Dubais First Sustainable Living Expo Kicks Off In Style At The Dubai Mall

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Dubai’s first EPIC sustainable living expo kicked off today to a staggering number of eco-wise and savvy consumers who got a firsthand look at environment-friendly products and sustainable initiatives from over 70 local and international companies. The EPIC expo, taking place at The Dubai Mall till June 24, marked the first day of Dubai Summer Surprises 2011.

EPIC Dubai opened on a positive note where a Green Cars Caravan of solar, electric, hybrid and biodiesel powered cars, organized by Dubai Police and S.S. Lootah Group, took off from Burj Al Arab with a pit stop at Dubai Police Academy before it continued its journey to Burj Khalifa boulevard and The Dubai Mall, where the expo is being held.

UAE’s first solar powered car, designed and manufactured at the Lootah Technical Centre and unveiled by UNEP Champion of the Earth, Louis Palmer, during World Environment Day Dubai celebration earlier this month, cruised down Sheikh Zayed Road as part of the Green Cars Caravan.

“The Green Cars Caravan journey comes as part of our commitment to raising sustainability awareness and reducing carbon footprint to support Dubai’s economic and social development, in line with the vision and guidance of UAE leadership,” said Yousif Saeed Lootah, Board Member of S.S. Lootah Group and CEO of Lootah Biofuels. “This initiative further reinforces UAE’s efforts in overcoming environmental challenges by introducing practical and effective solutions.”

He added: “Green Cars Caravan has received tremendous support from Dubai Police where their biodiesel and electric vehicles took part in this initiative. We would also like to extend our sincere gratitude to Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Dubai Police Chief, for his continuous support to our youth and his commitment to direct their energy towards innovation for sustainable development.”

Under the ‘sustainability meets style’ theme, the first day of the expo was packed with variety of showcases, features and inspiring talks to satisfy all tastes and interests.

EPIC Dubai First Day Highlights

EPIC Talks
Colonel Nasser Abdulwahed Al-Awar, Director of Community Relations at Dubai Police, kicked off EPIC Talks highlighting Dubai Police’s efforts in the field of saving energy while Jeremy Byatt, vice president, environment at Bee’ah focused on how to live better by using fewer resources.

EPIC Talks continued throughout the day with an informative presentation from Daniel Atkins of Murdoch University on what people can do to help the environment; Organic Foods & Café CEO, Nils El Accad, underlined the benefits of organic food; Dr. Bassem Daghestani, head of conservation at Juma Al Majid, explained how historic books and documents are conserved organically for future generations. EPIC Talks concluded with Mr. Ibrahim Al-Zu’bi, Head of Sustainable Development and CSR for the Knowledge and Human Development Authority, Dubai Government, the Official Ambassador for the Honourable Al Gore Climate Project Initiative. 

EPIC Features
Local fashion house, DAS Collection, modeled their latest summer line at the EPIC Fashion catwalk while Brooklyn Melodies, TMI Musical and DSS Traditional Emirati Musical groups entertained the crowd with superb performances throughout the day.

EPIC Live Cooking
Top Emaar Hospitality Group’s hotel chefs prepared some of the finest organic dishes, live at the Waterfront Promenade, where health and quality-conscious consumers watched and learned from their favourite chefs, including; Daniel Edward, Specialty Sous Chef at The Address Downtown Dubai; Norberto A. Valdez Palacios, Asado Head Chef at The Palace – The Old Town; Francesco Bonato, Sous Chef at the Armani Hotel Dubai.

EPIC Workshops
As part of a DEWA workshop at EPIC, comedians Splashy and Sparky entertained and educated visitors on water and energy conservation while Dr. Bassem Daghestani hosted a workshop on the organic conservation of historic documents.

EPIC Kids
EPIC is designed to get the whole family involved, featuring eco-arts and crafts, sustainable toys, interactive games and educational ’learn-and do’ activities to help engage and entertain the next generation about sustainable living. That’s why, Hamleys, the world’s most famous toy retailer, organized an all-day eco-play area during the three days of the expo while Bee’ah and Dubai Garden Center held special workshops for the kids on recycling and planting. 

“Today was a true celebration of earth-friendly living and sustainability in the UAE,” commented Tracy Fast, EPIC Dubai Show Manager. “After checking out what our exhibitors and partners had to offer, visitors expressed genuine interest in changing their lifestyles to become more sustainable and eco-friendly. This is what being EPIC is all about; making informed choices and buying products and services to support responsible businesses that are making an effort. We would like to thank our exhibitors and partners for being EPIC, for inspiring our visitors and for making the first day of the expo a tremendous success.”
 

Dubai Islamic Bank Kicks Off Al Islami Festival

Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) kicked off a season of promotions and prizes with the launch of the Al Islami Festival. This year’s festival will see DIB provide customers with value-packed promotional campaigns including low car and personal finance profit rates, special offers on credit cards and free gifts/vouchers with account and Takaful products. The Al Islami Festival will run from April 24 – June 20, 2011.

  “Dubai Islamic Bank has always believed in offering great value to its customers combined with a great product experience. With the exciting array of promotions and prizes available during Al Islami Festival, customers can really enjoy the better way to bank which DIB represents,” said Dr. Adnan Chilwan, Deputy CEO – Chief of Consumer and Wholesale Banking, Dubai Islamic Bank.    During the Festival, DIB will offer Al Islami Auto Finance from only 3.49 per cent per annum profit rate. Any customer who takes advantage of the broad array of Al Islami Personal Finance solutions will receive attractive profit rates starting at only 7.99 per cent per annum. Additionally, customers applying for an Al Islami Credit Card (Classic/Gold/Gold Premium/Platinum/Platinum Plus) will be able to get up to AED 1500 worth of value as Wala’a Dirhams.   Also, as part of the festival, DIB will offer an AED 200 shopping voucher to customers who take out the Al Islami Takaful Nama’ policy – a robust savings and investment plan with protection, while Al Islami Takaful Riayati, which offers protection to families against accidental death or disability, will come with a free gift.   With three new accounts offering a free gift upon opening, the Al Islami Festival has something for everyone. The Al Islami Current Account Plus is an account with no minimum balance requirement, the Al Islami 2-in-1 Account offers a cheque book and profit in one account, while the Al Islami E-Savings Account features an online savings account that offers higher profit rates.

RTA Kicks Off Pedestrian Safety Campaign

The Roads & Transport Authority

Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has launched an awareness campaign among workers at Sinabor, Dubai to educate them on the safe road crossing to avoid traffic accidents, especially run-over accidents.

Engineer Maitha bin Udai, CEO of RTA Traffic & Roads Agency, said that the awareness campaign was a part of the Gulf Traffic Week 2011 Program, which spanned various age groups and occupational categories with a host of traffic awareness programs.

She said: “The awareness campaign, which started last Friday at Sinabor and is set to continue for one month, targets workers accommodated at Al Quoz and Jebel Ali areas by sending invitations and distributing ads at their residential complexes communicating to them the venue of the event a few days in advance. Participants have shown positive indicators depicting the success of the campaign.”

"Attended by more than 2000 workers, the campaign comprised awareness lectures on pedestrians’ safe & proper road crossing, and the distribution of awareness leaflets written in four languages namely: Arabic, English, Urdu, and Hindi of which 25,000 copies were printed. The events program included distributing reflective stickers to cyclists, staging contests about pedestrian crossings, and presenting gifts to winners in a bid to reward their participation and commitment to the awareness messages of the contest. Furthermore, a civil defense team carried out a mock drill to rescue workers whose bus sustained a crash," said Maitha.

"To ensure the success of the traffic awareness campaign, the Traffic & Roads Agency has coordinated the campaign with many RTA’s partners such as the Dubai Police, Dubai Civil Defense Department, Center of Ambulance Services, Dubai Electricity & Water Authority, Al Ahli Driving Institute, and 3M Company," she continued.

"Pedestrians’ safety indicators in Dubai illustrate the significant advancements made in the Agency’s Pedestrians’ Safety Plan with a view to reducing run-over accidents in Dubai. The past few years witnessed many field procedures and joint awareness efforts to control pedestrian accidents, which are considered among the gravest challenges facing traffic safety specialists. Traffic awareness efforts have reduced the ratio of run-over traffic accidents fatalities to 43 deaths last year (2010) compared to 78 cases in 2009, and 116 in 2008,” continued Maitha.

"The Agency’s pedestrian crossing plans are set to continue with the aim of reducing the annual pedestrians mortality, and we hope that this campaign will significantly help in curtailing the run-over accidents, since the figures and statistics of the Agency confirm that a big chunk of pedestrians accidents are attributed to workers category, who are liable to traffic accidents in the vicinity of their residence, the very areas targeted by the campaign.
 

Dubai Investments Park Olympiad 2011 Kicks Off

The DIP Olympiad 2011 which includes competitions across 35 categories kicked off yesterday, Friday February 11th.

Organized by Dubai-based YalaSports, the fifth edition of the inter-company sports extravaganza will be held from 11 February – 4 March at the Dubai National School, Emirates Karting Center and Insportz Club. The events will see participants from several organisations displaying athletic skills to bag top honours in a competitive environment. DIP is joined by Permasteelisa Gartner and Marmum Dairy as partners presenting the Olympiad and the Cedars Jebel Ali International Hospital is the medical partner.

The participating organisations at the Olympiad will meet head on to try and excel at 35 indoor and outdoor categories in 14 sports, including long-distance running, swimming, indoor soccer, indoor cricket, karting, basketball, as well as volleyball, table tennis, badminton, billiards, mini soccer, outdoor soccer, chess and foosball.

Saeed Bugaraah, Chief Operating Officer, DIP, said: “In organising the DIP Olympiad for the fifth year in succession, we aim to promote a culture of holistic development for all our employees and tenants. This initiative comes as part of reinforcing our commitment to offering a healthy work environment that creates opportunities for all-round development.

“The event aims to provide a get-away from the routine corporate lifestyle and inculcate health awareness amongst the participants. The games will also add value to the organisations that have volunteered their support through inculcating a feeling of camaraderie and nurturing self-belief, which is integral to an event of this nature and undoubtedly carried forward to the work environment.”

The event will see teams from organisations across the Dubai corporate sector, and those located at Dubai Investments Park and Jebel Ali free zone such as Al Arif Group, All Mir Trading, Baysystems Pearl FZCO, Can Pack ME, CEDARS – JAIH, CHEP Middle East, Danzas, Dubai Investments Park, DIRC, Dorma Gulf, Dubai Cranes & Technical Services LLC, Dubai Investments, Duproof, Emirates Airline, Emirates Building Systems, Emirates Glass, Emirates Industrial, Eurostar Communication, Faisal Jassim Trading Company, Gartner, Globalpharma, Golden Systems, Gulf Agency Company, Gulf Precast, Hilti, International Rubber CO. LLC, Marcura FZE, Morison Menon Chartered, Naffco, Oracle, Seven Seas, Stromek Emirates Foundations and Vox Spectrum Group
 

Duran Duran Drummer Kicks Off Rockstars Gone House

The world knows Roger Taylor as the drummer of Duran Duran, one of the world’s most successful Rock Bands.
As if selling over 70 million records wasn’t enough, some may be surprised to learn that for the last decade Roger has also enjoyed an extremely successful career as a DJ.

For the past few years, Roger has had a residency at London’s celebrity hot spot The Met Bar, performing for the likes of Slash, David Gray, Marilyn Manson and Joaquin Phoenix, just to name a few.

Playing an eclectic mix of Rock, Hip Hop, various forms of House, up-to-the-minute dance tunes and even a bit of 80’s Electro, Roger sights influences stemming from long nights in New York’s infamous 80’s dance clubs, such as Danceteria, The Limelight, and Area – as well as the now legendary Rum Runner Club, where Roger formed Duran Duran with John Taylor and Nick Rhodes.

But what makes these gigs so extraordinary is that Roger Taylor also creates spectacular rhythm happenings by playing percussion along with the tracks. This combination of live music and deck devilment sends crowds into another dimension.

It’s fitting then that Roger Taylor and his long-term partner DJ sensation Jake Fonique should be the first Guest DJs for Rockstars Gone House – a series of incredible upcoming music extravaganzas in Dubai featuring world famous Rockstar DJs.

This first Rockstars Gone House event– featuring Roger Taylor and Jake Fonique – takes place at the CHI Club at The Lodge on 14th January 2011 from 9am – 3am. Tickets available at the door.

The Rockstars Gone House concept is the brainchild of Sam Razaghi, a successful music promoter from Vancouver, and his music promoter partner Leela McNamara.

Rockstars Gone House

Starring Duran Duran’s Roger Taylor & Jake Fonique
14th January 2011
9pm – 3am
Venue: CHI @ The Lodge
CHI Club: DJ EZ (Kiss FM)
Contact Numbers: 04 3379470
Or Sam Razaghi: 050 4351411
Tickets sold at the door
 

RTA Kicks Off Facilities Bridges Clean-Up Campaign

The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has launched a wide-ranging clean-up campaign covering roads, public yards, parking lots, bridges, tunnels and project sites as part of RTA preparation for the welcoming of the blessed Eid al-Adha.

Explaining the nature of the Campaign, Nazim Faisal, Director of Roads & Facilities Maintenance, RTA Traffic & Roads Agency, said: “The Campaign comes in the context of sharing the festivities of the blessed Eid al-Adha and turning the city in an elegant fashion during this occasion; which stems out of RTA’s attention to provide a sparkling & untainted environment such that the city will remain a convenient living place for residents & visitors.

This is particularly relevant as Dubai tends to receive a large influx of visitors and tourists from within the UAE and abroad during Eids and events.”

A program is currently underway involving cleaning areas in the vicinity of Eid prayers, bridges and tunnels, with particular focus on washing the main tunnels & metal rail of bridges, removing dust & solid deposits on pavements specially bridges pavements, and washing pedestrian bridges & directional signs at key roads within the Emirate, according to Faisal.

“A team comprising engineers & inspectors from Roads & Facilities Maintenance Dep’t, in coordination with Roads Dep’t, has surveyed the neighbourhood of Eid prayers to initiate corrective measures for repairing any faults in roads, road marking and directional signs, check the cleanliness of road project sites an adjacent areas to ensure they are free from constructional waste, and ensure the clarity of traffic signals & road marks. The survey also checked the availability of maintenance tools with contractors, soundness of road elements, and the cleaning & washing of tunnels across the Emirate to ensure that they are well turned out during Eid days.
 

RTA Kicks Off ‘Schools Without Accidents’ Campaign In Collaboration With Ministry Of Interior

The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior and Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai, has launched ‘Schools Without Accidents’ campaign.
Commenting on the Campaign, the Director of Traffic, RTA’s Traffic & Roads Agency Hussain Al Banna said: “The Campaign, which started in September and runs through until November, targets the school environment through addressing students, parents, and school bus drivers as well as the academic & administrative staff of Dubai schools. It also seeks to deliver general messages to drivers and all road users through the awareness flashes and in several other events held by the Traffic Awareness Section in coordination with our partners.”

“Traffic safety ranks among the priorities which RTA is seeking to achieve on Dubai roads, particularly during the seasons where traffic in the Emirate witnesses some changes such during “Back to School” period and changes in the weather condition; which are the main topics on which we will be concentrating during the last quarter of this year,” said Al Banna.

He confirmed that the traffic safety is one of the priorities the RTA is focused to enhance on Dubai’s roads and streets, particularly during the seasons where the traffic witnesses a number of changes like, the back to school and during the weather changes. These two conditions are the main mover for the traffic awareness, which will be focused on during the fourth quarter of the year. 
"The awareness messages that RTA seeks to deliver through Schools Without Accidents campaign had been tailored to suit each age group, and as such the messages directed to parents and drivers differ from those intended to drivers to students. “Therefore RTA opted to capitalize on the technological and media channels to deliver its awareness messages to various categories, and accordingly we approached parents and drivers through messages over the local radio stations, RTA Virtual Messages Signs spread all over Dubai roads, and in the Cashier’s monitors of all branches of Al Ittihad Cooperative Society,” continued Al Banna.

He further added: “From the start of the academic year, the Traffic Awareness Teams have been deployed in several Dubai schools to carry out students-oriented activities and events encompassing applied programs about the safety belt, road crossing, and boarding & alighting from the school bus, as well as training bus conductors on how to receive children at the bus door, guiding them to the street pavement, and directing them to follow safe steps that protect them from run-over accidents. Events also included delivering lectures at some clubs and women societies such as the Social Development Center, Ministry of Social Affairs, where we will deliver a series of lectures about the responsibilities of parents in securing the safety of children, slowing down & increasing the attention upon approaching schools or parked school buses, and using the right-hand-side door of the vehicle for boarding or alighting of children.”

Al Banna stressed that the activities of traffic awareness programs oriented to students resumed in the first week of the academic year, where the school bus has visited several schools to explain the Golden Rule through giving a practical demonstration enabling children to get acquainted with the dangerous spots around the school bus and how to avoid them. He narrated the steps necessary for keeping clear from the bus, how to cross the road and the proper conduct on board the bus during normal or emergency conditions. Traffic Awareness Teams in Dubai schools have also carried out a variety of events as directed by RTA’s traffic awareness supervisors, and we are planning for the launch of new programs during the current academic year 2010/2011 that include smart and innovative quizzes aimed at diffusing traffic awareness which include printing educative brochures for blind students in Braille language. Coordination is in hand with some children-oriented television channels to explore the cooperation in producing and transmitting cartoon films related to traffic safety and awareness.

The Long Awaited Sport 360deg; Kicks Off!

Sports enthusiasts rejoice! The UAE’s long awaited only daily sports newspaper, Sport 360°, has finally kicked off. Whether you are an aspiring football or golf star, or prefer to watch from the sidelines, this one-of-its-kind newspaper is for you. No longer will sports be mentioned in a small back section; Sport 360° has offered sport a newspaper of its own.

Sport 360°’s Dubai launch was held at Art Sawa gallery on September 28, under the patronage and in the presence of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Department of Civil Aviation and Chief Executive and Chairman of The Emirates Group. As the only sports dedicated newspaper in the UAE, and even the world, the event was packed with over 400 guests including Government officials, VIPs, media personalities and members of the press.

During his speech, Michael Chalhoub, founder and CEO of Gulf Sports Media and Sport 360°, passionately explained: “ We created Gulf Sports Media with one great ambition: to become the leading publisher of sports information in the region. And thus Sport 360 was born! It began as a dream, inspired by the one thing sports can do better than anything else and where all else fails: it can unite us all.”

Canvases of some of the world’s greatest sports players and scenes lined the venue walls, lit by red and white spots to remind guests of the brand’s corporate colors. The Sport360 team mingled with the guests, directing them to copies of the pre-first issue laid around the venue. Ladies in bright red F1 racing outfits tended to the attendees and gathered their business cards for a big prize draw. Entertainment was hosted by Dubai Eye’s Tom Urquhart, with music from Radio One and Nasimi Beach Resident DJ Marko “SmokinGroove”.

The launch was as action-packed as the newspaper’s pages, with an impressive Capoeira demonstration and a surprise exclusive kick-boxing showdown between four-time World Heavy Weight Muai Thai Champion Alain “The Black Panther” Ngalani and four-time World Middle Heavy Weight K1 Champion James K “The Sensei”. After an energetic 3 round fight, Alain Ngalani walked away with the Sport 360° gold trophy.

Three lucky attendees won pairs of tickets for the 2010 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the final of the 2010 FIFA Club World Championship UAE and Rugby 7 tickets. Guests walked away with Sport360°’s Issue 0, prepared exclusively for this occasion by the newspaper’s editors and reporters, and were surprised by Sport360 branded sunshades placed on their cars.

About Sport 360°
Sport 360° is an English-language daily sports newspaper catering to all sports enthusiasts in the UAE. Available in both print and online, it offers readers the very latest international, regional and local news about all major sport events, along with stunning photography, professional analysis and compelling writing from renowned regional and international columnists. Sport 360°’s partnerships with leading sports content providers from around the world enable it to provide readers with an unparalleled depth of coverage.

Sport 360° is published by Gulf Sports Media in Abu Dhabi.
 

Home Centre Kicks Off Second Paint Your Dream Home Competition To Raise Funds For Unicef

Home Centre has announced that it is running its Paint your Dream Home campaign for the second year, encouraging children from the UAE to demonstrate their creativity. In support of United Nations Children’s Fund, Unicef, events will take place throughout July and August across the UAE, in five Home Centre venues selected, covering four primary hubs in the UAE. Children will congregate at Home Centre stores in Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, with the grand finale occurring at Mirdiff City Centre on the 6th August. Each event will accommodate one hundred children to taking part in preliminary rounds, which will result in 25 children qualifying for the Grand finale.

The first begins this Friday at the Oasis Centre, Dubai, followed by the second event on Saturday 17th July at The Sahara Centre, Sharjah. The third will be on Friday 23rd July at the Marina Mall, Abu Dhabi, followed by the fourth on Friday 30th July at the Jimi Mall, Al Ain. Parents can register their children by visiting a specially designed Paint Your Dream Home Microsite, accessible on the Home Centre website http://www.homecentre.net/ or via drop off boxes in selected stores.

Each event will take place in the evening from 4.00pm-8.00pm, kicking off with a tutorial explaining about art and creativity, and following this, 25 children per hour can draw will draw their dream home to their hearts content. The artwork will then be submitted for review to a panel of art experts, who will then choose the top twenty five drawings for the Grand Finale.

A total of four hundred children aged between five and twelve are expected to register to take part in the painting competition, with the best twelve paintings from the Grand Finale being selected to feature in a 2011 calendar. In addition these twelve paintings will be auctioned off with proceeds going to Unicef.

Aarti Jagtiani, Home Centre’s head of strategic planning and design commented, “Following the success of last year’s Paint Your Dream Home Competition, we are thrilled to be able to organise and host it for a second year running, this time in support of Unicef. The competition not only allows children in the UAE to use their creativity and imagination, but it also allows them to give something back to underprivileged children. “
 

The ’1st Seminar On The Future Vision Of The Government’ Kicks Off Today At The Etisalat Academy In Collaboration With The Ministry Of Environment And Water

Under the patronage of H.H Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan the UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, the Etisalat Academy today organised the ‘1st Seminar on the Future Vision of the Government’ in collaboration with the UAE Ministry of Environment and Water. His Excellency Dr. Rashed Ahmad Bin Fahd, Minister of Environment and Water, delivered the keynote speech at the seminar, which kicked off under the theme of ‘Reinforcing the Concept of Competitiveness across the UAE Public Sector’.

During the first day speakers discussed the modern concept of competitiveness and how it is linked to the ability of the nation to raise the productivity of available human or material resources and how the competitive advantage of a country is now measured by its ability to achieve a high rate and constant standard of living for its citizens. The discussion panels also demonstrated some of the best practices and lessons learned from the international experiences in promoting the competitiveness of organisations and how it deals with the consequences of the global financial climate and participates in developing schedules to ensure the improvement and development of the business.

Speakers also discussed today the organisations ability to achieve organisational excellence while they continue working hard to reach the highest levels of achievement. Finally the speakers discussed the importance of choosing the best activities and maximizing the investment rather than simply competing on price or low wages.

During the second day, the seminar will host six workshops which will discuss the development of business leadership in a way that ensures the organisations’ benefit, the importance of outstanding business practices to achieve business excellence, strategic planning as a way to define the organisation strategy or direction in order to meet certain objectives, the active role of the human resource development managements in achieving organisational objectives, the importance of the customer-centric approach, and at last the innovation in business sector which could improve performance and growth in terms of efficiency, productivity, quality, competitive positioning or market share.

David Brennan, General Manager of the Etisalat Academy, said: “The Etisalat Academy realizes the importance of the UAE government’s vision in the area of developing and supporting the public sector through setting an ambitious growth outlook for the nation, supported by clearly laid out action plans. We are fully aware that maximizing the quality of services provided within the nation cannot be achieved without a real and continuous collaboration between different organisations across the UAE. This step comes as a part of our responsibility as the leading professional training and development centre in the region and through our commitment to play a key role in achieving the government’s strategies.”

Mariam Mohammed, Acting Director of Business Development at the Etisalat Academy and the General Coordinator for the Seminar, explained: “This Seminar is considered an excellent opportunity for business leaders and departments’ managers in the public organisations to network with thought leaders in competitiveness and organisational excellence and benefit from the discussions on the world best practices and models. This seminar comes within a proactive step in which we aim to play a central role in reinforcing the concept of competitiveness in the governmental sector to help these organisations increase their excellence and provide best quality services to their clients. Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the organisations and departments that supported us in this mission. I am confident that their participation will create an added value to this series of events we are organising.”

This seminar comes within an initiative of three Seminars that are taking place this year. Each of the three seminars is designed to discuss a different theme. The first seminar which is taking place this week discusses strengthening the concept of competitiveness across the UAE public sector. The second seminar will talk about knowledge economy – the theory and the application, while the third seminar will discuss the strategic leadership development best practice.

For further information please visit the website www.ea.ae.