United Arab Emirates
Emiratization-positive engagements with first-call NAFIS-eligible talent, ICV-accretive procurement, and an Academy intake at NYUAD, AUS and Khalifa University.
The UAE's federal regime is administered by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) and supported by the NAFIS programme. Mainland private-sector firms with 50 or more employees add two percentage points of Emiratis in skilled roles each year, reaching 10% by the end of 2026; since 2024, firms with 20–49 employees in 14 priority sectors must also hire Emiratis each year. Firms that miss their targets pay a contribution for each Emirati not hired — AED 72,000 a year when the regime began in 2023, rising each year to AED 108,000 as levied in January 2026 — and from 1 January 2026 Emirati work permits carry a minimum salary of AED 6,000 a month, with existing contracts aligned by 30 June 2026. Separately, the National In-Country Value (ICV) Programme, led by the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) and applied by federal entities and participating companies including ADNOC, scores suppliers on a published formula — third-party spend, investment, Emiratisation and expatriate contribution, plus bonuses — and each participating entity sets the weight ICV carries in its tender evaluations.
Federal-trajectory staffing.
Every engagement is sized to keep the client above their MoHRE skilled-role target for the period.
ICV cascade.
Purchases count at the supplier's own ICV score, so spend with a certified in-country vendor lifts your third-party spend term; spend with offshore vendors counts at zero.
Local pipeline.
Academy recruitment at NYUAD, AUS and Khalifa University seeds the UAE cohort.
"Under the ICV formula, your spend with us counts toward your own score at our certified rate, while spend with offshore vendors counts at zero. The cascade works in your favour on every tender where ICV carries weight."