Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for development aid, organised a UAE-wide tour for a visiting Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) delegation. Led by Dr D J Pandian, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of AIIB, the delegation’s UAE visit highlighted the bank’s crucial role in financing development projects in Asian ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Scientific Committee of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award has approved award nominees short-listed for its twelfth edition, following a series of meetings held in February. The meetings were headed by Dr Ali bin Tamim, Secretary-General of the Award, joined by Committee members Dr Khalil Al Shaikh from Jordan, Dr Mohammed Bennis from Morocco, Dr Kadhim ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business For the first time in the UAE, Horouf, a subsidiary of Kalimat Group, is organising ‘Horouf Reggio Conference’, a conference on the ‘Reggio Emilia Approach’ to education, which focuses on children’s mental development through language and the way they express themselves, as well as providing them with more control over the direction of their own learning. ...