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DUBAI / WAM Government and private sector collaboration is key to overcoming challenges and driving further sustainable development in the UAE, a report by the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority (FCSA) revealed on Wednesday. Titled, ‘Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the UAE — Private Sector Contribution’, the report, produced in collaboration with Oliver Wyman, noted how sustainable development is ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Two groups of Emirati students are set to become ground-breaking figures in UAE’s healthcare industry, after it was announced that their medical startup projects would be advanced from incubation to acceleration. The announcement comes following the students’ involvement in Al Bayt Mitwahid Association and VPS Healthcare’s ‘Future Medical Stars’, an innovative healthcare initiative which focusses on ...

DUBAI / WAM Eight prominent business leaders have been selected to mentor high-potential startups from the UAE and Africa participating in Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Global Business Forum (GBF) Mentorship Programme. Four UAE-based mentors and four Africa-based mentors have joined the first-of-its-kind programme, which aims to foster cross-border cooperation between the two startup communities and help participants expand ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Al Ain City Municipality and Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) have commenced construction works of the Asharej and Al Markhaniya roundabout development project in Al Ain city at a total cost of approximately AED183 million. Both parties stated that development of the two roundabouts aims to facilitate traffic movement, reduce congestions particularly during peak hours, ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE’s National Programme for Advanced Skills (NPAS) has launched an interactive self-assessment tool enabling individuals to discover their most prominent skills out of the 12 outlines in the advanced skills strategy. The platform includes the game, ‘FutureFit’, designed to provide all members of society to assess themselves to discover which of the skills they are most ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE will join global celebrations for World Humanitarian Day, commemorated on August 19 every year. On this day, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) advocates on behalf of the entire humanitarian community, honouring humanitarian efforts worldwide and propagating the idea of supporting people in crisis. This year’s World Humanitarian Day is ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), awarded the Strabag Dubai LLC, Strabag AG, Andritz Hydro and Ozkar consortium the construction contract for the AED1.437 billion pumped-storage hydroelectric power station at Hatta. This is part of the Comprehensive Development Plan for Hatta, launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of ...

Emirates Business Ras Al Khaimah International Airport has announced the onboarding of its first foreign exchange partner, Travelex. Headquartered in London with a presence in over 70 countries, Travelex is a leading provider of foreign exchange, remittance, and payments services, enabling physical and digital cross-border money movement for consumers and financial institutions. Travelex has commenced operations at the airport, offering ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The National Election Committee (NEC) tasked with organising the fourth cycle of elections to the Federal National Council (FNC) announced that the candidate registration process for FNC membership commences from today in nine centres across the UAE. The registration centres will continue to accept candidate applications until August 22, 2019. The Committee also underscored that those ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai welcomed 8.36 million international overnight visitors in the first six months (January-June) of 2019, posting a positive three percent in tourism volume growth compared to the same period last year, according to the latest data released by Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, Dubai Tourism. The new figure reinforces the continued strength of Dubai’s tourism ...