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IGCF 2024: Experts on why favourable residency

policies, rich cultural values will attract talent

• Wednesday, September 4, 2024 11:28 PM
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SHARJAH, 4th September, 2024 (WAM) – “The UAE is positioned 22nd globally in talent attraction
and retention now, and our plan is to be one among the top 10 countries in seven years’ time,” said
Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade and Minister in charge of Talent
Attraction and Retention in the UAE federal government, at a session titled “Global competitiveness
for Talents: The key to success in the 21st century” on the opening day of the International
Government Communication Forum (IGCF 2024).
The 13th edition of IGCF, themed ‘Agile Governments.. Innovative Communication’, is being held on
September 4-5, 2024, at Expo Centre Sharjah.
The session was hosted in partnership with Forbes Middle East and moderated by its Editor-in-Chief
Khuloud Al Omian. The session also hosted Simon Robert Kofe, Minister of Transport, Energy,
Communications and Innovation of the Pacific Island of Tuvalu; and Rachid Yazami, a Singapore-
based Moroccan engineer and scientist known for his pioneering work on batteries. The guests
agreed that talent attraction and retention was key to the development of a country’s economy, and

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