We feel we must preserve our heritage for future generations by simultaneously embracing those future generations
Waleed Al Saeedi
Director of Procurement Department Abu Dhabi ’ s skyline
the industry becomes more and more mature , transparent and robust , organisations such as DCT need to go beyond technology . A key objective of DCT and the Abu Dhabi Government has been the support and enablement of SMEs in the region .
“ Technology will enable us to identify , register and include SMEs , something that we cannot do today without enlarging our headcount – it is very hard to do it efficiently ,” he says . “ Imagine the possibilities if all government entities can cooperate in this initiative ; the SME sector will be able to access public procurement and we can build mutually beneficial supply partnerships .”
“ But possibly the largest influence we can have is in the transparency of public procurement , ethical compliance and sustainability because of the way in which information can be studied , compared and used to drive policy agendas
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