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  Emirates Business UAE’s 39 delegates will attend the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum taking place from May 2-6 in Geneva, Switzerland. WSIS Forum 2016 is the latest edition of the leading global forum for ICT-driven development. It is co-organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the UN Development ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Tadweer (the Center of Waste Management — Abu Dhabi), spared no effort to provide support and assistance for all the events and occasions that aim to educate communities on the importance of preserving the environment. These events provide a platform to connect with the communities to encourage them to exercise and adopt a proper ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Juma Mohammed Al Kait, Assistant Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Economy for Foreign Trade Affairs, is heading the UAE trade and investment delegation during his visit to Spain from May 3-4, to attend the UAE-Catalonia Forum, organised by the ministry in cooperation with the UAE’s Consulate General in Barcelona city. While in Spain, the delegation ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) launched phase two of the SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance system. This includes Asset Control, Process Control, and Risk Management. This phase focuses on managing access-related risks, roles, and business process controls. The second phase started during Q1 of 2016, with the deployment of Access Control and Process Control. Access ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The National Media Council, NMC, on Saturday said it has selected architect Santiago Calatrava’s design for the UAE Pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai. The design was approved by a jury including representatives from the NMC, Expo 2020 Dubai team, Masdar and Emaar. Spaniard Santiago Calatrava’s proposal was formally selected following a seven-month design competition managed ...

  DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), the regulatory body for Dubai Silicon Oasis, the integrated free zone technology park, approved the DSOA 2021 Strategy, which is based on UAE Vision 2021 and the Dubai Plan 2021 that provide an enabling operational framework for government entities in Dubai and ...

  NEW DELHI / WAM A joint delegation from the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, National Qualification Authority (NQA) and the Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council, visited India to discuss ways to enhance cooperation in the areas of labour skills development, accreditation of professional qualifications, endorsement of training centres and evaluation of manpower. The visit is part of ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, has stressed that the ministry’s celebration of the International Workers’ Day, which falls on May 1 each year, is a recognition of the role that labourers played in the comprehensive development being experienced by the UAE, led by its wise leadership. He added ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business From plastic bottles, pipes, cans, straws, balloons, rubber, wood, grains and even an X-ray sheet children visiting the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) were taught how to create sound effects that could be used for animation and theater. These skills were part of a workshop titled ‘Exploring Foley and Sounds’ given by Jose Angel Soto ...

    Beijing / WAM The United Arab Emirates made tremendous efforts to contain crises and hot spots in many countries of the world and provide much needed humanitarian assistance to refugees in conflict zones through bilateral, regional and international co-operation, Dr Maytha bint Salem Al Shamsi, Minister of State, told the Fifth Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of ...