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9/22/25, 11:59 AM Min stry to launch ‘Path of Cre ativ ty’ pro gramme
Min istry to launch ‘Path of Cre ativ ity’ pro gramme

Gulf Today · 21 Sep 2025

The Min istr y of Cul ture - in col lab or a t ion w ith the Emir at i Tal ent Com p et it ive ness Coun cil
(Nafis), the G en eral Women’s Union (GW U), and UAE Me dia Coun cil - is set to launch “Path of
Cre at iv ity ” pro g ramme, aime d at sup p ort ing cit izens se ek ing employ ment in the cul tural and

cre at ive indus tries.
The pro g ramme w ill b e hos te d at the Maqam Coun cil in A l Ain City on S ept.25 2025, bring ing
together fe d eral and lo cal ent it ies as well as private se c tor com p an ies.

The ini t i at ive is d esig ne d to con ne ct Emir at i cre at ives w ith job opp or tun it ies that alig n w ith
their skills and ex p ert ise, ensur ing their tal ents are fully ut il ise d while streng th en ing the con -
tri bu t ion of the cul tural and cre at ive indus tries to the nat ion’s e co nomy.
By estab lish ing dir e ct com mu nic a t ion chan nels b et we en cre at ives and private se c tor inst i tu -
t ions, the pro g ramme se eks to stream line the employ ment pro cess and foster col lab or a t ions

across vari ous cre at ive fields.
Addi t ion ally, the pro g ramme aims to d evelop the pro fes sional skills of cre at ives by provid ing
sp e cial ise d train ing and qual i fic a t ion pro g rams that help them ad apt to dif fer ent work envir on -

ments.
The ini t i at ive also se eks to encour age cre at ives to p ar t i cip ate in inter na t ional proje cts, exhib i -
t ions, and pro g rams that enhance their pres ence on the glob al stage. As p art of this pro g ramme,
the Min istr y of Cul ture w ill place up to 300 interns annu ally across vari ous fields, includ ing
music, pho to g raphy, fine arts, pub lish ing, lib rar y sci ences, gam ing, g raphic and archi te c tural

d esig n, te ch no log y, me dia, and the bro ad er cre at ive e co nomy.
These one-year p aid intern ships w ill provid e hands-on train ing, enabling train e es to con trib ute
mean ing fully to ongo ing proje cts and ini t i at ives.

The Min istr y of Cul ture af firme d its com mit ment to nur tur ing Emir at i tal ent by provid ing a
st im u lat ing train ing envir on ment that enables train e es to con trib ute to the sus tain able d evel -
op ment jour ney and enhance the role of the cul tural and cre at ive indus tries as a fun d a mental
pil lar for achiev ing the “UAE Vis ion 2030,” which aims to build a diver si fie d and sus tain able e co -
nomy b ase d on know le dge and innov a t ion.

The pro g ramme w ill com mence in the third quarter of 2025 w ith 50 interns, ex p and to 100
interns in the fourth quarter, and con clud e in S eptem b er 2026. In 2024, the Min istr y of Cul ture,
in col lab or a t ion w ith “Nafis,” suc cess fully facil it ate d the employ ment of 485 male and female

UAE cit izens through the “Cre at ives for Employ ment” pro g ramme.

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