Columbia’s first lady looks at Emirati cognitive exchange initiatives

The first lady of the Republic of Colombia, Veronica Alcouser Garcia, during her visit to the government knowledge exchange office in the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs, briefed on the initiatives and achievements of international partnerships that the office supervises, in the fields of government development and modernization, capacity building and capabilities and strengthening government administration, and discussed ways to enhance positive cooperation between my government UAE and Colombia in the fields of government cognitive exchange, community development and humanitarian initiatives.

His Excellency Abdullah Nasser Lootah, Assistant Minister of Cabinet Affairs for Competitiveness and Knowledge Exchange, said that the UAE government pays great attention to expanding areas of cooperation and opening new horizons for international partnerships aimed at various countries of the world, in an effort to enhance international cooperation in serving societies and making their future, indicating that The visit of Colombia’s first lady to the Knowledge Exchange Office, reflects the great priority that the friendly Republic of Colombia attaches to enhancing fruitful cooperation between the two friendly countries in various fields.

Lootah added: “The UAE government continues to activate international partnerships and expand the prospects for cooperation, especially with the countries of the South American continent, based on its keenness to share its pioneering experiences in government work with various countries, and to build the capabilities of government cadres participating in the specialized programs supervised by the exchange office The cognitive, in a way that contributes to strengthening its role in leading government modernization efforts, sustainable development, and foresight and design.

The First Lady of Colombia, His Excellency Hessa Bint Issa Bouhamid, Director General of the Community Development Authority in Dubai, and Dr. Manal Tarim, CEO of the Board of Directors of the Nour Dubai Foundation, and Manal bin Salem, Director of the Department of Government Cognitive Exchange in the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs, where the prospects for cooperation between the two countries were discussed In implementing sustainable initiatives that contribute to improving the quality of life, through government knowledge exchange and global development initiatives.

It is noteworthy that the first visit of Colombia came within the framework of the distinguished relations between the UAE and Colombia, and within the efforts of the two countries to expand the horizons of cooperation in humanitarian and societal work in a way that contributes to achieving the sustainable development goals.

In a related context; The government knowledge exchange office at the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs organized a series of cognitive visits to employees of the “Colombia for Executive Leadership” program, for a number of government agencies in the UAE, within the paths of the training program, and with the aim of introducing them to the distinguished Emirati experiences and entrepreneurial models in government work, within the framework of bilateral cooperation Between the governments of the two countries in the areas of government modernization.

The “Colombia Executive Leadership” program aims to enable the affiliates with the best specialized skills, build the capabilities of government leaders to raise the level of performance and strengthen government administration, by developing their leadership and administrative skills, introducing them and sharing success stories and Emirati pioneering models, and ensuring the organization of cognitive visits to 8 leading government agencies And interviewing 16 Emirati experts.

The program includes 18 associates, including general managers and executive directors in the Colombian ministries and government agencies, which are supervised by experts and specialists from the government of the Emirates.

The program includes several axes, the most prominent of which are; “Strategic leadership in a changing world”, which represents an important aspect in helping governments to transform challenges into opportunities in light of a world that changes tremendous speed, as the program focuses on the axis of “foresight of the future” and its importance in raising the readiness of the future in a way that keeps pace with the transformations, and the axis of “government accelerators” and its role In achieving rapid and qualitative transfers in government performance, and the axis of “digital transformation in the government” and its impact on providing rapid and flexible services and experience that facilitates the customer’s journey and promotes the quality of the life of society.

The UAE and Colombia launched a strategic partnership in government modernization in 2022, covering 9 axes of cooperation, including; Government performance, government excellence, government services, government capacity building, civil service, competitiveness and statistics, energy, programming, and youth.

The governments of the two countries were able to organize 90 workshops that covered more than 10,000 working hours, and 686 trainees benefited from the cadres of the Colombia government..