The United Arab Emirates Cabinet on June 9, 2019 adopted the ‘National Strategy for Wellbeing 2031’ during its meeting at the Presidential Palace.
- The National Strategy for Wellbeing 2031 aims to make the UAE a world leader in quality of life through a number of strategic objectives and initiatives.
- The strategy is based on a national framework of three main levels – individuals, society and the country and also aims to promote an integrated concept of wellbeing, thus supporting the vision of the UAE Vision 2021 and the UAE Centennial 2071.
Main features of strategy
- It has 14 components and nine strategic objectives, which include enhancing people’s wellbeing by promoting healthy and active lifestyles, promoting good mental health and adopting positive thinking.
The Strategy includes 90 supporting initiatives targeting more than 40 priority areas. - To support the policymaking process, first ‘National Wellbeing Observatory’ will be developed.
- The Observatory will monitor a number of indicators of wellbeing in the UAE,
- It will submit regular reports to the UAE Cabinet,
- It will propose training programmes for government employees,
- The Academy of Wellbeing future generations will be launched.
- To manage and coordinate the national strategy, a National Wellbeing Council will be formulated.
