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  Emirates Business The Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) has received three prestigious awards during the annual Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) Supply Management Awards held at The Address Dubai Marina recently. ENOC was recognised as the “Overall Winner” for 2016 in addition to two team categories called “Best People Development” and “Best Supplier Relationship Management”. The acknowledgement ...

  Emirates Business Dubai Trade, the premier cross-border trade facilitator, has announced the 9th edition of its annual flagship event, the E-Services Excellence Award (ESEA). The event aims to recognize the best performers in the e-Services adoption on Dubai Trade portal and celebrate the success of digital transformation in trade and logistics activities. Categories for the 9th ESEA will remain ...

  Dubai / WAM Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation (MBRCGI) signed a cooperation agreement with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, USA, to launch a series of knowledge workshops to spread the culture of innovation among employees in the UAE government, and enhance their knowledge in line with the latest global innovation trends. The agreement was signed by ...

  Sharjah / WAM HH Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah and his wife, HH Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’s Eminent Advocate for Refugee Children, visited UNHCR’s Harmony Refugee Learning Centre in Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, recently. During the visit, Sheikh Sultan stressed the importance ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, opened the Armenian Church in Abu Dhabi, with Hassan Youssef Saad, Lebanese Ambassador to the UAE, Gegham Gharibjanian, Armenian Ambassador to the UAE, leaders of the Armenian community and hundreds of Armenian Christians in the UAE in attendance. Addressing the congregation, Sheikh Nahyan hoped ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Businesswomen Council held recently the first forum of women entrepreneurs in the country at the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai, under the patronage of HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF) and President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood. ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada), in collaboration with the Department of Municipal Affairs and Transport (DMAT), revealed that it has completed 59% of the Mafraq-Ghuwaifat International Highway project, linking western region cities and facilitating commercial transport on the international road. The move is part of the efforts to implement the vision of President His ...

  Ajman / WAM Teams of the General Directorate of Ajman Civil Defence on Saturday put out the fire that had broken out in a fibreglass factory in Ajman’s industrial area. No casualties were reported. Colonel Nasser Rashid Al Ziri, director of the media and public relations department of Ajman Civil Defence, said the operation room received a report on Saturday ...

  Maputo / WAM Businesses from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) expressed their willingness to strengthen business relations with Mozambique and to invest in agriculture and transport, the Mozambique news agency (AIM) reported. Speaking to reporters in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, after a meeting with Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario, the Chairman of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE, represented by the Ministry of Economy, participated in the sessions of 4th the Arab-Japanese Economic Forum, organised by the Arab League in cooperation with the Government of Japan, from May 4- 6, in Casablanca, Morocco. The event was attended by high-profile representatives from Arab and Japanese governments, as well as representatives from the private ...