In January 2021, the UAE Cabinet approved the ‘National Policy for Quality of Digital Life’ which aims to maintain a safe digital community in the UAE and promote a positive identity through appropriate digital interactions.

The policy comprises 11 initiatives linked to the following four key pillars:

1. Digital capacities - building the capacities of members of the community and enabling them to use the internet in a risk-aware manner
2. Digital behaviour - consolidating positive digital values and behaviours
3. Digital content - guiding the community to use positive content
4. Digital communication - protecting users from the risks of dealing with suspicious parties.

The policy is supported by the following four strategic initiatives:

1. Digital Life Quality Knowledge Platform - the platform aims to build the digital capacities of community members with focus on parents, teachers, people of determination and senior citizens.
2. Positive Digital Citizenship Values and Behaviours Code - aligned with the UAE’s spirit of tolerance and pluralism, the code aims to reinforce the country’s quality of digital life and create a safe and positive digital community.
3. The Digital Life Quality Approach Initiative - it aims to integrate digital citizenship issues into school curricula; from nursery to the Grade 12 in various subjects.
4. The Sannif initiative for assessing eGames content - it aims to enable parents to learn about eGames and assess their impact on their children.

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