Cabinet meeting
Cabinet endorses setting up National Programme for SMEs
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice- President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, yesterday chaired a Cabinet session, attended by Lt. Gen. Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, and Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs.
The UAE Cabinet, chaired by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, yesterday endorsed setting up the National Programme for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs).
The Cabinet also congratulated President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Their Highnesses Members of the Supreme Council and Rulers of the Emirates, the Emirati people and Arab and Muslim countries on the occasion of Ramadan.
The programme, which will be under the umbrella of the Ministry of Economy, aims to develop blueprints to provide expertise, technical support as well as training to boost SMEs. It will also coordinate with federal and local governments and the private sector to promote products inside the UAE and abroad.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet also issued a decree to set up the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Council that will represent relevant government and private entities. The mandate of the Council will include draft policies and strategies on developing SMEs, set regulations that will coordinate the relationship of the National Programme for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and relevant entities as well as follow up the performance of the programme.
The Cabinet also endorsed implementing a national strategy to establish and support research and development centres on health-related issues. It aims at coordinating efforts with academia in the UAE to develop and publish scientific research on health issues, identify and address health issues in the UAE community.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet also approved an awareness-oriented initiative, which is an outcome of the government innovation lab. It aims to educate the public about a healthy lifestyle.
The Cabinet endorsed amending a few items of Federal Law No 16 of 2007 on animal protection as well as issuing a federal law on regulating the owning of animals.
The Cabinet approved the closing account of the Emirates Real Estate Corporation. The Cabinet also endorsed extending the period of preparing federal entities’ midterm budget from three to five years.