The Executive Council of Dubai, chaired by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Council, and the presence of HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Council, adopted the policy of The Emirate, provided by the Awqaf and Minors' Affairs Foundation.
The policy aims to empower minors and ensure a decent life for them, in line with the role of the Government of Dubai in supporting and caring for minors' affairs and their interest in them, in order to build a cohesive and cohesive society, which is a priority in the Emirate's plans and strategies.
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, in a tweet to His Highness on «Twitter»: «chaired in the presence of my brother Maktoum bin Mohammed, the Executive Council meeting in Dubai, and adopted during the meeting the policy of developing funds endowment and minors in the Emirate of Dubai. The new policy is in line with Dubai Government's leading role in supporting and sponsoring this category, and our goal is to effectively manage Waqf funds and investments of AED 2.8 billion. ”
The new policy is in line with best practices, in order to achieve the purposes of legitimacy, and the vision of the institution in the management and development of waqf and investments, with high efficiency and effectiveness, as well as embracing minors, taking care of their funds, investing, and social welfare, and rehabilitation, and enable them to self-reliance when they reach the legal age. Guardianship of the institution.
During its meeting at the Emirates Towers, the Council approved Dubai Municipality's plan to reduce waste production in the emirate through the implementation of initiatives and projects that ensure the provision of best practices and effective services and initiatives to raise awareness among the public in protecting the environment from pollution, in line with the vision of Dubai Municipality to build A happy and sustainable city, through the application of best legislative practices in integrated waste management.
The plan is to monitor population changes, development plans and environmental impacts, and harmonize new legislation.
The scope of work includes updating the plan, which includes a study of the current situation and the programs that have been implemented, and the provision of human resources and rehabilitation, where the environmental effects of increasing the amount of waste, and its impact on humans and the surrounding environmental elements, do not hide the pollution of soil and groundwater, and increase carbon emissions. This leads to the exacerbation of global warming, as well as the preparation of a set of programs to achieve the goals of the plan, where the results indicate the expectation of positive effects, are significant economic benefits for the public and private sectors, is to achieve financial cost and spending, and access to T alternative raw materials and raw materials used in production, so as to create new job opportunities in the areas of recycling.
Social responsibility
The decision of the Executive Council to adopt the Dubai Municipality plan to reduce waste production in the emirate, in order to urge waste producers to take positive steps to reduce waste produced, and to seek alternative options for disposal. It is in line with the best practices applied locally and internationally, as it is expected to drive the emirate's community to take the initiative and commit to social responsibility towards these wastes, by reducing waste sent to disposal sites, and instead to separate it from the source, and take advantage of its material components.
This allows new resources to build a recycling-based industry, create new jobs, and ensure the optimal utilization of available land in the emirate to provide parks and public services, rather than depleting land for landfill.