The UAE reviewed its pioneering experiences in advanced technology when it participated in the G20 Labor and Employment Ministers’ meeting, which concluded its work yesterday in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, where they discussed the latest trends in global labor markets..
In her speech at the conference, Her Excellency, Shaima Al-Awadhi, Under-Secretary of the Emiratization and Human Resources Ministry for Communications and International Relations, emphasized the importance of work and employment meetings at the “G20”. Those that focus on the most urgent issues in the face of rapid global change and evolution and discuss the most appropriate ways to deal with them and achieve the desired long-term results, frameworks and policies, asserting the need for cooperation between countries to improve the pace of technological progress and ensure its efficiency and governance..
Al-Awadhi stated that the UAE has made tremendous progress in optimal investment in advanced technology, guided by the forward-looking vision of wise leadership, which is based on adopting advanced technologies and taking the initiative to focus on improving the lives of individuals. , offering high quality services, smoother and more efficient, and in all sectors benefiting from Technology, especially in the human resources, work and employment sectors and offering integrated systems..
His Excellency reviewed the pioneering experiences of the country, as a pioneering model in developing and adopting advanced technologies and using artificial intelligence to improve the production efficiency of workers, stimulate innovation and adopt advanced technology in industrial systems and solutions, and contribute to the sustainable strengthening of the country’s leadership. industrial development, and, in this respect, the EAC achieved in 2023 placed it in twelfth place in the global digital competitiveness ranking. IMD.
He stated that the digital economy of the EAC has tried to double its contribution to the gross domestic product from 9.7%. to 19.4? Over the next ten years, spending on digital technologies in the UAE, including information and communication technology, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, blockchain and robotics, will reach $20 billion over the next three years..
He explained that the volume of investment in the financial technology sector of the UAE reached 1.3 billion dollars, a growth of 92%, with a view to providing advanced digital infrastructure and implementing policies and systems that encourage investment in this vital and important sector..
His Excellency touched on the programs and initiatives of the UAE labor market based on optimal investment in technology, with the aim of achieving the well-being and quality of life of the country’s employers and workers, in this context referring to electronic and packaging. Digital services offered to customers by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization, such as the salary protection system implemented. The Ministry, in collaboration with the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, has benefited 99% of private sector workers. in the country, in addition to implementing a smart inspection system and other programs and initiatives, leveraging modern technology to enable human resources and operations..
At a related level, the country participated in the “Leading the Just Transition” conference, which was held as part of the work of the G20 Labor and Employment Ministers’ meeting.
The conference discussed the mechanism to promote work to provide decent work opportunities and ensure social inclusion and eradicate poverty, specifically in the world of work, by guaranteeing decent working conditions and decent wages, to ensure a decent life for all, in addition to organizing a culture. program, in addition to reducing the gender pay gap and promoting diversity in the environment, working and using technology is the perfect tool to improve everyone’s life.
