Ohood Al Roumi: Future generations are a major focus of the UAE government’s policies

Her Excellency Ohoud Al Roumi, Minister of State for Government Development and the Future, confirmed that the wise leadership in the UAE always believes in placing future generations at the heart of government policies, projects and programs to ensure the creation of a better tomorrow for present and future generations, embodying the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, “may God protect him.” .

His inspiring words, which represent a government action map for us, are: “We do not accept that the generation that will come after us will live except in a better condition than we are in today.”

She stressed that the UAE is keen to balance meeting the needs of the present and the requirements of the future, noting that the country is adopting an approach to designing the future in line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, “may God protect him,” that the UAE does not You wait for the future, but you create the future today.

This came in a main session entitled “How can policy makers meet the needs of future generations?” Within the activities of the Dubai Future Forum, which was held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the Executive Council and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation, and in the presence of more than 2,500 specialists in vital future sectors from 100 countries, and about 100 international institutions and organizations. Specializing in the areas of future design.

The dialogue session, moderated by Jacob Ellis, Youth Foresight Fellow at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), focused on how to make feasible policies that meet the needs of future generations, and mechanisms to develop new legislation and policies that preserve the rights of future generations to current resources.

Her Excellency Ohoud Al Roumi pointed out that the UAE, since the era of its founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul, has been interested in preserving the environment, greening the desert, and addressing any repercussions that might affect nature, until the number of trees he planted, may God have mercy on him, reached God” to 100 million trees, and this vision highlights the concern for a better quality of life for future generations, and the development of available resources for future generations to enjoy.

Her Excellency touched on the vision of the late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum to establish Jebel Ali Port in the 1970s, at a time when Dubai did not need an additional port of this size, but this long-term vision highlighted thinking about the needs of future generations, which This is clearly evident in the prestigious position that Jebel Ali Port occupies among the list of the 10 largest container ports in the world.

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Her Excellency Ohoud Al Roumi explained that the UAE Centennial 2071 and the “We are the Emirates 2031” vision included important topics related to empowering future generations by paying attention to building their skills and developing their capabilities to ensure that they possess the tools required to work in the jobs of the future, especially in promising new sectors such as artificial intelligence and space.

She pointed out that the UAE paid attention to youth by creating a special ministerial file for youth and launching a series of initiatives and projects that ensure their representation in boards of directors and various important forums for the voice of youth to be heard by considering it the voice of the future, and it is important that they have the opportunity to formulate policies that shape their future.

Her Excellency Ohood Al-Roumi stated that this year the United Nations adopted 8 common principles to help strengthen commitments to future generations, and is working to adopt a charter “For the Future” at the Future Summit to be held next year, which highlights the importance of intensifying efforts to take practical measures to manage the challenges we face. In the present and future.