Ajman Statistics & Competitiveness Center Conducts A Training Course On the Competitiveness Practices In Specialized Fields

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On 8^th & 9^th August 2021 , Ajman Statistics & Competitiveness Center (ASCC) conducted a training course on " the competitiveness Practices In Specialized Fields” attended by a large number of government and private sector institutions representatives on both local and federal levels in the United Arab Emirates , particularly those who are concerned with and interested in the competitiveness practices and sustainable development issues. Training and lectures were delivered by Dr. Ashraf Sameer , Professor of Economics , Faculty of Economics & Political Sciences , Cairo University.

The training course addressed several significant topics and issues , including: The conceptual framework of competitiveness practices in specialized fields, competitiveness practices as a success factor for the economic and social policies of the countries, competitiveness strategies in the specialized fields with their impact on the countries’ competitiveness ranking , an analytical view of the competitiveness practices of the United Arab Emirates internally and externally with the lessons learned therefrom. The course also shed light on Ajman emirate competitiveness, especially in various fields , such as education , health , sustainable development , entrepreneurship and foreign investment in addition to other various sectors.

Conducting of this course comes in the context of the efforts exerted by the ASCC to implant principles of competitiveness at the specialized government and private sectors in the UAE for being pillars of the competitiveness that contributed to making the UAE attain the highest international positions in various development domains. The training course was organized by the ASCC in scientific cooperation with each of the "International Competencies" in the United Arab Emirates specialized in sponsoring the growth of social innovation for youth and entrepreneurship, the development of knowledge, skills and financial capabilities necessary to achieve sustainable development, and the "Advisory Center for Trade and Investment Protection" (Hemaya Center) in the Arab Republic of Egypt, which is specialized in providing legal support to the governmental and private sectors through offering consultancies , drawing policies, researches and studies, as well as conducting workshops and training seminars related to sustainability and competitiveness.

Ajman Statistics and Competitiveness Center gives great importance to the existing and internationally approved competitive practices and indicators, whether through the studies and scientific researches it issues, training courses, lectures and workshops it conducts , or through specialized participation with the relevant local and federal government authorities in measuring and analyzing competitiveness indexes , in particular those related to the visions of the UAE and the emirate as well as the government strategies implementing them.

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