3. UAE
Business Climate
UAE
• 1st in Arab World for Doing Business
• 27th in WEF Global Competitiveness
• 11th in World Bank Ease of Doing Business report
Dubai
• Ranks 1st in Arab world in Economic Performance
• Best City for Expats in MENA
• 7th most visited city in 2018
Sources: WEF Global Competitiveness Report; World Bank Report; Dubai Competitiveness Report,
Mercer, Institute for Urban Strategies, Euromonitor International
4. Dubai
Trade & Commerce
Trade is the biggest contributor
to Dubai’s GDP
30% $347bn
In 2016
$354bn
In 2017
$263bn
In 2018
(9months)
8. Dubai Stimulus
Plan
100%
Foreign
ownership for
businesses
10 Years
Visas for
investors and
professionals
Freeze
on government fees for 3
years
Setting up
consultative council that will include
international companies
Allocating
20% of government tenders to
SMEs
Reducing
municipality fees
Waiving
property registration fines
Reducing
Fees of electricity consumption
9. • Dubai Silk Road
• A Geo-Economic Map for Dubai
• First Virtual Commercial City
• A Central Education File for Every Citizen
• A Doctor to Every Citizen
• Free Economic and Creative Zones in
Universities
• Self-sufficiency in Dubai Homes
• Cooperative Companies in Various
Sectors
• Annual Growth in Philanthropy
Dubai 50
Charter
To improve lives of
residents over 50 years
11. Strategies to embrace
the future
UAE
Strategy for AI
3D
printing strategy
2030
UAE Strategy
for the Fourth
Industrial Revolution
Emirates Mars
Mission
UAE Centennial
2071
12. The People: “City of Happy, Creative &
Empowered People”
The Society: “An Inclusive & Cohesive
Society”
The Experience: “The Preferred Place to
Live, Work & Visit”
The Place: “A Smart & Sustainable City”
The Economy: “A Pivotal Hub in the Global
Economy”
The Government: “A Pioneering and
Excellent Government”
13. Forecast
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25% to 50%
Upfront payment for
services/goods
Dubai Expo
2020 $9bn
Investment on infrastructure
development & operation
100%
Increase in number of hotel rooms in
5 years
25mn
Visitors
EXPO 2020 e-sourcing
portal
60 days
Validity periods for
proposals for
SMEs
30 days
Payment period for
SMEs
14. Dubai wins bid to
host 12th World
Chambers Congress
in 2021
22. Customer
Happiness
HH Sheikh Hamdan bin
Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum unveils 5-star
plaque during his visit to
Dubai Chamber’s
Customer Happiness
Centre
23. 42
Meetings held
48
Laws, by-laws and
resolutions reviewed
Policy Advocacy
Product Safety
Insolvency
Foreign Direct
Investments
Trademarks
Consumer Protection
Federal Commercial
Companies Law
Food Registration &
Approval
Laws reviewed
26. Smart
Chamber
Smart Mediation App
solves business
disputes efficiently
100%
Smart transformation
of core services
Paperless Transactions
“A Week Without
Service Centres”
27. Mohammed Bin Rashid Al
Maktoum Business Awards
399
Total number
of applications
46%
Increase in
number of
applicants
The MRM Business
Award and MRM
Business Innovation
Award remain the
highest level of
recognition for business
excellence and
innovation in the region.
31. International
Offices
10 International Offices
1 Future office in 2019
Existing offices
• Baku, Azerbaijan
• Erbil, Kurdistan
• Shanghai, China
• Mumbai, India
• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Nairobi, Kenya
• Accra, Ghana
• Maputo, Mozambique
• Panama City, Panama
• Sao Paolo, Brazil
Future offices
• Buenos Aires, Argentina
1552
Meetings with
Investors
32. Dubai Association
Centre
Provides framework
for regional and global
associations to open
representative offices in
Dubai
43%
Growth
18
New licenses for
associations
issued in 2018
60
Total number of
licensed associations
35. LATAM &
Caribbean
Renewable
energy &
Food security
Key sectors
AED 100
million
Held in 2018
1300
Attendees at GBF
LATAM 2018
200
1st UAE-
Caribbean
Cooperation
Forum
Bilateral meetings,
4 MoUs
Dubai Chamber
commitment to region
over 10years
2019
GBF in
Panama
38. Islamic
Economy
#2
UAE Ranks #2 overall on
the Global Islamic
Economy Indicator (GIE)
#1
UAE Ranks #1 in
5 categories
127
89
65
54
51
49
49
49
46
45
45
37
34
32
31
Malaysia
UAE
Bahrain
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Jordan
Qatar
Pakistan
Kuwait
Indonesia
Brunei
Sudan
Iran
Bangladesh
Turkey
GIE Indicator Score
39. Islamic
Economy
Halal
Food
City
1 UAE
2 Malaysia
3 Brazil
4 Oman
5 Jordan
6 Australia
7 Brunei
8 Pakistan
9 Sudan
10 Qatar
Islamic
Finance
City
1 Malaysia
2 Bahrain
3 UAE
4 Saudi Arabia
5 Kuwait
6 Qatar
7 Pakistan
8 Oman
9 Jordan
10 Indonesia
Halal
Food
City
1 UAE
2 Malaysia
3 Turkey
4 Indonesia
5 Maldives
6 Thailand
7 Tunisia
8 Azerbaijan
9 Jordan
10 Albania
40. Islamic
Economy
Modest
Fashion
City
1 UAE
2 Indonesia
3 Singapore
4 Malaysia
5 Turkey
6 China
7 Italy
8 France
9 Bangladesh
10 Sri Lanka
Halal
Food
City
1 UAE
2 Malaysia
3 Singapore
4 Jordan
5 Pakistan
6 Brunei
7 Egypt
8 Saudi Araba
9 Bahrain
10 Azerbaijan
Halal Media
& Recreation
City
1 UAE
2 Singapore
3 Qatar
4 Malaysia
5 Lebanon
6 Bahrain
7 United Kingdom
8 Germany
9 France
10 Brunei
43. Investment of AED100 million
over next three years across a variety of programmes, initiatives
and events
Innovation
Strategy
Innovation
Lab
Innovation
Index
Innovation
Award
44. City 2017 2016 2015
Hong Kong 1 3 2
New York City 2 1 5
London 3 4 1
Singapore 4 6 3
Seoul 5 8 4
Tokyo 6 5 6
Stockholm 7 7 7
Copenhagen 8 10 9
Zurich 9 9 8
San Francisco 10 11 13
Paris 11 2 10
Toronto 12 13 11
Sydney 13 14 12
Dubai 14 15 16
Berlin 15 12 14
Innovation
Index
14
Dubai’srankingon3rdDubai
InnovationIndex
45. Digital Silk Road
Dubai 10x
A blockchain-based distributed ledger
platform
Includes use of smart contracts, digital
wallets and secure digital asset and
information transfer