LaunchED
LaunchED: The Higher Education Pre-Seed Pitch Competition Are you a higher education student wanting to become an entrepreneur? LaunchED LaunchED the pitch competition gives higher education student teams, working with a university or college business incubator, a chance to win AED 25,000 in funding to develop their business idea. Pitch days are held annually in […]
Incubator Network
Incubator Network Higher Education Business Incubator Network Incubator Network Sandooq Al Watan is sponsoring the creation of an incubator network to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and best practice among higher education-based business incubators in the UAE. The network will host meetings to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and best practice through the network, provide […]
Maharah
Maharah Become a digital freelancer Maharah Maharah is a program to train Emiratis with digitally marketable skills to freelance those skills online. Maharah can be a path to self-employment from home, extra income, or an opportunity to build a portfolio to use in finding a traditional job. Participants are taught the necessary freelancing skills, and […]
Masarat
Masarat Your Path to a Successful Career Masarat The Jusoor program helps top performing Emirati students from across the UAE, in their final year of higher education to prepare for, enter, and thrive in the private sector. Soft skills training, career guidance, a private sector internship, a mentor, and help during the job hunt all […]
The Emirati Innovator
The Emirati Innovator Home Initiatives The Emirati Innovator Sandooq Al Watan supports innovation and entrepreneurship in a range of different ways under the Emirati Innovator Initiative. This initiative has three components. Student Entrepreneurs The first component focuses on Student Entrepreneurs. We seek to encourage higher education students to seek careers as entrepreneurs by providing … […]
Social Entrepreneurship
Expanding social innovation and social entrepreneurship Home Initiatives Social Entrepreneurship Social Entrepreneurship To Encourage social innovation by Emiratis through social entrepreneurship, Sandooq Al Watan will provide grants to aspiring social entrepreneurs. A social enterprise is a mix between a business and a charity. It seeks to address a need in society by creating a business that […]
Employment Research
Employment Market Research Increasing best practice private sector employment knowledge and capacity Employment Market Research A 20-month study is being conducted in partnership with the Higher Colleges of Technology into the UAE employment market. The study, scheduled for completion in December 2023, is working with private sector employers, Emirati job seekers, and higher education institutions […]
Private Sector Employer Awards
Rewarding outstanding private sector employers Home Initiatives Private Sector Employer Awards Private Sector Employer Awards Commencing in 2022 Sandooq Al Watan will reward private sector employers who have made an outstanding contribution to increasing private sector employment of Emiratis. During October of each year an open call will be made for nominations in a range […]
Jusoor
Jusoor Your bridge from higher education to the private sector. Jusoor Jusoor helps university seniors prepare for, enter, and thrive in the private sector. The program provides a range of resources and support, including soft skills training, career guidance, a private sector internship, a mentor, and help during the job hunt to gain full-time employment. […]