Ministry of Economy, ADDED launch ‘Global Future Trade Leaders Programme’

Ministry of Economy, ADDED launch ‘Global Future Trade Leaders Programme’

ABU DHABI -- The Ministry of Economy, in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED), has launched the Global Future Trade Leaders Programme.

The programme is a national initiative aimed at boosting the productive engagement of young government officials in various sectors of the nation's foreign trade agenda, including supporting its preparations for hosting the WTO's 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi in February 2024 and multilateral trade engagement thereafter.

The programme launch builds on the increasingly central role of foreign trade for the UAE leadership as it seeks to diversify the economy, fast-track GDP growth, and facilitate next-generation talent and innovation, which has been translated through the country's programme of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPAs) in recent months - reducing trade barriers and strengthening ties with strategic nations - and led to record growth in non-oil trade volume by 14.4% to reach more than AED1.2 trillion during the first half of 2023.

The comprehensive training programme, which features both knowledge-based and experiential learning, aims to provide its participants with the specialised knowledge, experience, and skills necessary to participate effectively in these successes today and in the future.

A total of 30 young Emiratis, who are currently