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DEWA launches initiatives to encourage reading & signs MoU with Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation to support 2016 as Year of Reading
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has actually signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation to reinforce collaboration in terms of arranging diverse activities that promote favorable reading and disseminate expertise as well as society. This intends to enhance and also support their critical partnership and also incorporate the initiatives of local government organisations to motivate and also combine a society of reading, in execution of the instructions of HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, that revealed 2016 as the Year of Reading, and in line with the launch of the Arab Reading Challenge by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President as well as Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai to encourage over a countless students in the Arab globe to read 50 million books during each university year.
The MoU was authorized by HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD as well as CEO of DEWA as well as HE Jamal bin Huwaireb Managing Director of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation at a press conference held at the Burj Al Arab resort in Dubai.
Throughout the press seminar, DEWA introduced its three efforts, in partnership with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation, to urge reading and also understanding. The very first initiative is called Reading declares Energy, the 2nd campaign is to set up a publication exhibition at Za'abeel Park during 2016 and devote a pavilion for Emirati publishers and also the third is to fund the Knowledge Chair, which is a small collection, in the shape of a chair, including books and also valuable publications, with quotes by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on the relevance of scientific research and also expertise.
"DEWA has established key columns to realise its vision to end up being a sustainable innovative world-class utility, playing an essential function in distributing imagination as well as excellence, as well as making our students amongst the best worldwide in terms of reading, understanding, as well as clinical research study. We also look for to uncover trendsetters, innovative minds and talented students, advertise their capabilities and skills, as well as attract them to work for DEWA," claimed HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and also CEO of DEWA.
"By introducing today's efforts, DEWA is contributing, in cooperation with the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation, to urge reading as well as making books available to everybody throughout the year to make sure a positive modification takes place in our society, by raising a cultured generation of readers. By appointing a place of its own at Za'abeel Park for a permanent book fair, DEWA adds to encouraging Nationals, residents and also visitors to check out. This will absolutely promote our initiatives to become a sign of civilisation and also reading," added Al Tayer.
"Our visionary management realises that the Arab World deals with terrific obstacles and a reading situation, and also that no country could elevate itself without reading. We will likewise give professional training courses to educate the essentials of reading Arabic, as well as supplying resources of understanding and also reading in all subjects as well as scientific researches, consisting of sustainable as well as tidy energy. There will be additionally projects and also tasks to improve reading skills," stated Al Tayer.
"As you all know, the purpose written word has an excellent result on people, as it accumulates connections among people and cultures as well as boosts nations. So, our role will certainly never cease up until we attain our desires and also goals. I would like to conclude right here with a quote from His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, that said that, "Our goal is to create the UAE a beacon of expertise as well as education and learning, just as Baghdad, Andalusia, Granada, as well as others were centres of enlightenment, expertise and civilisation over many centuries,"" claimed Al Tayer.
"Once once again, I would love to thanks all for attending today, as well as I wish that these initiatives will have every person's assistance to be a reality for the common good of our country," ended Al Tayer.
"Since its inception, Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation is constantly interested to introduce efforts, projects as well as collaborations with all branches of the UAE's federal government as well as personal organisations to disperse advancement, management and also excellence, nationally as well as throughout the Arab. Today's initiative supports the directives of our visionary leadership, as well as executes of the regulations of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, that announced 2016 as the Year of Reading, and also the launch of the Arab Reading Challenge by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE as well as Ruler of Dubai" stated Bin Huwaireb.
"The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation's collaborations with various government departments reveals our how much we are working as well as incorporating with federal government organizations. These efforts are statement to the Foundation's fundamental function of disseminating a society of reading as well as understanding throughout UAE culture," put Bin Huwaireb.
"The Foundation will certainly supply all the essential support to all expertise campaigns released by the UAE government's organisations, and invites all various other physical bodies who agree to gain from our competence on this. I wish for the success of every effort that is promoting reading and supporting the UAE's location as a sign of culture as well as knowledge regionally and also globally," put Bin Huwaireb.
"The MoU intends to promote partnership in between DEWA and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation to make the very best use of its proficiency, as well as technical and monetary capacities for constant development to boost good reading, sharing sources of expertise, including access to libraries and electronic sources of information, support programmes of knowledge administration, and improving the Arab content of knowledge by releasing specialized translated publications and magazines to disseminate society, motivate reading, as well as arrange cultural events of common interest," concluded Bin Huwaireb.