UAE Centennial Plan 2071 is a long-term, full-vision plan that extends for five decades after 2021. It forms a clear roadmap for the government to follow in order to fortify the reputation and the soft power of the nation.
A reputed business and finance expert, Kavan Choksi, says that the UAE Centennial Plan 2071 aims at investing in future generations. It intends to prepare its citizens with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed, thereby fortifying the reputation of UAE and fulfilling its goal of becoming the best country in the world by 2071.
Kavan Choksi underlines four major pillars of UAE Centennial Plan 2071
UAE Centennial 2071 is a comprehensive government plan. Apart from encompassing a strategy to boost the reputation of the nation, it also focuses on making sure that government revenue becomes more diversified in the future, and relies less on oil. The introduction of education programs focused on advanced IT and engineering, as well as consistently building Emirati values and ethics for future generations are also important aspects of the UAE Centennial Plan 2071.
UAE Centennial Plan 2071 is based on four major pillars, which are:
- Future-focused government: The core objectives of the government under the UAE Centennial Plan 2071 include establishing the government of the UAE as the best in the world, which has an inspirational leadership and long-term vision that anticipates and prepares for the future. Other important objectives include creating mechanisms for monitoring long-term variables across sectors, achieving happiness in society, and spreading positive messages both internally and to the world.
- Good education: UAE Centennial 2071 stresses the importance of good quality education. Specific areas of focus in the domain of education include engineering, space science, innovation, and health sciences, as well as advanced science and technology. Teaching students important mechanisms that allow for the early discovery of their individual talent is important to this plan. Educational institutions are even encouraged to be incubators of entrepreneurship and innovation on an institutional level, alongside being international research hubs.
- A diversified knowledge economy: Kavan Choksi says that the UAE economy is aimed at being highly competitive and emerges as one of the best worldwide. This goal can be achieved by boosting the productivity of its national economy. Providing more support to the national companies, greater investment in scientific research and promising sectors, facilitating entrepreneurship and advanced industries and superior focus on innovation can also contribute to the growth of UAE’s economy. A national strategy has to be put in place to shape the future of the UAE’s economy and industry and place the nation among the most important international economies.
- A happy and cohesive society: Community development is quite integral to the UAE Centennial 2071 plan. A few of the objectives in regard to this include establishing an ethical, cohesive, tolerant, and secure society that promotes a high quality of life and positive lifestyle, and embraces happiness. The pillar also puts emphasis on developing programs to prepare future generations to serve as the goodwill ambassadors of the UAE.
UAE Centennial 2071 plan is designed to boost the productivity of the national economy and enhance the community.