DREI launches ‘Harvard Happy Cities’ programme

DUBAI / WAM

Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI), the educational arm of Dubai Land Department (DLD), announced the launch of the ‘Harvard Happy Cities’ programme, which will be held on November 11 and 12 at the Institute’s headquarters in DLD.
Mahmoud El Burai, CEO of DREI, said, “We are pleased to work with the American-based Harvard School of Executive Education in organising this programme under a happy cities theme. Increasingly, happiness and prosperity have become a measure of social progress and urban prosperity, and those responsible for community planning and development are expected to establish a new definition of growth and progress concepts, taking into account the needs of the general public. Happiness and comfort in cities can be achieved if all entities show effort to exceed the people’s expectations in all aspects of life.”
The two-day workshop will identify the required definitions, contexts, focus and efforts to translate the concept of a ‘happy city’ into reality. The first segment deals with the definition of ‘happiness’, how it is measured, and the identification of its targeted parties, contextually addressing the basic variables that will be addressed by exploring these three perspectives.
The second segment includes detailed workshops focussing on building priorities in the modern era.