The activities of the Emirates Innovation Month 2020, the largest national event to celebrate innovation and creativity, which was organized under the slogan "Emirates innovates to prepare for its fifty", kicked off yesterday from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, to continue for a full month traveling between all the Emirates, with the participation of federal and local government agencies, the private sector and academic institutions , In a national event aimed at consolidating and spreading the culture of innovation, enhancing community participation in designing and developing future experiences, initiatives and projects, and creating proactive solutions to the challenges of the next 50 years, which enhances efforts to make the UAE the most innovative country and prepare Ladda for the future.
The activities of the month, which will attract more than one million visitors, are organized in seven major stations nationwide, starting in the capital Abu Dhabi from the first to the seventh of February, and in each of Sharjah, Ajman and Umm al-Quwain from the eighth to the 14th of February, and then move to Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah From February 15 to February 21, activities in Dubai will close from February 22 to 29.
Hoda Al Hashemi, Assistant Director General for Strategy and Innovation at the Office of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers at the Ministry of Cabinet and Future Affairs, emphasized that the Emirates month for innovation embodies the orientations and visions of the leadership of the country in adopting innovation as a working approach and a governmental and societal culture, by enhancing people's awareness of the importance of innovation and its impact on their future, and their involvement In designing the future, as part of the effort to prepare for the next 50 years.
She said, “The Emirates Innovation Month is full of innovative events, in terms of content, experiences and creative ideas. The launch of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Governmental Innovation" The Challenge of Fifty ", which represents the largest initiative aimed at contributing to enhancing readiness to implement innovative solutions to four major challenges affecting society, will be represented in: Reaching the "zero" percentage in traffic accidents, the use of plastic, the rate of obesity among children, and carbon dioxide emissions. She pointed out that the Emirates Innovation Month 2020 is based on what has been achieved during the past years, in cooperation with the executive councils in the Emirates, federal and local government agencies, private bodies, academic institutions and community members.
The month of Emirates Innovation also opens the way for community members to present their innovative ideas through the website (uaeinnovates.gov.ae), to participate in finding solutions to the challenges facing the UAE by its centennial, within the "Challenge of Fifty", the largest national initiative of its kind.