Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (Adek), has begun implementing the Education Partnership Schools (EPS), programme, which creates charter schools funded by the government and run by the private sector. The EPS programme is one of the initiatives launched by the Abu Dhabi Government Accelerators Programme “Ghadan 21” under its social pillar, which will ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), participated in the 63rd UITP Global Public Transport Summit held in Stockholm, Sweden under the theme “Art of Public Transport”. Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA, headed RTA’s delegation at the event. The summit, which takes place every two years, was a ...

ABU DHABI / WAM As part of its plan to modernise work mechanisms in the federal government, the UAE Cabinet has restructured the Board of Directors of the Emirates Development Bank (EDB). The eight-member board will be chaired by Obaid bin Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, and will serve a three-year term. The EDB was established ...