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The meeting stressed the importance of coordinating federal and local entities with financial
institutions to empower youth through training and development, and highlighted the need for
government and institutional support for entrepreneurs in government procurement.
The meeting reviewed ‘‘The Emirates: The Startup Capital of the World’ campaign, which aims to
attract and train entrepreneurs in five years, providing infrastructure, boosting their contribution to
non-oil GDP, and empowering Emirati youth to launch globally competitive projects.

Finally, the meeting addressed enhancing national economic competitiveness by supporting SMEs
and fostering public-private-academic partnerships to bolster regional and global
entrepreneurship, cultivating the next generation of entrepreneurs through training, support,
funding, and legislative empowerment.

The meeting was attended by members of the UAE Council for Entrepreneurship, including: Mariam
Mohammed Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary of Government Finance Management at the Ministry
of Finance; Dr. Faisal AlAli, Acting Undersecretary for Support Services Sector of the Ministry of
Higher Education and Scientific Research; Salama Al Haj Al Awadhi, Assistant Undersecretary,
Industrial Development Sector, UAE; Sara Al Habshi, Executive Director of the Tax Compliance
Sector at the Federal Tax Authority; Fatima Abdullah Al Jabri, Assistant Governor for Financial Crime
and Market Conduct at the Central Bank of the UAE; Shakir Zeinel, Head of Banking at Emirates
Development Bank; Mohamed Abdulkader, Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Strategy and
Policies at the Ministry of Education; Dalal Al Shahi, Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Labour
Protection at the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation; Mouza Obaid Al Nasri as CEO of
Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development; Ahmad Al Room Almheiri, Acting CEO of the Mohammed
bin Rashid Establishment for Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Dubai SME); Fatima Al
Ali, Acting Director of the Sharjah Foundation to Support Pioneering Entrepreneurs (Ruwad); Sheikh
Abdullah bin Nasser Al Nuaimi, Director of the Business Development Administration at the
Department of Economic Development in Ajman; Sheikh Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al Mualla, Director-
General of Umm Al Qaiwain Department of Economic Development and CEO of the Saud bin
Rashid Al Mualla Programme for Supporting Youth Enterprises; Mohammed Mahmood, Assistant
Director-General of the Department of Economic Development in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK DED) and
Abdullah Mohammed Al-Hantoubi, Deputy Director of the Fujairah Municipality.

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