الدكتور سالم عبد الله النعيميأبحاث علمية / 2026
من الوصول إلى الخدمات إلى الإسهام في السياسات: حقوق مشاركة كبار المواطنين
From Service Access to Policy Voice: Participation Rights of Senior Emiratis
مقدّم للنشر · الفحص الأولي · Ageing International
الملخص العربي
يحلّل هذا البحث أحكام المشاركة في القانون الاتحادي رقم (9) لسنة 2019، ويميّز بين حضور الأنشطة، والوصول الفعلي إلى الخدمات، والإسهام في صنع السياسات. ويقترح إطاراً توثيقياً لتقييم كل مسار من خلال شروط الوصول والقرارات والسجلات ذات الصلة. كما يوضح الفرق بين المعاملة التفضيلية والإعفاء من الرسوم الذي يتطلب قراراً تنفيذياً محدداً. الإطار مقترح بحثي وإداري، ولا يمثل دليلاً على أداء مؤسسة بعينها.
English abstract
Older persons can participate in a community as service users, learners, volunteers and contributors to public policy. These roles require different legal and administrative arrangements. This article examines how Federal Law No. 9 of 2019 concerning the rights of Senior Emiratis connects participation with access to information, an enabling environment and public accountability. Using doctrinal analysis of the Arabic statutory text, it distinguishes the law’s citizenship-defined beneficiaries, its participation objectives, its service duties and its reporting and complaint mechanisms. It argues that attendance at activities, preferential service access and influence over policy should be assessed separately. A proposed evaluation framework links each form of participation to an identifiable decision, access condition and documentary record. The framework is a research and administrative proposal rather than evidence that a particular institution has met or breached its duties. It also explains why statutory authority for fee reductions cannot be reported as an operative exemption without a further implementing decision. The contribution is a focused account of participation as a sequence of opportunities and decisions, providing a basis for evaluating ageing-related services while preserving the distinction between legal recognition and demonstrated implementation.