A member of the Federal National Council, Executive Director of the “Wataniya Emirates” Foundation, Dharar Balhoul Al Falasi, stressed that the UAE has managed in a record time to overcome crises and prepare for them through deliberate strategic plans, providing food in the form of strong, symbiotic periods that are needed in any emergency crisis, and taken The state has a number of decisions and strategies regarding organizing the strategic stock of food commodities.
He said during his participation in a Ramadan council, organized by the Ministry of Interior, recently, under the title "Future Emirates are ready for fifty", that "Emirates Food Bank is an integrated human, social, economic and civilized system to feed food at the local, regional and international levels, and reflects the dedication of the values of sustainability through developing My community is aware of the importance of conserving our resources from exhaustion. ”
He pointed to what the UAE government launched on the National Food Security Strategy 2051, which serves 38 major short and long-term initiatives, within the vision of 2051, and an agenda for the year 2021 and works through five strategic directions, focusing on facilitating global food trade and diversifying sources of food import.
He stressed that the UAE has come a long way to face challenges in the context of its far-reaching vision and put it within its strategic plans and initiatives to achieve sustainable infrastructure in various fields, pointing out that food security in its clearest terms is the availability of food for individuals without any shortage, and an important strategy as a standard to prevent a shortage of food in the future, especially Time of crisis.
For her part, Na’ama Abdullah Al-Sharhan, a member of the Federal National Council, confirmed that the UAE continues the path of development, construction, and comprehensive development based on sound knowledge, which depends on the effort of the human being aware of modern science.
Acting Director of the UAE University, Dr. Ghaleb Al-Braiki, said that work is underway on changing, developing and producing knowledge, and the focus will be on scientific research to produce knowledge instead of focusing on teaching in the traditional way, with an increase in the numbers of masters and doctoral students, and distance teaching for most of the courses for students of non-scientific colleges. And distance teaching for some courses for students of the scientific college, teaching on-campus for laboratory lessons, and a focus on entrepreneurship in all disciplines.
Eng. Majid Al-Awadi, General Manager of “Shams Energy” said that sustainability is based on three main pillars: the economy, society, environment, and energy are the main influence on these pillars. Energy supports the development of the economy, contributes to the prosperity of societies, and adversely affects the environment.
He pointed out that the UAE has succeeded in consolidating the concepts of sustainability in its work and its message to the world that it is a sustainable country, and in the past few years, the UAE has come a long way to meet the challenges of energy and climate change and provided the assistance factors that are compatible with the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations for 2030.
The meeting recommended the necessity of moving from a fixed educational model to an innovative educational model, transforming educational tools with a mechanism that serves progress and development, focusing more on the ability to obtain information through innovative communication, and on Clouds technologies, creating a site for participation and building a network of teachers for distance education. Depending on the success of the distance learning that took place during the Corona crisis.
They also recommended the establishment of future factories for medical needs and their requirements, the establishment of a virtual education authority or board, continuity in the mechanism used for distance study, and the need to continue investing in infrastructure (energy, water) and new technologies (5G artificial intelligence, big data).
The meeting recommended studying the reliance on scientific means such as research and studies to measure the effectiveness of the distance learning system, and developing mechanisms and technologies used in the distance learning process, to ensure their effectiveness and sustainability, and the establishment of an international university that provides students with the required skills, preparing them for entrepreneurship and their contribution to the design of their curriculum.
Smooth Sharhan:
The Emirates continues the process of development, construction and development that depends on the efforts of the human being who is aware of modern science.
3 pillars of sustainability: economy, society, environment ... and energy, the main influence.