The Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the future Chairman of the World Government Summit, Muhammad Abdullah Al-Gergawi, confirmed that the great transformations that the world witnessed in light of the outbreak of the new Corona virus (COFED-19), cast a shadow on all aspects of human activity, put countries and governments in an emergency, and forced them To think differently to keep pace with the pandemic, face its challenges, and be proactive in preparation for its consequences, indicating that one of the challenges of this crisis is to reshape the world in a new image.
This came on the occasion of the launch of the World Government Summit Foundation “Governments and Coved-19” initiative, which includes a series of interactive interactive dialogue sessions remotely, with the participation of more than 30 global speakers, experts and government action leaders from the World Summit Summit of governments in various countries of the world, which Organized during the coming period, with the aim of enhancing the role of governments and their preparedness in facing the emerging challenge of the Corona virus, and foreseeing the future of government action in the "post-Corona" stage, through analyzing developments and the effects of the virus on governments globally.
Al-Gergawi said that the World Government Summit turned, with the vision and directions of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, into a platform for effective international cooperation aimed at achieving the best of people and societies, and became a center for future research employing its outputs and recommendations to concrete action, Governments benefit from it in developing their work programs to build a better future for their societies. ”
He added that the summit played an important role, through its previous sessions, in exploring the future and urging governments to enhance their readiness and prepare to face urgent challenges that may leave painful effects if they are not prepared to face them well, such as the issue of “disease X”, which the summit explored two years ago, and the world lives a reality Tangible with the outbreak of the new Corona virus, which has imposed itself on all aspects of life, and put the world's governments at the test of adopting the tools of the future, employing technology to develop solutions to the challenges of domestic isolation, social separation, remote work, distance learning, and other preventive measures adopted globally.
He pointed out that the "Governments and Covid-19" initiative reflects the strategic role of the summit in supporting governments around the world and enhancing their readiness to confront the imbalance and uncertainty imposed by the pandemic, through the ideas it provides to post-Corona governments, and ways to improve government transparency. To form a future vision for the world that it develops in partnership with a group of scientists and experts who will explore the challenges of the virus outbreak in sectors: education, health, economy, security, infrastructure, governance and leadership, and other sectors that affect people's lives.
The “Governments and Coved-19” initiative reflects the leadership role of the World Government Summit in enhancing government action, building opportunities to innovate the best tools and methods to support decision-making processes and making the future, and represents a series of interactive interactive panel sessions of its kind globally, which seek to keep pace with global developments to provide governments and decision-makers With solutions, data and studies that help them face the challenges of the Corona virus, and draw future scenarios, in line with the priorities of government action to cross into the future, achieve the best results, and continue the path of global development.
7 vital sectors
Within the “Governments and Coved-19” initiative, a series of interactive interactive dialogue sessions will be held remotely, to review the most important developments regarding the impact of the Corona virus on government work globally, within seven vital sectors: education, health, economics, security, and infrastructure. Infrastructure, governance and leadership.
The "Governments and Covid-19" initiative focuses on introducing best practices and procedures to tackle the Corona virus globally, and discusses ways to implement them in other countries, enabling government action leaders to adopt appropriate approaches to confront the situation in partnership between the government and private sectors, and allows them to create new opportunities by using data Available, given the state of mystery the world is experiencing as a result of this challenge.