to them from every direction, to improve
the quality of their life and at the level of the society.

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Features and capabilities required for FR
the future individual.
• 2- A creative individual who exercises creative thinking.
• Working in the ‘information society’ depends first on mental
skills because the individual deals with modern technology
such as computer systems and self-management.
• Th individual of the ‘information society’ really needs to be
innovative, creative and ready to exercise creative thinking.

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Features and capabilities required for FR
the future individual.
• 3- An individual who practices critical thinking.
• People must not surrender to knowledge, views and
perceptions without testing their credibility, on the basis that
facts of life, knowledge and information are changing at a rapid
pace.
• 4- An individual who is proud of his culture and faith, and
respects other people’s cultures and beliefs.
• This individual must be ready to accept differences in others.

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Features and capabilities required for FR
the future individual.
• 5- A person who is ready to learn and self-learn all his life.
• Education does not stop after graduation. People can always
learn new things through many ways.

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The UAE and the road to the future
• We must learn how to maintain the self-identity of the society, its traditions,
originality in addition to Islam and keeping the Arab identity in the face of the
serious challenges that the society might face.

• We need to know how to keep the Arabic language, the language of the holy Quran,
which may be lost. How can this be done?

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 The future outlook for the uae FR
community should focus on the
following dimensions:
1. Maintain the original values and principles while being open to civilizations
2. Social and economic development in order to bring about a productive society.
3. Deepening the sense of national identity.
4. Emphasizing the role of the people by providing them with various services such
as education, training, health services and social welfare.
5. The importance of applying the concept of welfare state and care fully to all the
population in the country.

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Globalization and its effects
• Globalization can be defined as: Worldwide integration of culture, ideas, media, and
technology through cross-cultural exchange due to advances in communication
systems and economic interests.

• It is possible to globalize many things like goods, services, finance, people,

information, the impact on the environment as well as abstract things such as ideas,
behavioural norms and cultural practices.

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 Supporters of globalization argue that
globalization has some positive goals and FR
results that include:
• 1- Increasing the volume of world trade, leading to a global economic recovery.
• 2- It increases the local and global production levels.

• 3- It solves some common problems that cannot be resolved in one country alone
such as nuclear threats, the spread of crimes, drugs & other problems, diseases and
epidemics ( diseases that spread widely in one place for example: bird flu & swine
flu & Covid19).
• 4- It creates stability in the world and seeks to unite it.

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 Opponents of globalization argue that FR
it has negative goals and effects such
as:
• Destruction of national identities and national culture of peoples.

• Dominating the economies of the United States of America, through monopolies

and large USA firms which would control the economy of nations.

• Cancelling the culture and social nature of people.

• Increasing the richness of powerful countries, while poor countries get poorer.

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 The negative effects of globalization on the
cultural aspect of Arab societies in terms of the FR
following:
• * Globalization will lead to the loss of our Arab identity and our faith.
• *Globalization seems like a cultural invasion. Explain…
• *Globalization is the deployment of the American way while controlling people’s
tastes in food, drink, customs, dress, music and other consumer goods.
• * Globalization is a culture of fun and entertainment….American cultural
colonialism.
• Globalization is an attempt to erase history and cause false facts.
• *It is a path towards unifying knowledge & language with the aim to creating,
cognitive, political, economic, scientific and cultural uniformity.

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 The following are some of the effects FR
of globalization on the social aspects:
• Racial abuse, discrimination and hostility which have been inherent in the Western
mentality are now deepening more everywhere.
• - Low moral practices in society and the spread of different types of corruption.

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Democracy in the uae
• Political Democracy: It is achieved in the United Arab Emirates through the
principles included in the Internim Constitution of the Union through the main
institutions in the Federation such as: Federal Supreme Council, The President of
Federation and his Deputy, Council of Ministers of the Union, Federal National
Council, The Federal Ministers and finally the Federal Judiciary.

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UAE Centennial Plan 2071
• H. H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime
Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai launched UAE Centennial Plan 2071. It is a
long-term, full-vision plan that extends for 5 decades after 2021. It forms a long-
term roadmap for the government work.
• The UAE Centennial 2071 is based on four pillars as follows:
• 1- Future-focused government.
• 2- Excellent education.
• 3- A diversified knowledge economy
• 4- A happy and cohesive society

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1- Future-focused government
• The objectives of the government under UAE Centennial 2071 include establishing
the government of the UAE as a government with a long-term vision that
anticipates and prepares for the future. Other objectives include achieving
happiness in society and spreading positive messages internally and to the world
and developing mechanisms for monitoring long-term variables in various sectors.

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2- Excellent Education
• Regarding education, UAE Centennial 2071 highlights the importance of excellent
quality of education. Certain areas of focus in education include advanced
technology, innovation and others. Other educational measures include teaching
students, mechanisms for discovering their individual talents early. On the
institutional level, educational institutions are encouraged to be incubators of
entrepreneurship and innovation and to be international research centers.
•

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3- A diversified knowledge economy
• The UAE's economy is aimed to be competitive and vibrant. This can be achieved
by increasing productivity of national economy, support of national companies,
investment in scientific research and promising sectors, focus on innovation,
entrepreneurship and advanced industries, development of a national strategy to
shape the future of the UAE's economy and industry, and strengthen the UAE's
economy. Knowledge economy can be achieved by a generation of UAE inventors.

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4- A happy and cohesive society
• Community development is an integral part of UAE Centennial 2071. Some
objectives in this regard include establishing a secure, tolerant, cohesive and
ethical society that embraces happiness and a positive lifestyle and a high quality
of life. The pillar also focuses on developing programmes to prepare future
generations to serve as the UAE’s goodwill ambassadors, as well as promoting
women's participation in all sectors, making the UAE one of the best places to live
in.

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