NEW YORK / WAM The United Arab Emirates and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have announced a new Memorandum of Understanding that will allow UAE nationals to join the agency as full-time staff under a Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Programme. The agreement was signed by Reem Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, and Achim Steiner, Administrator of ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Land Department (DLD) and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) signed a mem- orandum of understanding (MoU) during the Gitex Technology Week. The agreement aims to regulate real estate advertisements by setting an operational framework in the control departments, thus reducing misleading real estate advertisements. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, Director-General of the TRA, said, “The Authority ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business A predicted boom in flexible working could contribute $10.04 trillion to the global economy by 2030, according to the first comprehensive socio-economic study of changing workplace practices. The analysis, commissioned by Regus and conducted by independent economists, studied 16 key countries to delve into the state of flexible working both now and through 2030. Regus ...