Director General's Speech

Driven by the Chamber’s care for disseminating and enhancing a culture of entrepreneurship for the rising generations; and in line with the Emirate of Abu Dhabi’s development plans, the Initiative of “Junior and Young Future Entrepreneurs’ sets off under the motto “Towards the Preparation of a Creative, Innovative, Investing and Entrepreneurial Generation”. It is an integrated programme striving to define innovation and creativity in entrepreneurship as a concept, a philosophy, a practice and an application to build promising, outstanding generations of young entrepreneurs capable of being creative and innovative in a competitive environment.

HE Mohamed Helal Al Mheiri

Director-General, Abu Dhabi Chamber

Through this important initiative, the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ADCCI) aims at spreading and boosting the culture of entrepreneurship, as well as at instilling and inculcating the values of creativity, innovation, business and investment in the souls of future generations to build promising generations of entrepreneurs capable of being creative and innovative in a competitive environment. For this award furnishes them with opportunities for flourishing, growing and developing new ideas and concepts for creating a knowledge-based developing economy that is not reliant on oil, as well as for contributing actively to sustainable economic development.

We, at the ADCCI, seek -via this key initiative- to enhance a spirit of investment pro-action for future entrepreneurs. Add to this, developing and empowering them and setting up a supportive and motivating environment instrumental in discovering their inclinations, enriching their talents, and training and following them up. This is to augment their aptitudes so that they can be able to venture into doing business, as well as to adopt a pro-active spirit and think of starting successful businesses by means of innovative enterprises dependent on scientific principles and strategies.

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Towards the Preparation of a Creative, Innovative, Investing and Entrepreneurial Generation

Vision

To build a creative and innovative generation of entrepreneurs who are able to invest and contribute to sustainable development in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Mission

To promote a culture of entrepreneurship as a concept, a philosophy, a practice and an application for the emerging generations and to create a supportive environment to instil and inculcate the spirit of entrepreneurship. To develop the values of creativity, innovation, business and investment that qualify them to be successful and distinguished entrepreneurs capable of emerging in the industry, pursuing investment opportunities and new concepts for the development of a robust knowledge-based economy.

Initiative’s Objectives

To promote the culture of entrepreneurship.
To build and develop a generation of successful entrepreneurs and to provide them with the tools and knowledge necessary to help them enter the business field through innovative projects based on scientific principles and strategies
To instil pioneering thinking among age groups (8-13) and (14-25).

To explore the abilities, skills and tendencies of age groups (8-13) and (14-25).

To establish a business network of entrepreneurs.