SEDD conducts workshop on enhancing business environment

Sharjah24: Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) held a workshop on “Innovation and Its Role in Improving Business Environment in Sharjah”, with the participation of Sharjah Foundation for Supporting Entrepreneurship "RUWAD". This workshop falls within SEDD’s strategies to improve economic sectors through raising awareness of the importance of innovation in developing the local economy, exploring the challenges and opportunities associated with developing the business environment, and increasing cooperation between government agencies and the private sector to support innovation. Such thing will contribute at consolidating Sharjah's vision to drive innovation and enhance the use of technology to achieve sustainable development goals.

The workshop addressed several topics, including the attendance of a number of government employees and the participation of owners of e-commerce and accreditation license projects. In its first topic, the Department of Economic Development reviewed the Emirate’s role in supporting the local economy by embracing innovation and developing the business environment. On the other hand, the second topic dealt with innovation, its role in business development, and its return to attain competitive and innovative knowledge-based national economy and to achieve sustainable development.

This workshop highlights the Department's efforts to enhance the role of technology across various sectors, automate processes, and connect sales channels with digital storage solutions. This helps businesses grow rapidly and increase profits, contributing to the emirate's economic and social development, placing it at the forefront of cities that rely on modern technology for entrepreneurship and future decision-making.

Commenting on the workshop, Noura bin Sandal, Deputy Director of Planning and Economic Studies at SEDD, said that the organization of this session stems from the Department’s awareness of the importance of reviewing the latest projects and innovations that support the diversity of economic activities in the emirate’s labor market. She added that such workshop highlights SEDD’s role to study the business sector and economic and commercial establishments operating in the emirate and the extent of their effectiveness and success. Also, she clarified that such thing contributes to enhancing the investment climate and increasing the efficiency of companies' production in the emirate, which positively impacts the gross domestic product. It should be noted that SEDD is developing future plans to achieve the goals and objectives of sustainable economic development.

In Addition, bin Sandal pointed out that this workshop comes as confirmation that the components of a successful and sustainable economy are based on two basic pillars which are innovation and entrepreneurship. She also emphasized on the importance of making innovation and creativity a civilized lifestyle and work culture in various fields, within the framework of building an integrated and renewable system that enhances the development, modernization, progress, and prosperity of society through the use of science and technology.