The Emiratisation sub-committee reaches higher rates than originally planned

The emiratisation rate in the non-specialized sector reached 74%, while a 37% of specialized professions have been emiratised.

The emiratisation sub-committee's vision is to reach the highest rate of emiratisation in federal ministries and institutions and to also raise the efficiency of local employees in coordination with education and training institutions.

By the year 2007, the sub-committee aims to emiratise 90% of administrative jobs, 80% of financial and economic department positions, and 60% of specialized jobs including engineering, legal, and IT. As for its medium term plan, the sub-committee aims to emiratise 75% of educational and related jobs, and 60% of medical and religious jobs by 2009.

The sub-committee has been implementing the emiratisation plans after analyzing the feedback received from all the federal ministries and institutions in May 2003. It stores all the information in a database and uses it to improve the rates of the emiratisation from 50% then, to 54% by the end of 2003. Also, the sub-committee organized a workshop in March 2003 with the participation of 34 ministries and federal bodies in order to inform them of the cabinet resolution and implementation mechanisms.

The emiratisation rates that have been reached by the end of 2003 were very encouraging in comparison with the expected rates for the same period.