President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the moment attended a session targeted on the Nationwide Household Development Agenda 2031, held as a part of the 2025 Annual Authorities Conferences in Abu Dhabi. The session introduced collectively senior officers and leaders from federal and native entities.
To additional advance the goals of the Nationwide Household Development Agenda 2031, H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed directed that 2026 be designated the Yr of the Household. The initiative goals to boost consciousness amongst residents and residents throughout the UAE of the significance of sustaining sturdy, cohesive household ties, that are the elemental constructing blocks of a resilient and affluent society. It additionally seeks to advertise the deeply rooted values of unity, empathy and cooperation that characterise Emirati society and guarantee these values are handed on to future generations.
As a part of efforts to implement the agenda, a nationwide process pressure has been shaped comprising over 20 federal and native authorities our bodies involved with household development. The agenda focuses on three most important pathways: insurance policies and programmes, behavioural interventions, and reproductive well being.
The primary pathway entails reviewing present insurance policies and programmes that instantly or not directly influence household development. The second focuses on understanding the social and behavioural drivers of household development by means of on-the-ground interviews with Emirati households throughout the nation. The third pathway critiques present reproductive well being initiatives, identifies current challenges, and explores methods to deal with them.
Commenting on the event, H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed careworn that the expansion of Emirati households lies on the coronary heart of the nation’s id, continuity, and nationwide safety. He famous that sturdy, secure households are important to the UAE’s long-term prosperity, describing household development as a nationwide precedence. He additionally referred to the UAE’s Founding Father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who regarded the household because the cornerstone of a resilient society.
In his remarks through the session, H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed famous that the institution of the Ministry of Household stemmed from a recognition of the household’s very important function in society. The ministry, he defined, is answerable for formulating nationwide methods that assist household development and reinforce the household’s function in selling values, nationwide id, and accountable upbringing grounded in Emirati traditions and customs.
He affirmed that the Emirati household performs a significant function in safeguarding the UAE’s tradition, values, and nationwide id.
H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed emphasised that addressing the challenges of household development just isn’t the duty of the Ministry of Household alone, however a shared nationwide dedication that requires shut cooperation throughout all sectors, together with authorities, the non-public sector, and the broader neighborhood.
On this context, the ‘UAE Yr Of’ initiative, launched in 2015, continues to play an necessary function in uniting everybody who calls the UAE residence round shared nationwide priorities. By drawing on regionally rooted storytelling, the initiative encourages collective motion and optimistic social engagement. In 2026, it would deal with highlighting the central function of the household, supporting its development and long-term stability, and reaffirming its place because the cornerstone of society and a pillar of nationwide prosperity.
H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed additionally highlighted the significance of all sectors – together with healthcare, schooling, housing, the financial system, and the media – in supporting nationwide initiatives and plans. He known as for a unified nationwide narrative that underscores the central function of the household and enhances public consciousness of its significance.
Concluding his remarks, H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed underscored the significance of household development as a driving pressure shaping the nation’s current and future. He expressed confidence that, by means of collaboration, shared duty and a unified sense of function, the nation can obtain its objectives in a means that advantages society and reinforces nationwide id.
Attendees included H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah; H.H. Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman; H.H. Lieutenant Basic Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Inside; and Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, Advisor to the UAE President.
Current additionally have been H.H. Sheikha Maryam bint Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairperson of the Training and Human and Neighborhood Growth Council; H.H. Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Tradition and Arts Authority (Dubai Tradition); Sana bint Mohammed Suhail, Minister of Household; and a number of other Sheikhs, ministers, senior officers and household improvement affairs specialists.