Timeline
- November 2025
Award Launch
Individuals’ self-nomination through the online registration system
- In progress
- December 2025
Awareness Campaign
Virtual and physical awareness sessions to entities and individuals
- Upcoming
- January 2026
Awareness Campaign
Virtual and physical awareness sessions to entities and individuals
- Upcoming
- January 2026
Closure of Individual Application System
- Individuals’ self-nomination closure on 31st of January 2026
- Upcoming
- February 2026
Assessments
- Eligibility assessment for individuals and entities categories
- Individuals’ category: initial shortlisting and interviews
- Entities Category: collecting results from the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, the Central Bank of the UAE systems, as well as the Nafis platform and start the data analysis process
- Upcoming
- March 2026
Results validation
- Validate the assessment results of individuals and entities.
- Upcoming
- April 2026
Jury and Leadership Approvals
Final shortlisting of individuals and entities categories to be presented to the Jury and leadership team
- Upcoming
- April 2026
Logistics preparation
Logistics preparation
- Upcoming
- May 2026
Logistics preparation
Logistics preparation
- Upcoming
- May 2026
Award Ceremony
The ceremony date will be announced through the official communication channels
- Upcoming