What It Is

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What It Is

• Dubai Aid City The Worlds 1st Humanitarian
  Free Zone
• Dubai Aid City is the worlds first Free Trade
  Zone dedicated to the humanitarian and
  development sector
• The global hub for humanitarian and development
  organizations, UN agencies, suppliers, service
  providers and donors
• 1 million square meters of warehouses, land,
  office buildings, combined with value added
  services for the aid community

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Vision

• To facilitate international humanitarian and
  development operations by providing support
  through dedicated logistics and operations
  facilities, value-added services and specialized
  benefits and incentives for the humanitarian
  sector

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Mission

• To be the single contact point for humanitarian
  and development organizations and suppliers for
• Distribution and storage
• Procurement
• Logistics
• Manufacturing
• Advocacy
• Training
• To provide world class, technically advanced,
  value added and focused business support services
  and facilities
• To facilitate networking amongst international,
  regional, local humanitarian and UN organizations
  and suppliers

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Dubai - Location

• Strategically located for the humanitarian and
  relief community within easy reach to major
  areas needing short and long term development
  assistance

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Who Is Behind it ?

• Dubai Aid City is a Non- Profit Dubai Government
  initiative
• Dubai Aid City is the non-profit operational unit
  of The Corporate Office a group with over 25
  years of experience consisting of over 12
  companies with 8,000 employees including the
  Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai Ports Authority, Dubai
  Customs, Dubai Metals and Commodity Center,
  Nakheel and several other specialized projects

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His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
Al Maktoum Dubai Crown Prince and UAE Minister
of Defense
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Dubai Aid City Physical Facilities

• 120 Warehouses
• 12,000 m2 of office space
• 800,000 m2 of land
• Cool and Cold Store
• Conference, meeting and training facilities
• UN Floor
• Emergency Coordination and Crisis Response
  Chamber
• Business Center
• Press Center
• Customs, Chamber of Commerce, international bank,
  staff accommodation, food court, etc. within the
  boundary of the Free Zone

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Benefits to Suppliers/Service Providers

• In 2000 international aid agencies
• procurement amounted to 50 billion
• Access to substantial procurers and logistics
  users in the humanitarian community such as
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red
  Crescent, UN agencies, major international relief
  agencies, etc.
• Listed as preferred supplier/ service provider in
  the DAC Humanitarian Procurement Database
• Membership in Tejari the regions first
  electronic marketplace
• Commodity Receipt
• Promotion through participation in DAC events
  (conference Humanitarian Aid Procurement and
  Logistics, etc.)

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Dubai Aid City Business Services

• Business Center
• Call Center
• Press Services
• Procurement Center
• Logistics Services
• Company Set-up Service

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Benefits to Humanitarian Organizations

• Donor liaison service
• Training and Meetings Service
• Specialized training seminars and workshops
• NGO education courses
• Internal/ regional meetings packages
• Staff Services
• Recruitment service
• Volunteers and intern service
• Other Facilities
• RnR packages
• Family housing support

• General
• 60 discount on warehouses, land and office
  facilities
• Temporary offices
• Government liaison service
• Emergency and Crisis Response Coordination
  Service
• Procurement service
• Easy access to a wide suppliers and service
  providers base in DAC, JAFZA and wider region
• Membership in the DAC Humanitarian Procurement
  Database
• Membership in Tejari the regions first
  electronic marketplace
• Commodity Receipt

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Incentives

• No income, personal, corporate taxes 50 years
  guarantee
• No duties on import or export of goods
• No foreign exchange controls
• No currency restrictions
• 100 repatriation of capital and profits
• 100 foreign ownership
• No recruitment problems
• Simple administrative procedures and minimal
  legislation
• On-site customs
• Mortgaging of owned premises on leased land

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Wider Dubai
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DAC - 10 minutes to Port and Airport
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Setting

• Commercial companies
• Free Zone Company
• Free Zone Establishment
• Offshore Company
• Branch Office
• Humanitarian and Development Organizations
• Branch Office
• Simple Administrative Procedures
• Submission of Application Form
• Submission of Legal Documents
• Payment of Registration Fees
• Preparation Lease Agreement
• Payment of License Fees

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Costs

• Commercial Companies
• License Fees AED 5,500 - 15,000
• Registration Fees AED 10,000 - 15,000
• Facilities Lease Costs
• Office/ m2 AED 1,200 - 1,500
• Warehouse/ m2 AED 250
• Land/ m2 AED 10

Humanitarian and Development Organizations - 60
discount on all facilities rates
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Why Dubai ?

• Stable, neutral, humanitarian causes and business
  supportive Government
• Location short and easy access to Africa,
  Central Asia, Middle Eastern countries,
  Subcontinent South Asia
• Excellent transport connections
• 95 airlines serve 137 destinations
• Over 125 of the world's major container shipping
  lines call on Dubai
• All major Middle East markets can be reached
  within a 24 hours drive
• All major regional ports can be reached within 48
  hours by ship
• Modern communications
• Sophisticated banking system
• No restrictions for recruiting staff
• High standard lifestyle

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DAC International
In cooperation with Dubai International, DACI
expands its operations to other countries
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Djibouti Free Zone
17 hectare site 1.5 km away from Djibouti
Port Adjacent to the main Ethiopia highway High
standards of infrastructure services Plots of
land, warehouse/light industrial units and office
units for lease
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List of Categories of Clients Humanitarian Orgs,
Suppliers and Service Providers
Education Education material, education
establishments, educational services IT
Support, IT consultancies, networks Energy
Generators, energy supply, project
management Engineering Consultative
services Domestics Textiles, appliances Training
Emergency response, NGO, crises
management Communication Equipment, TV-audio
production Translation Consultancy
Medical Medical equipment, medical kit,
medicine drugs, nutrition, vaccines,
pharmaceuticals, chemicals, trauma
counseling Food Drink Water purification,
water supply, water pumps, ready made food, food
manufacturers, importers - exporters Logistics
Warehousing, material handling, express
delivers Transportation Air, land, sea
specialized vehicles (ambulances) Shelter
Building construction, temporarily
accommodation Housing Building supplies, tents,
sleeping bags
.. and many more
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Hope to welcome you soon on board