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The Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA), honoured 22 managers, heads of departments and employees following the completion of the fourth phase of its ‘Innovation Champions’ programme.
The freezone is the first government
entity to complete all stages of the Global
Innovation Management Institute programme which falls in line with the DAFZA Innovation Strategy launched by HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of DAFZA, Chairman of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chief Executive of Emirates Group; the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan; and the ‘National Innovation Strategy’ launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, to make the UAE among the most innovative countries in the world.
The Innovation Champions programme’s importance lies in its creation of an advantageous environment for innovation and research, with the benefit of qualifying employees with high levels of innovative skills supported by a culture that encourages them to be business champions and do the best to achieve their professional goals and thus be successful in their job while uplifting the company’s reputation. The programme promotes a diversity of ideas and initiatives by strengthening skills and information through training and practice.
Under the programme, employees managed to launch three disruptive innovative ideas that create a unique experience for DAFZA customers in terms of providing non-traditional and innovative services based on new technologies, as well as encouraging investors to establish their businesses in Dubai and the UAE in general, to attract more foreign investment which in turn will increase the national GDP.