Vision 2030:
“A continuation of the Grand Vision of Sheikh Zayed”
In 2006, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin
Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown prince of Abu Dhabi and
Chairman of the Executive Council, mandated the
General Secretariat of the Executive Council, the
Abu Dhabi Council for Economic Development
and the Department of Economic Development to
develop a long-term economic vision for the Emirate.
The Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030, a 142
page masterplan, was the result. This volume is
an analysis of that document.
Having conducted more than 60 interviews
with leading chief executives responsible for the
implementation of the policy document on the
ground in Abu Dhabi, CEO Financial has gained a
unique insight into the ways in which the vision is
being brought to life in actuality.
Comprised of 9 “pillars”, 4 “key priorities” and
7 areas of economic “policy focus”, Abu Dhabi’s
Economic Vision 2030 represents one of the most
cohesive and comprehensive development plans
of modern times. Spearheaded by the Department
of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi is working
in unison towards a blueprint which encompasses
social, financial and infrastructural goals which will
set the scene for an anticipated two-fold increase in
population over the next two decades.