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His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, was briefed on the strategy of the Dubai Center for Economic Security 2025-2030, during his meeting with His Highness, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Dubai Center for Economic Security, Lieutenant General Talal Belhoul Al Falasi, The Centre’s CEO, Faisal bin Sulaiteen, and members of the Board of Directors.

During the meeting, which took place in His Highness’s office, His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum listened to an explanation about the strategy in which inspiration was taken into account by the vision of the wise leadership for the future of economic development in the Emirate of Dubai, in light of the ambitious targets of the Dubai Economic Agenda D33, and the creation it requires. A solid fence of measures that ensure adequate guarantees to protect Dubai’s gains, secure its development path, and enhance the stable economic environment in the emirate.

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His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum praised the efforts of the Dubai Center for Economic Security, the tasks it carries out aimed at confronting negative economic phenomena in their various forms, and the services the center provides that contribute to securing Dubai’s economy.

His Highness said: “Dubai has succeeded over many years in building a global reputation as a premier destination for trade and business thanks to its stable environment and its continuous efforts to combat financial crimes.”

His Highness added: “Our vision is clear, and our goal does not change in maintaining Dubai’s leadership as a global center for opportunities and innovation that guarantees the highest standards of economic security.”

His Highness continued: “Dubai will continue to inspire the world with its flexibility and ambition, and its tireless endeavor to consolidate the confidence of its partners in the solutions and guarantees it provides that enable them to grow and develop.”

Stability and economic progress

The Dubai Economic Security Center’s strategy 2025-2030 translates the center’s mission to ensure stability and economic progress for the Emirate of Dubai, by creating investment opportunities and economic forecasts, and protecting society from economic crimes, confirming Dubai’s position as a global economic destination, both now and in the future.

The strategy includes a set of main objectives, namely promoting a safe and stable economic environment, improving risk management systems, and establishing transparency and accountability.

The center’s new strategy is based on six basic axes: economic forecasts, sustainability of existing economic projects, combating and reducing economic crimes, strengthening strategic partnerships, preparing and empowering the future, in addition to community contribution to economic security.

The strategy also includes a set of basic indicators for economic security, including indicators: sustainability and economic growth, economic support, compliance, monitoring violations, combating corruption, combating money laundering and terrorist financing, in addition to indicators related to economic crises and negative economic phenomena, and indicators of preventive and subsequent oversight.

Firmly address challenges

Lieutenant General Talal Belhoul Al Falasi expressed his sincere thanks and appreciation to His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, for the attention and follow-up that His Highness gives to the centre, stressing that the support of the wise leadership has a great impact in motivating the work team to continue to fully carry out its role in addressing all issues. Packages for all forms of challenges that may obstruct the economic development process in the Emirate of Dubai, in a way that enables this blessed process to achieve its goals so that Dubai will always remain among the most prominent successful models in the world. Global development map.

He explained that the center continues to keep pace with the vision of the wise leadership for the future, by updating its capabilities and improving its capabilities, whether in terms of training and qualifying its human cadre or constantly striving to adopt and employ the latest technologies in order to confirm the center’s ability to monitor and follow up on all forms of challenges, and in a proactive manner that enables it to neutralize them and avoid their effects, confirming To preserve economic gains and consolidate the foundations of a safe environment capable of providing the highest levels of security for businesses and investments.

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For his part, Faisal bin Sulaiteen said: “His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s follow-up to the new strategy of the Dubai Center for Economic Security is an important turning point, with which we begin a new phase of work towards further confirming the resilience of Dubai’s economy and its ability to ward off all… Forms of challenges, within a forward-looking framework carefully designed to enhance the economic environment in Dubai, to push it forward towards higher horizons of sustainable growth.

He added: “This strategy goes beyond being a set of goals. It is a symbol of our commitment to consolidating the foundations and pillars of transparency, accountability and flexibility as the core of Dubai’s economic success, by employing advanced technologies and enhancing cooperation between all sectors, anticipating future challenges, and adopting decisive measures to protect the trust placed by the investment community.” The international community is based in Dubai as a safe and stable destination for its interests and capital.

Main axes

The first axis of the Dubai Economic Security Center’s strategy includes focusing on preventing and reducing economic risks that could affect the economy of the Emirate of Dubai, discovering their signs before they occur through accurate measurement indicators, and ensuring that gaps that may exist in the system of protection from negative economic phenomena are addressed.

The second axis of the strategy focuses on ensuring the sustainability of existing economic projects, creating economic opportunities and incentives, providing support in the field of economic security, and studying future sectors and projects and the needs and partnerships necessary to implement them.

Reducing economic crimes is a main focus of the strategy by reducing negative activities affecting the resources and investments of the Emirate of Dubai, combating phenomena that could affect national security and public money, and raising the level of efficiency and effectiveness of the financial, economic and legal systems to reduce economic crimes in Dubai.

Strengthening strategic partnerships also represents the fourth axis of the Centre’s strategy, as this axis is concerned with enhancing cooperation with federal and international authorities, strengthening ongoing partnerships with entities subject to the Centre’s jurisdiction, in addition to working to increase the confidence of customers, investors and financial institutions in making Dubai a center for their business.

The axis of preparing and empowering the future comes through which the center begins working to empower human resources and create a happy and stimulating work environment for growth and development, in addition to ensuring the sustainability of various economic resources, and developing the necessary infrastructure to be well prepared for the future.

The strategy did not ignore the role of society in ensuring economic security. Rather, it devoted a main axis to this goal within its six axes, through which the center will be concerned with increasing the awareness of community members about the dangers of negative economic phenomena and encouraging them to cooperate in monitoring such phenomena and taking the initiative to report them so that the competent authorities can play their role in confronting them. To it, while maintaining the confidentiality of the data and information of those dealing with the center, as well as encouraging concerned parties to participate effectively in confronting actions that affect economic security.

Prevention and control

It is noteworthy that the Dubai Center for Economic Security, through its preventive role, is concerned with enhancing the economic awareness of society with all its components, whether at the level of institutions or individuals, by preparing specialized studies in the financial and economic affairs of the emirate, while submitting the necessary recommendations in this regard, in addition to holding and participating in conferences and seminars. Cooperating with regional and international organizations related to the center’s work, exchanging experiences, knowledge and courses in the aspect related to economic security, in addition to participating in councils, committees and work teams concerned with financial and economic affairs in the emirate.

The Center also undertakes its main role in combating all negative activities, practices and transactions affecting the emirate’s economy and resources, and those that may be committed in entities subject to the Centre’s jurisdiction, including corruption and illegal profiteering, fraud crimes, bribery and embezzlement, harming public funds, forgery and forgery, and money laundering. , financing terrorism and illegal organizations, as well as following up on cases, including cross-border crimes, and the conduct of litigation procedures for crimes that would affect the economy. The emirate, in coordination with the judicial authority.

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Main objectives

. Promoting a safe and stable economic environment.

. Improving risk management systems.

. Establishing transparency and accountability.

Maktoum bin Mohammed:

. Dubai has succeeded, over many years, in building a global reputation as a premier destination for trade and business, thanks to its stable environment and its continuous efforts to combat financial crimes.

. Dubai will continue to inspire the world with its flexibility and ambition, and its tireless endeavor to consolidate the confidence of its partners in the solutions and guarantees it provides that enable them to grow and develop.

. 6 basic axes, and a set of measurement indicators within the center’s strategy, determine its path to the next stage.