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Knowledge Summit 2019: Realising Sustainable Development Goals will Boost UAEs Global Competitiveness

Moving in the direction of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will empower the UAE to turn out to be progressively aggressive on a worldwide scale, declared H.E. Hanan Ahli, Executive Director of Competitiveness, Research and Studies Department, Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority (FCSA), in a 'Know Talk' session on the very beginning of the Knowledge Summit 2019.

The SDGs help make ready for accomplishing the UAE Vision 2021 and UAE Centennial 2071, H.E. Ahli included, as she examined how the UAE has grasped the SDGs at the core of its vision for the future. In her discourse, H.E. Hanan Ahli stressed how moving in the direction of the SDGs on a nation-wide scale, as advanced by the National Committee on Sustainable Development Goals, will advance national improvement and development. It will likewise contribute towards expanding worldwide competitiveness, which will improve the UAE's situation on the world stage, she said.

Government activities to consolidate the SDGs into national plans have included delegates from both the general population and private segment, guaranteeing that everybody has a state in the future of the nation.

"We have found a way to improve connections among public and private sectors, with the goal that we can cooperate towards supporting humanity and the Sustainable Development Goals on a national and worldwide scale," said H.E. Hanan Ahli. "The Government of the UAE is pushing hard towards actualizing the SDGs, transforming dreams into activities. Similarly as the SDGs are altogether connected, we as a general public must cooperate towards accomplishing them. We are on the whole building the future that our Founding Father the late Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan made arrangements for us."
H.E. Ahli finished up by empowering the individuals of the UAE to seek after their passions and contribute towards the UAE understanding its aspirations for sustainable development.

Organized by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) under orders from MBRF Chairman His Highness Sheik Ahmed bin Mohammed container Rashid Al Maktoum, the 2019 Knowledge Summit held at the Dubai World Trade Center from November 19-20 bears the theme Knowledge for Sustainable Development', and is set to exhibit relevant experiences and best attempts that have helped nations on their improvement venture in different segments.

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