During the meeting, the Minister highlighted the importance of cultivating national talents to build a sustainable future for the UAE.  Assessing the current situation, Her Excellency mentioned that while the country is not in shortage of talented people, there is a need for a proper system to identify them and design programmes to hone their skills.  As such, the Department of UAE Talent will focus on creating a definition for talent, helping discover and connect talented individuals through a smart, interactive platform and then honing their skills.

Her Excellency discussed the department’s strategy for the next phase, which includes identifying effective policies for talent development, benchmarking against global talent practices and establishing areas of radical changes required in talent resourcing. The department will also formulate an effective and interactive platform to link talented individuals with institutions, ministries, schools and universities across various industries.

The leadership team of the Department of UAE talent at the Ministry of Possibilities includes: HE Hussein Bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of Education, HE Jameela Bint Salem Mesbeh Al Muhairi, Minister of Public Education, HE Dr. Ahmad bin Abdullah Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of Higher Education, HE Shamma bint Suhail Faris Al Mazrui, Minister of State for Youth Affairs, HE Sarah Bint Yousif Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Sciences, HE Sara Musallam Al Ameri, Director General, Department of Education and Knowledge, HE Hamad Obaid Al Mansouri, Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, HE Dr. Abdullah Al Karam, Director General, Knowledge and Human Development Authority, HE Dr. Jamal Mohammed Al Mehairi, Secretary General of Hamdan Bin Rashid Establishment for Distinguished Academic Performance, and HE Khalfan Belhoul, CEO of Dubai Foundation for the Future.

The Ministry of Possibilities is the world’s first virtual ministry, which aims to apply design-thinking and experimentation to develop proactive and disruptive solutions to tackle critical issues, bringing together federal and local government teams and the private sector. The Ministry includes the Department of Anticipatory Services, Department of Behavioral Rewards, Department of UAE Talent and Department of Government Procurement.

The Department of UAE Talent is designed to nurture people’s talent and help them thrive in their field of work, paving the way for an innovative and creative generation. Investment in human capital is a legacy derived from the late founding father Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and discovering these talents is at the heart of building a knowledge-based economy and achieving the objectives of the UAE Centennial 2071 Vision.