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DUBAI (ALETIHAD)
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Thursday launched the Dubai Social Agenda 33 for citizens.
With a budget of Dh208 billion, the agenda is named 'The family is the foundation of the nation', and aims to double Emirati families in Dubai over the next decade, while improving housing, social cohesion and healthcare. It will also provide training to citizens for future jobs in different sectors.
In a post on X on the occasion of the anniversary of his accession as Ruler of Dubai, His Highness, said: "Brothers and sisters, in keeping with our annual habit of launching promising national projects and programmes on the fourth of January every year, we announce the launch of Dubai Social Agenda 33, which is our plan for Dubai society for the next ten years.
"Its slogan is: 'The family is the foundation of the nation', and its budget is Dh208 billion over the next ten years. The goal is to improve housing, standards of living, identity and values, social cohesion, healthcare, and the development of future skills for our coming generations." "Our goal is to double the number of citizen families within a decade, and provide residential neighbourhoods with the best living conditions in the world. It will also provide communities protection from unhealthy ideas and practices that could threaten family stability and cohesion," His Highness said in the post.
"The social agenda has clear goals, approved programmes, and allocated budgets, and my sons Hamdan, Maktoum, Ahmed, and their brothers will follow up on it. They are the people who care most about the large Dubai family in which they grew up and loved, and to which they are bound by bonds of love, affection, and blood."
His Highness further stressed the importance of families in the post. "The homeland is not about numbers and structures. The homeland is about families and it members. My message to all officials is that our priority in the coming period is the family - their protection, empowerment, development and cohesion. We ask God to grant us success in serving the country and the people," His Highness said.
