Salary Support Program by UAE — Nafis Program

It is a federal programme to increase the competitiveness of Emirati human resources and empower them to occupy jobs in the private sector. Launched in September 2021, as part of ‘Projects of the 50’, the programme aims to accelerate the UAE’s development journey and boost the economy.

The programme aims to:

• Create a partnership between the public and the private sectors so that the private sector can become the key driver of the UAE’s development journey
• Offer equal opportunities in the private sector to attract Nationals, enabling them to occupy 75,000 job opportunities in the sector over the next five years
• Provide coaching, professional training, mentoring services, and counselling to the programme participants to foster the attraction of the Emirati human resources to the private sector.