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During their participation in the eleventh session of the “World Government Summit 2024,” government decision-makers and thought leaders anticipate major future transformations and innovative solutions to global challenges and improving the lives of communities around the world.

Under the slogan “Foreseeing the Governments of the Future,” 200 international figures present, in more than 110 major dialogue and interactive sessions, their visions about future governments, innovative solutions to future challenges, anticipating the most prominent opportunities, and inspiring the next generation of governments.

The summit, with a group of knowledge partners, launches a series of strategic reports exceeding 25 reports focusing on the most important practices and trends in vital sectors.

Trends

As a global gathering of elite leaders and experts, the summit examines major global future trends and transformations and the modern visions of elite government leaders, ministers, senior officials and decision-makers, as well as their visions in developing innovative solutions to global challenges and improving the lives of communities around the world. It also presents a group of international awards in recognition of government ministers, private sector representatives, innovators and creators for their exceptional contributions to building a better society for humanity.

His Excellency Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the World Government Summit Foundation, said during the “World Government Summit” dialogue that the new session of the summit, which is being held with the participation of heads of state and government, and more than 80 international and regional organizations, in addition to 120 government delegations and elite thought leaders. And international experts, discussing major global future trends and transformations in more than 110 major dialogue and interactive sessions, in which 200 international figures, including presidents, ministers, experts, thinkers and future makers, speak, in addition to holding more than 23 ministerial meetings and executive sessions in the presence of more than 300 ministers.

The summit, which will be held in Dubai during the period from February 12 to 14, brings together on its platform heads of states and governments, ministers and heads of international organizations, as well as more than 120 government delegations, an elite group of world leaders in ideas and business, experts, and more than 8 Nobel Prize-winning scientists.

Plans

The summit hosts 15 global forums that focus on developing strategies and future plans in the most vital sectors that concern humanity. They are organized in partnership with a number of international organizations, global technological institutions, and leading companies, in addition to institutions concerned with innovating new solutions to the challenges facing human societies.

These forums include the Global Health Forum, the Government Services Forum, the Arab Government Administration Forum, the Experience Exchange Forum, the Future of Transport Forum, the Public Finance Forum for Arab Countries, the Future of Education Forum, the Future of Space Forum, and the Forum for Industry and Advanced Technology.

The “World Government Summit 2024” will continue its various dialogues through the Artificial Intelligence Forum, the Future of Work Forum, the Emerging Economies Forum, the Geotechnology Governance Forum, and the Sustainable Development Goals Forum, in addition to the Arab Meeting for Young Leaders, and the “Time 100” event.

High-level ministerial meetings will be held during the summit, including a ministerial meeting of ministers concerned with sustainable development, a ministerial meeting to discuss the features of the next generation of future governments, a meeting of Arab finance ministers, a consultative meeting with the labor ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, and a meeting of energy ministers to discuss the future of hydrogen energy.

6 main axes

The “World Government Summit 2024” focuses on 6 main themes that are urgent at the present time, including enhancing the pace of growth and change for effective governments, artificial intelligence and new future horizons, the new vision for development and future economies, the future of education and the aspirations of tomorrow’s societies, sustainability and new global transformations, in addition to urban expansion. and global health priorities.

The awards presented by the summit include the Best Minister in the World Award, the Dubai International Award for Best Sustainable Development Practices, the Creative Government Innovations Award, the Global Award for Best Government Applications, and the Global Government Excellence Award.

The World Government Summit 2024, in partnership with PricewaterhouseCoopers PWC Middle East, announced the launch of the Global Survey of Ministers, which aims to survey their opinions on a number of prominent international issues, in addition to the launch of the seventh edition of the Best Minister in the World Award. As part of the summit’s initiatives aimed at exchanging ideas on global issues and celebrating unique models of government work that have been able to develop innovative solutions to challenges in a way that supports building sustainable societies.

Issues

The Global Survey of Ministers aims to poll the opinions of ministers on a number of prominent international issues, with the aim of forming a global vision of the challenges facing societies, in order to reach sustainable solutions. It contributes to increasing awareness of these issues and motivating efforts to overcome them and better understand them, which helps determine Shared priorities.

The Best Minister in the World Award celebrates the outstanding achievements made by ministers in facing challenges by adopting digital solutions and advanced technology to provide distinguished government services and national strategies that anticipate future challenges.

In this regard, Her Excellency Ohoud bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Government Development and the Future and Vice President of the World Government Summit Foundation, said: “The Best Minister in the World Award reflects the visions and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the UAE, Prime Minister, Ruler Dubai, may God protect him, is working to stimulate innovation in the field of government work, and encourage innovative initiatives and projects that aim to confront current challenges and anticipate future challenges with unique ideas that can be applied on the ground, with the aim of contributing to building societies based on knowledge, innovation, and artificial intelligence solutions. “Advanced.”

Her Excellency explained that the award highlights distinguished government models with the aim of enhancing opportunities for exchanging experiences and inspiring government officials around the world, as each year it presents inspiring government models that led successful projects and innovative government initiatives and were able to achieve the desired results with the highest levels of efficiency and effectiveness and conveyed government work in their countries. To vast horizons of excellence.

Summit Partners

The list of summit partners for the year 2024 includes the Communications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (Leading Partner), Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (Smart Mobility Partner), Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Sustainable Energy Partner), Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (Strategic Partner), and Dubai Municipality (City Partner). Smart”, “Etisalat by E&T” “technology partner” and the Advanced Technology Research Council “research and innovation partner”.

His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Commissioner-General of the Infrastructure, Urban Planning and Quality of Life Track, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai, stressed that the challenges and rapid global changes that the world is witnessing confirm the need to develop a global model through which governments participate and cooperate in order to support efforts. development and innovating solutions that contribute to overcoming challenges and the prosperity of societies, noting that the World Government Summit has become a global event that brings together thought leaders, experts and decision-makers from various countries of the world, to present their ideas and visions about the future of governments.

Al Tayer said that the Roads and Transport Authority, through its partnership with the World Summit, confirms its continued commitment to participating in global efforts to innovate solutions to make a positive impact on people’s lives by reviewing the specific initiatives it launches and the results of their implementation in the context of benefiting from best practices and successful experiences.

partnership

Engineer Majid Sultan Al-Mesmar, Director General of the Communications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority, said: “We at the Communications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority are pleased with our partnership with the World Government Summit, as it intersects with our aspirations towards establishing a digital system that enhances the quality of life, and we see that the summit contributes to strengthening global cooperation to benefit from “From the broad opportunities offered by successive developments, it also contributes to confronting the challenges emerging from those developments.”

He added: “Over the years, the World Government Summit has established itself as a prestigious global platform for making future government policies, and has become an annual station where senior experts and officials from around the world meet, dialogue, exchange knowledge and experiences, and formulate common visions that fit the nature of the stage and contribute to shaping the future.”

Dawoud Al Hajri, Director General of Dubai Municipality, said: “Dubai Municipality’s participation in the World Government Summit, the most prominent event in the world in the field of global government cooperation, comes to seize the opportunity to learn about the features of the future of governments and learn about global trends and the opinions of decision makers and thought leaders.”

He pointed out that Dubai Municipality is participating in this year’s World Government Summit with the Future City model by anticipating areas of municipal work and harnessing advanced technology and artificial intelligence to develop residents’ quality of life and well-being.

Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, said: “The World Summit provides governments with appropriate opportunities to discuss and anticipate the future about best practices, innovative solutions, and means that contribute to accelerating the achievement of the global goals of sustainable development to build a more prosperous future for societies.”

He added: “The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, through its strategic participation in the World Government Summit over the past years, believes that effective cooperation between governments, international institutions and global organizations in implementing sustainable projects is the ideal direction that will contribute to transforming challenges into opportunities, and this is in line with the approach of The UAE is committed to sustaining development locally and globally.”

Faisal Al Bannai, Secretary General of the Advanced Technology Research Council, said: “In light of the rapid development witnessed by artificial intelligence and the qualitative leap expected in this field in 2024, the Advanced Technology Research Council continues its efforts to enhance research and development in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and demonstrate its commitment to advancing artificial intelligence technology, including This is the supervision of “Falcon”, the first language model of its kind in the UAE and one of the strongest performing models in the world, through its two competent bodies, the Technological Innovation Institute and AI71 Company.

He added: “We are proud to be the research and innovation partner of the World Government Summit, where decision-makers and technology sector leaders from around the world come together to explore the responsible foundations for deploying artificial intelligence technologies and other priorities in this promising field, as well as exchanging views and contributing to the global dialogue in this regard.”

Masoud Sharif Mahmoud, CEO of Etisalat by E&, said: We are proud that E& is a leading partner of the World Government Summit. Because the summit represents a global platform for exchanging experiences and discussion among elite minds and decision-makers to create a better future for all.

He added: “E& has long-term experience extending to 48 years in the communications and technology sectors, which allows it to share visions, strategies and aspirations during the main themes of the World Government Summit agenda, and to enrich the dialogue about harnessing the capabilities of artificial intelligence and the role of technology in accelerating the pace of growth and shaping… Future economies, sustainability and smart cities.

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