Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation Launches Global Knowledge Index
The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge foundation (MBRF) has actually collaborated with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to introduce the Global Knowledge Index. The Structure introduced the Index in a press conference held today (Monday, June 19, 2017) at its head office in the Dubai World Trade Centre.
Complying with directives from MBRF Chairman His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Index is the initial of its kind in the world and has actually enlisted 140 countries, providing a platform to exchange understanding and competence. It is readied to contribute to financial and social advancement strategies around the world, improve the knowledge motion, and work as a roadmap for the lasting growth of human societies.
The Global Knowledge Index additionally uses a new tool to flag the opportunities and identify the challenges facing countries, and generates precise and unbiased information for governments and authorities to release brand-new programmes and campaigns to build a knowledge-centred society.
The press meeting was participated in by MBRF CEO His Excellency Jamal bin Huwaireb; Khaled Abdel-Shafi, Director of the UNDP Regional Hub in Amman, Jordan; Jacob Prez, Regional Program Planner, Arab Bureau for United Nations Growth Program (UNDP); and Dr Hany Torky, Chief Technical Advisors at the Arab Knowledge Project.
" The Global Knowledge Index introduce a new period for the knowledge industry, taking our efforts onto the global stage," claimed H.E. Jamal bin Huwaireb. "Knowledge identifies no borders; it is not restricted to certain individuals or countries. Keeping that in mind, it becomes ever before so important that we embrace globalisation and be completely involved with exactly what is happening in the world around us - specifically, the quickly accelerating knowledge revolution.
" Given that its inception, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, led by its Chairman, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has actually looked for to introduce and promote efforts and tasks that profit society at big," The MBRF Chief Executive Officer included. "Our campaigns pave new paths for effective intellectual and cultural exchange, which help develop sustainable knowledge economic climates that show the vision of our wise leadership."
H.E. bin Huwaireb disclosed that MBRF and UNDP will set up a cross-continental group of professionals and experts to manage the new index, and to make sure that it operates along a well-researched approach. The brand-new device covers a varied range of sectors, consisting of college; pre-university education; technical/vocational training and continued education; information and interaction technology; scientific research and innovation; and, lastly, economics.
For his part, Khaled Abdel-Shafi underlined the value of this critical and efficient partnership with MBRF, applauding the several campaigns under the Arab Knowledge Project. Abdel-Shafi particularly stressed the importance of the Knowledge Index as an evidence-based tool to inform and support policymakers on the various aspects and functions of knowledge in the search of lasting human advancement.
Abdel-Shafi included that knowledge is a crucial indicator of the degrees of openness and thought advancement in cultures, adding that "this index will prompt all people to invest much more in knowledge as a crucial certification in standing up to the myriad advancement challenges we are encountering today, consisting of - however not restricted to-- the challenges of water and food safety and security, climate modification, social justice, peace, security, and countering terrorism."
The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Structure and the United Nations Development Program had previously teamed up on the Arab Knowledge Project and introduced the Arab Knowledge Index in 2015 and the Arab Reading Index in 2016. The outcomes for both indexes are talked about in detail during the Structure's annual Knowledge Summit. MBRF and UNDP will certainly deal with various other significant international bodies, most especially the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and International Association for the Examination of Educational Success.
