Sustainability Development Goals
Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 connected aims designed to provide a "roadmap for attaining a better and more sustainable future for all people". The SDGs, put forward by the UN General Assembly in 2015 and intended to be achieved by 2030, are part of a UN resolution called Agenda 2030.
The UAE's sustainability agenda
The UAE primarily focuses on the SDGs that enable access to clean energy, sufficient food at reasonable prices, quality education and healthcare, alongside creating sustainable economic growth, healthy environmental systems, and increased resource efficiency. All these issues reverberate strongly in the UAE. The UAE has also pledged to "leave no one behind" and to push the world towards a sustainable and resilient path.
MoIAT's sustainability efforts
In line with the UAE's Vision 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) is cooperating with relevant federal and local authorities to realize the following goals:
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
Goal 8 focuses on promoting sustainable economic growth and creating conducive conditions for providing decent job opportunities for everyone, thus stimulating the economy and raising productivity without harming the environment. MoIAT's framework includes unlocking new opportunities in industry and advanced technology by building an appropriate and attractive business environment for local and global investors in the industrial sector to create new jobs and a new labor market. This helps increase per capita income and the UAE's national income. MoIAT's vision aligns with Goal 8 through the following initiatives:
- The In-Country Value (ICV) program
- The Make it in the Emirates program
- The National Industrial Empowerment Program
- Reducing the costs of implementing technical regulations owing to developing technical guidelines
- New free trade agreements
- Positioning the Make it in the Emirates brand, alongside promoting national products and increasing their exports
- Developing mechanisms to adopt Fourth Industrial Revolution solutions and increase productivity across priority industries
- Developing an integrated ecosystem that stimulates R&D and achieves commercial viability
Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
The UAE is a pioneer in building infrastructure, developing industry, and innovating to achieve sustainable development on a global level. The UAE has strengthened its leadership on multiple levels, including promoting business, empowerment, investment and innovation. MoIAT is committed to meeting social and environmental sustainability requirements across all industries and advanced technologies in the UAE to attain Goal 9 and the vision of sustainable industrial development based on knowledge and innovation. MoIAT prioritizes building an efficient and effective digital infrastructure in the UAE, thus supporting industrial development and advanced technologies. It is also constantly enhancing its ability to stay ahead of rapid trends and technological changes, while providing a competitive environment conducive to doing business. MoIAT supports and adopts innovation throughout its mission, plans and strategies. This strongly supports finding successful and applicable solutions to economic and environmental challenges. This is achieved by providing relevant sectors with the opportunity to translate ideas into tangible and unique outcomes that support MoIAT in implementing its vision, through the following initiatives:
- Creating a smart integrated ecosystem to provide best-in-class services to the industrial sector
- Securing competitive financing and credit products for the industrial sector
- Implementing the ICV program
- Reducing the costs of implementing technical regulations owing to developing technical guidelines
- Reducing MoIAT's fees
- New free trade agreements
- Developing mechanisms to adopt Fourth Industrial Revolution solutions and increase productivity across priority industries
- Developing an integrated ecosystem that stimulates R&D and achieves commercial viability
- Launching initiatives that position the UAE and bolster its reputation as a leading global destination for technology, R&D and innovation
Goal 17: Partnerships to achieve the goals
MoIAT is working towards building and strengthening the UAE's local, regional and global partnerships. This supports an increase in industrial productivity, promotes the use of 4IR technologies, and increases growth opportunities that contribute to sustainable development. MoIAT is also developing mutually beneficial relationships to create future opportunities and build a stronger and more resilient industrial sector. Moreover, MoIAT targets strengthening partnerships with the public and private sectors, while providing a supportive and innovative environment for the industrial sector, through a number of initiatives:
- The National Industrial Empowerment Program
- Implementing the ICV program
- Launching a partnerships and development methodology across industrial business sectors to develop the standards and criteria system
- New free trade agreements
- Developing mechanisms to adopt Fourth Industrial Revolution solutions and increase productivity across priority industries
- Developing an integrated ecosystem that stimulates R&D and achieves commercial viability
- Launching initiatives that position the UAE and bolster its reputation as a leading global destination for technology, experiments and innovation
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