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Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi is to introduce the GCC’s first Social Impact Bond, an innovative and internationally recognised financial tool that raises private investment to support high-impact social programs, under the Authority for Social Contribution – Ma’an. Launching next year, Social Impact Bonds operate on a pay-for-success basis, whereby payment relies on a successful social outcome – ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Zayed House for Islamic Culture (ZHIC), has registered one million participants in the “Covenant for Million Tolerant” e-initiative launched last April as part of the Year of Tolerance programmes, aimed at promoting the values of tolerance within the UAE community. According to statistics, visitors to the e-platform reached 1,300,000, of which 68 percent were males ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation donated AED5.5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), to implement its project to provide school supplies to Palestinian refugee students of the UNRWA Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Elementary Boys and Elementary Co-Educational Schools in northern Gaza. ...

DUBAI / WAM DMCC, a Dubai-based free zone that acts as a gateway into global trade, released on Sunday the approved Arabic translation of the ‘Diamond Terminology Guideline.’ The guideline sets a universal standard for the diamond and jewellery trade when communicating about diamonds and laboratory-grown diamonds. The guideline provides clear and accessible terminology to eliminate confusion among industry bodies, ...

DUBAI / wam Emirates Post, in association with Arab Postal Authorities, issued a unified commemorative stamp entitled ‘Al Quds – Capital of Palestine’, to support Al Quds’ cause and to protect its Arabian heritage, as well as serve a reminder of the emotional and cultural importance the city holds in the eyes of every Arab. During a meeting that was ...

PARIS / WAM The UAE and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) announced the UAE-Unesco Global Tolerance Leadership Programme, designed to nurture inclusive societies by developing the capacities of young leaders to foster tolerance, inclusion and intercultural dialogue. Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, and Chair of UAE National Commission for Education, Culture ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) will continue to unlock smart growth opportunities as it navigates the evolving energy landscape and builds on the momentum gained during a record-breaking edition of the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition Conference (Adipec). At the four-day event, Adnoc made a series of strategic announcements to drive value as it ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dubai Airshow 2019 will kick off at its purpose-built venue at Dubai World Central (DWC) on Sunday. The 2019 show, which will be held until November 21 will build on the overwhelming success of the last event, where more than 160 official delegations and 1,300 governmental and private companies from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Prospects for further strengthening the long-standing relations between the UAE and Kingdom of Bahrain were reviewed by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohamed Al Khalifa, the Foreign Minister of Bahrain. This came as ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received here on Saturday Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Indian Minister of External Affairs, and discussed ways of furthering the strategic and friendship relations between the two countries. The meeting, which was attended by His Highness Sheikh ...