Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), and BESIX, the region’s leading company operating in infrastructure concessions and construction, has signed a joint venture agreement to operate and maintain an existing wastewater treatment plant in Al Saja’a, Sharjah. The newly formed company, called QATRA, will continue developing and expanding the wastewater infrastructure in line with Sharjah’s masterplan ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organised workshops and meetings in Singapore, the first stop in a series to be held around the world to promote the Global Knowledge Index as a tool for sustainable development and the betterment of society. The main objective from these ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The third UAE Public Policy Forum will take place in Dubai in January 2019, the Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG), announced. Held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, the upcoming Forum, titled ‘Accelerating SDGs Implementation: Future Policy ...