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AGREEMENT INKED BETWEEN develop strategic plans to adopt to embark on this new partnership
the best international practices with SAIF ZONE, Hamriyah Free
SAIF ZONE AND SHARJAH in data exchange and protection Zone and the Department of Sharjah
thereby supporting the process of Seaports and Customs, which is
decision making and enhancing the in line with Sharjah’s overreaching
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS AND efficiency and competency of the strategy of establishing a strong
Free Zone’s decisions at all levels.”
symbiosis and integration among
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Giving an insight into Sheikh all state entities.”
the
HE
collaboration,
Mohammed Bin Abdulla Al Thani,
stated, “We provide reliable,
relevant, and timely statistics to
support Sharjah’s economic and The data sharing agreements with Sharjah government
social sustainable development as departments support the goals of national economic and
per the directives of His Highness social development, he added. “It will also strengthen
Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al modern approaches to enhance the flow of
Qasimi, Supreme Council Member data and indicators between government
and Ruler of Sharjah. We are excited departments, and consequently reflect positively
on performance,” he said.

HE Khaled Bin Abdullah Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairman of Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA), Sharjah
Airport International Free Zone (SAIF ZONE) and Department of Sharjah Seaports and Customs, recently
signed an agreement with HE Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulla Al Thani, Chairman of the Department of
Statistics and Community Development in the presence of HE Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, Director of SAIF
ZONE and HFZA, and HE Sheikh Mohammed Bin Humaid Al Qasimi, Director of Department of Statistics and
Community Development and other senior management officials.

The MOU will help enable SAIF Speaking at the event, HE Khaled Welcoming the association, HE
ZONE, HFZA and the Department Bin Abdullah Bin Sultan Al Qasimi Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, Director of
of Statistics and Community said, “At the heart of our business, SAIF ZONE, said: “The competence
Development to mutually extend we aim to provide our clients with and efficiency of official statistical
technical cooperation and support the means to operate at their most systems are the yardstick by
the coordination process in effective level. Through this new which the development of any
the areas of information collaboration, and with the use of community is measured. Having
and data exchange, structuring the intelligent digitalized data and a precise, integrated and unified
and developing statistical work. information sharing platform, the standard terminology that covers
The agreement will also enhance different organizations will be able recent and accurate economic,
communication and statistical to adopt best international practices social, demographic, environmental
gathering systems in the emirate in data exchange and protection, and cultural data will contribute
by supporting the collection and function as a constantly to enhancing the services SAIF
and seamless exchange of updated reference of indicators and ZONE provides its investors. It
administrative data. statistics about the emirate.” will also enable the Free Zone to

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