Day: November 14, 2021

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رئيس وزراء سانت كيتس ونيفيس ينطلق لتعزيز الجنسية عن طريق الاستثمار في دبي، الإمارات العربية المتحدة

لندن, 14 نوفمبر / تشرين ثاني 2021 /PRNewswire/ — دفعت عمليات الإغلاق التي لا نهاية لها وقيود السفر وتعليق التأشيرات المؤقتة من قبل العديد من البلدان خلال الوباء الفرد ذوي القيمة الصافية العالية (HNWIs) على وجه الخصوص إلى البحث عن جنسية بديلة. بسبب هذه الزيادة في الطلب، وصل رئيس وزراء سانت كيتس ونيفيس، الدكتور تيموثي هاريس، إلى دبي، الإمارات العربية المتحدة. سيقوم رئيس الوزراء بالترويج لبرنامج الدولة للحصول على الجنسية عن طريق الاستثمار (CBI) والدخول في اجتماعات لتعزيز العلاقات الثنائية بين البلدين خلال فترة إقامته.

يساعد برنامج الجنسية عن طريق الاستثمار، مع تزايد الشكوك حول ضوابط رأس المال والضرائب المرتفعة والاضطراب السياسي، المستثمرين ورواد الأعمال في الشرق الأوسط على ضمان الأمن والتنقل لأنفسهم ولعائلاتهم. سانت كيتس ونيفيس St Kitts and Nevis ظلت الوجهة الأولى لراغبي برنامج الجنسية عن طريق الاستثمار بين عملاء الشرق الأوسط لعدة عقود. وقد تأسس برنامج الجنسية عن طريق الاستثمار في سانت كيتس ونيفيس عام 1984، وهو الخيار الأطول أمداً في السوق ومع ما يقرب من أربعة عقود من الخبرة.

 وبحسب إحدى نشرات فاينانشال تايمز، فإن برنامج سانت كيتس ونيفيس يحتل المرتبة الأولى لعام 2021 كأفضل برامج الجنسية عن طريق الاستثمار. كما أن سانت كيتس ونيفيس معروفة بامتلاكهم أكثر العروض شمولاً في منطقة البحر الكاريبي للوجهات بدون تأشيرة وتأشيرة عند الوصول. وفي الوقت الحالي، يمكن لمواطني سانت كيتس ونيفيس السفر إلى أكثر من 160 دولة ومنطقة عبر سبع قارات دون قيود على الأعمال الورقية الشاملة قبل المغادرة.

 كما أنه من المتوقع حضور رئيس الوزراء هاريس احتفال العيد الوطني لسانت كيتس ونيفيس في دبي في 16 نوفمبر 2021. وعلاوة على ذلك، سيشارك وفده، الذي يضم ليس خان، الرئيس التنفيذي لوحدة الجنسية عن طريق الاستثمار في الدولة، وجوستين هاولي، سفير الدولة لدى الإمارات العربية المتحدة، في العديد من الاجتماعات الثنائية والتفاعل مع مواطني الاتحاد المقيمين في المنطقة.

 صرح ليس خان، الرئيس التنفيذي لوحدة الحصول على الجنسية عن طريق الاستثمار في سانت كيتس ونيفيس، “لقد أدى حدوث كوفيد-19 منذ ما يقرب من عامين إلى مجموعة من الاتجاهات العالمية، بعضها متوقع وبعضها غير متوقع، حيث أعاد الناس تقييم خطط حياتهم بشكل جذري. كما أن أحد الاتجاهات الرئيسية التي شهدت ارتفاعًا هو استكشاف الأفراد لخيارات الحصول على جنسية ثانية في جميع أنحاء العالم. ومن أجل تسهيل عملية البحث عن الأمن بشكل أفضل لإخواننا وأخواتنا في الشرق الأوسط، فإن وحدة الجنسية عن طريق الاستثمار في سانت كيتس ونيفيس لديها عرض لفترة محدودة على برنامج الجنسية عن طريق الاستثمار من فئة البلاتينية القياسية”.

يمكّن العرض المؤقت، الذي ينتهي في نهاية عام 2021، العائلات التي يصل عدد أفرادها حتى أربعة أفراد من الحصول على الجنسية مقابل 150,000 دولار أمريكي بدلاً من 195,000 دولار أمريكي. كما يمكن فقط للمتقدمين الذين يجتازون إجراءات العناية الواجبة الصارمة الاستثمار والتأهل للحصول على الجنسية. ويمكن للمستثمرين ضم مجموعة واسعة من المعالين من أفراد الأسرة كجزء من عملية التقديم الخاصة بهم.

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Saudi Arabia official visit to France Strengthens Cultural Ties

– Official cultural visit by Saudi Arabia to France features a series of successful strategic engagements, including meetings with the French Minister of Culture and the Director-General of UNESCO

– His Highness Prince Badr addressed the UNESCO General Conference

– A new agreement signed with UNESCO further recognizes the cultural significance of ancient AlUla, building on existing cooperation between France and Saudi Arabia to enhance the destination.

PARIS, Nov. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — During a week-long visit to France, His Highness Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al-Saud, Saudi Minister of Culture, met with his counterpart Roselyne Bachelot, French Minister of Culture, Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, and several other French cultural leaders and institutions.

Saudi Arabia official visit to France Strengthens Cultural Ties

Prince Badr addressed the UNESCO General Conference: “We congratulate UNESCO on its seventy-fifth anniversary, which the Kingdom has been a part of since the beginning as a founder member. Saudi Arabia is committed to working with UNESCO, and its members, in the efforts to unleash the power of culture.”

The day prior UNESCO and the Royal Commission for AlUla signed an agreement that will help preserve the globally significant area, enabling it to become a destination for heritage, nature, arts, and culture. It builds on an existing partnership, through which over 100 French archaeologists and experts are currently working onsite.

France and Saudi have a long history of ongoing cultural exchange. For example, fifty years ago King Khalid helped establish the Arab World Institute in Paris. In 2018, HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud made an official visit to France, meeting with President Emmanuel Macron, where a significant cultural agreement between the two countries was signed.

The Kingdom is hosting a vibrant cultural program of over 100 cultural events, initiatives, and engagements during the coming months, including Saudi Arabia’s first art biennale, Ad-Diriyah Biennale, and first major international film festival, the Red Sea International Film Festival, which will feature French classics.

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Noor Dubai’s Mobile Eye Camp in Ghana helps over 2,000 people

DUBAI, Noor Dubai Foundation organised its latest Mobile Eye Camp at Tamale, the capital city of the Northern region of Ghana, where over 2,000 people benefitted through the programme’s activities, which included screening and providing diagnosis for eye care, conducting surgeries, and distributing spectacles Around 500 surgeries were conducted to restore the sight of hundreds of people.

Guided by the statistics published by the World Health Organisation and International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, and in consultation with the Ghana National eye care programme and local partners, the Foundation targeted the Northern Region of Ghana for its mobile eye camp.

To ensure the safety of all, the Foundation implemented several precautionary and contingency measures related to COVID-19.

Dr. Manal Taryam, CEO and Board Member of Noor Dubai Foundation, commented, “In 2020, there were an estimated 3.2 million people with vision loss in Ghana out of which 100,000 people were blind. The most prevalent cause of blindness is Cataract, which can easily be treated by surgery. Studies in Ghana showed that only 25 percent of the expected Cataract Surgical Rate has been achieved so far, furthermore, there is an estimated 3 ophthalmologists per 1 million of the population.”

She added, “What we hope to achieve through the Mobile Eye Camp programme is to improve access to eye care services needed by the communities, therefore, contributing to the wellbeing of the individuals, as well as improve the capacity of the human resources for eye health.”

The mobile eye camps aim to empower local healthcare workers to ensure the services are sustainable even after the mobile eye camp is concluded. The Foundation consistently employs local resources in the camps in addition to organising training programmes and supplying them with the necessary tools to treat patients.

“Studies have shown that cataract surgery can contribute to poverty alleviation, particularly among the most vulnerable members of society. Cataract surgery improves the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of the individual and the economy of their households. The findings of this study suggest these benefits are sustained in the long term,” Dr. Taryam added.

To date, Noor Dubai Foundation has organised camps in 33 cities in 18 countries where 289,306 individuals have been screened, 29,974 surgeries have been performed and 67,642 glasses provided.

A UAE based non-profit under the umbrella of the Mohammad bin Rashid Global Initiatives, Noor Dubai has been active in the field of prevention of blindness since 2008. One of Noor Dubai’s main international outreach programmes is the Mobile Eye Camps, targeting remote areas in developing countries, where there is a need for improved access to health services and interventions to prevent treatable blindness.

Source: Emirates News Agency

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Emirates Health Services receives prestigious award in digital healthcare field

DUBAI, The Emirates Health Services (EHS) has been awarded the ZIMAM-Elsevier ‘Screening Package & Healthcare Plans Project of the Year 2020-2021’, an initiative of the GCC Taskforce on Workplace Development in Digital Healthcare Conference.

The accolade is added to several awards bagged by the EHS in global forums, consolidating its innovative model in developing future healthcare systems.

Expressing his pride in the EHS’s winning of such a prestigious award in a regional forum bringing together important national and regional healthcare organisations, Dr. Yousef Mohammed Al Serkal, Director-General, EHS, said: “It’s an extremely well-deserved award thanks to the outstanding performance and cooperation of the EHS teams, pursuant to the directions of the wise government to integrate digital technologies into health services in line with the aspirations of the Fifty-Year Charter.

Upon receiving the award, Dr. Yousef Al Serkal said: “A very well-deserved award for the EHS, after a competition with highly reputable health authorities in the Gulf, based on standards of innovation, excellence, and best practices in areas that receive international recognition.

This award stands as another testament to the competitiveness of the EHS and reflects the UAE’s leading position in the healthcare field by adopting a future agenda based on innovation and sustainability in the strategies and operational plans, he added.

Al Serkal received the award in the presence of an elite group of leaders, decision-makers, entrepreneurs, and interested parties from the GCC.

Dr. Noor Al Muhairi, Director of the Mental Health Department, EHS, said that the EHS’s project has been recognised as the ZIMAM-Elsevier ‘Screening Package & Healthcare Plans Project of the Year 2020-2021’ in the Leading Institution Category in the Excellence in Evidence-Based Clinical Decision Support system.

She pointed out that the jury was impressed by the project as it met the award criteria, which leads to the improvement of adopting digital health transformation systems to raise the efficiency of health care using advanced technology systems.

Al Muhairi added: “The award-winning project is built around an electronic Clinical Decision Support system that ensures patient safety and reduces risks for all clinical specialties and areas, including; Medical-Surgical, Intensive Care, Surgery, Pediatrics, Neonatology and Obstetrics. The project aims to enhance communication and knowledge sharing to cement patient-centered care, with simultaneous improvements in quality and safety.

Source: Emirates News Agency

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Education professionals meet in first in-person event in post pandemic era

DUBAI, Education is an essential pillar to venture into the future, achieve sustainable development, and transition to a knowledge economy, said Dr. Mohamed Ebrahim Al Mualla, Undersecretary for Academic Affairs, UAE Ministry of Education.

Addressing this year’s edition of GESS Dubai 2021, the Middle East’s largest education show, on opening day, Al Mualla said, “Our presence here today constitutes an exceptional opportunity to discuss contemporary and emerging educational issues, and build on educational achievements, following a difficult period the world witnessed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which cast a shadow over several sectors, including education.”

According to Al Mualla, the next fifty years in the UAE’s education sector will focus on fostering a high-quality education system that ensures competitiveness at the early childhood stage; an innovative global educational system that enhances future skills; alignment of higher education outputs with the needs of the future labor market; and an advanced and flexible national qualifications system that copes with the requirements of future economic development. “This is in addition to a sustainable service system for people of determination, starting from early detection to leading the future, and a proactive holistic system for nurturing talent that stimulates production and competitiveness, and finally, well-being and sustainable quality of life in learning environments,” he added.

Meanwhile, Birgit Lao, Ambassador-at-large for education, Estonian Ministry of Education and Research, talked about wellbeing in the time of hybrid learning in addition to how the Estonian education system survived the remote learning crises suddenly brought about by COVID-19.

During her presentation, she shared the findings of a study conducted in Estonia during the Covid-19 pandemic focusing on wellbeing during distance learning. Sharing some of the survey’s highlights, she said, “More than 50 percent of the students liked distance learning, and around 24 per cent of parents noticed study difficulties. More importantly, about 87 per cent of the students solved their individual tasks.”

Dr. Petar Stojanov, Global Partner, Innovation, Talent and Future Strategy at Black, talked about the future of education and how technology and talent are shaping the future of education. He said, “I want to make a very productive statement as I stand here on stage at a technology education conference to tell you that technology is not the answer. But it is the enabler of it.”

He mentioned that the World Economic Forum’s top 10 important skills in the workforce are complex problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, people management, coordinating with others, emotional intelligence, judgment and decision making, service orientation, negotiation, and cognitive flexibility.

But, he said, “I would argue to all of you that these are not the skills that we’re teaching young people at the moment.”

Welcoming education professionals from around the world to this year’s edition of GESS, Matt Thompson, Project Director, Tarsus, organisers of the Middle East’s leading education show said, “Today, we look to the future with optimism as we take inspiration from our speakers and experts who see a great opportunity for education to be a significant tool for transformation for progress and sustainable development.

The three-day event features more than 140 speakers and over 150 CPD accredited sessions. Scheduled on November 14 to 16, 2021 at Zabeel Halls 4, 5 & 6 of the DWTC, GESS Dubai is free to attend for education professionals and will also feature the latest education-focused products and solutions from over 400 local and international companies and brands from over 30 different countries, with dedicated country pavilions such as the UK, Germany, India and Korea.

Source: Emirates News Agency

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Mansoor bin Mohammed congratulates global cricket fraternity on cricket tournaments

DUBAI, H.H. Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, has congratulated the international cricket family on the success of the ICC T20 World Cup.

Held in the Middle East for the first time, the 2021 T20 World Cup was a huge organisational success and reinforced the UAE’s position as one of the world’s leading destinations for hosting top international sports competitions, including world championships.

H.H. Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed said: “Cricket lovers enjoyed watching the thrilling contests between the world’s elite cricketing nations across state-of-the-art stadiums in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. The country’s exceptional sporting infrastructure and supportive environment were key factors behind the success of the tournament, from the first match until the final between Australia and New Zealand on 14 November at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

“We congratulate the International Cricket Council, which operates from its headquarters in Dubai, for organising the tournament here and for spreading the sport around the world, turning cricket into the world’s second most-popular sport. We also congratulate all the participating teams and their colourful fans, who made this a wonderful event.” He added: “Thanks to the vision and unlimited support of our wise leadership, the UAE has become the world’s premier host of top international sports events, including cricket tournaments. The availability of state-of-the-art sports facilities, organisational expertise, and effective regulations and protocols to deal with different challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, make the UAE a leading destination for major events.

“Our success in the fight against COVID-19 has earned us praise around the world and has led to many of the world’s top sports events choosing to come to the UAE in these challenging times, including the Indian Premier League for two consecutive years and the ICC T20 World Cup.” He further said: “We have many international sports tournaments and events being organised in the country, and we are ready to host any global event and forum in all fields.”

Source: Emirates News Agency