Dubai / Emirates Business His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, toured the Media and Social Communication Centre for the sixth edition of the World Government Summit. Sheikh Mohammed was accompanied by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai; HH Sheikh Maktoum ...

Dubai / WAM Professor Jeffrey Sachs, renowned economist and Chair of the World Happiness Council, has led a plenary session to discuss the findings of the first Global Happiness Policy Report on the opening day of the sixth World Government Summit, (WGS 2018), in Dubai. In the session titled, “Insights and Reflections from the Global Happiness Policy Report,” industry experts ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE), together with Global Citizen, the social action platform, organised a youth dialogue to discuss how youth can contribute to organisations and to the delivery of the 2030 Development Agenda. The dialogue held on the second day of the World Government Summit (WGS 2018), was attended by Dr. Thani bin ...

Dubai / WAM The second edition of the Global Business Forum on Latin America (GBF), which will be held from February 27-28, in Dubai, will see the participation of current and former heads of state, ministers, decision makers, and industry experts to discuss new avenues of economic cooperation between the GCC and promising Latin American markets. Organised by the Dubai ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, visited the Expo 2020 Dubai site on Monday to view the latest developments, construction and preparations made to date to host the world event. He was accompanied by HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday received the World Bank Group President, Dr Jim Yong Kim, on the sidelines of the World Government Summit (WGS 2018). During the meeting, Sheikh Mohammed and Dr Kim discussed a number of development issues in countries ...

DUBAI / WAM Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, met with Jose Qngel Gurria, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), to discuss and further strengthen the strategic partnership between the two sides. Obaid Al Tayer thanked the OECD Secretary-General for the constant support provided, specifically related to the Memorandum of Understanding signed ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday visited the Operations Control Room of the World Government Summit (WGS 2018), in Dubai. His Highness listened to a brief presentation by Major General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, and Major General Talal ...

DUBAI / WAM DMCC has signed a strategic partnership with CropData Technology to develop a digital pan-India agricultural trading marketplace, during the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s, visit to intensify economic corporation and enhance bilateral trade between the two countries. Under the agreement, DMCC will develop a digital platform, which will eventually connect up to 500 logistic hubs throughout India, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Ports’ IBTIKAR programme, Arabic for ‘innovation’, has been awarded the Platinum level accreditation by ideasUK, one of the most prominent associations for the promotion of employee involvement programmes in the UK and beyond. The announcement took place at ideasUK’s annual conference which was held in London. Since inception in December 2013, the IBTIKAR scheme ...