Abu Dhabi: The Departments of Economic Development in Abu Dhabi and Dubai are organising the third UAE Economic Outlook Forum 2016 in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. The event is expected to be attended by more than 350 officials from various governmental bodies in the UAE and representatives of major companies of the private sector.

Khalifa Bin Salem Al Mansouri, Acting Under-Secretary of the Department of Development Abu Dhabi said that the forum aims at highlighting the economic forecast reports which observe the economic development outlook in the UAE in general, and Abu Dhabi and Dubai in particular.

He added that the Forum comes as a result of the constructive joint cooperation and coordination between the Departments of Economic Development in Abu Dhabi and Dubai with all the bodies in the field of national economy of the UAE. He said it aims at linking the UAE economy to the regional and international economic developments and the experiences of the other countries in the implementation of the economic diversification policy which consists in attracting direct investments in order to enhance sustainable development.