At the second ‘Doha Dialogue’ on labour mobility—held in Dar es Salaam on 5-6 October and reported by Aletihad on 9 October—the UAE’s Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) outlined a data-driven vision for governing the country’s 8-million-strong expatriate workforce. Delegates from 34 GCC, African and Arab countries examined policy tools for fair and sustainable migration. MoHRE officials cited a 101 % surge in private-sector employment over five years and a 46 % rise in registered companies, framing the UAE as a magnet for global talent. Central to future planning is “UAE Skills”, an AI platform that forecasts labour-market needs and aligns visa categories—such as the five-year Green Residence and expanding Golden Visa tracks—with predicted skills gaps. The Emirati delegation stressed bilateral cooperation initiatives, including the Abu Dhabi Dialogue with Asian labour-sending states and new memoranda with African partners on digital contract verification and portable social insurance. For employers, the takeaway is that hiring pipelines will increasingly rely on pre-verified skill passports and online attestation, reducing processing times. Experts say the UAE’s approach could become a template for other GCC economies grappling with demographic transitions. However, NGOs remind policymakers to pair tech solutions with robust worker-protection enforcement to prevent contract substitution and recruitment-fee abuses.
Source: Aletihad News Center
