Deals, festivals and cross-border cooperation to create a brighter future
3 months of achievements .. and «Expo Dubai» looks forward to more
192 countries participate in the global event in Dubai.
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Remarkable success, and wholesale achievements, achieved by the first three months of “Expo 2020 Dubai”, as it witnessed a large number of activities to consolidate relations between countries, organizations, and artists, ranging from the conclusion of investment deals to events related to climate goals, and from cross-border cooperation to festivals. Multinational, which literally embodies the slogan of the international event “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future”.
In early October, Uganda concluded business deals worth $650 million, while Malaysia signed deals worth more than $1.7 billion in the first two weeks of the international fair.
The same month also saw the announcement of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo concluding new trade deals worth $1.1 billion.
The UAE, San Marino and Brazil signed a memorandum of understanding in the field of tourism cooperation.
golden jubilee
The celebrations of the golden jubilee of the UAE proved to be a golden opportunity to conclude deals.
In this context, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, met French President Emmanuel Macron at the Expo 2020 Dubai site on the 3rd of December.
The visit witnessed the signing of a number of agreements between the two countries.
While the Indian state of Maharashtra attracted investments of two billion dollars during the Maharashtra state week in the "Expo".
The Human and Planet program at the exhibition continued with the organization of meetings that bring together stakeholders from around the world to contribute experiences, content and best practices that will encourage international cooperation to meet the most pressing challenges.
The program organized five-week events, which led to the conclusion of a wide range of agreements and pledges motivated by serious action.
Chief of Staff and Head of the People and Planet Program at Expo 2020 Dubai, Nadia Fergie, said: “The goal of (Expo) has always been to connect minds to create a brighter future, and it is the goal based on the belief that innovative solutions and progress are the result of people and ideas coming together through new ways Fresh and inspiring.
She added: "Expo 2020 Dubai brought together change makers from all over the world, individuals and organizations, working hand in hand to make a positive impact.
It is our pleasure to see many concrete agreements concluded so far, and we look forward to more collaborations, deals and alliances in the next three months.”
Busy weeks
As part of the Climate and Biodiversity Week activities, which were held from the third to the ninth of last October, the UAE launched the "Strategic Initiative to Achieving Climate Neutrality by 2050", which will witness investments exceeding $163 billion being pumped into the fields of clean and renewable energy, to achieve the country's goal by mid century.
To complement this topic, the governments of Jordan, Israel, and the UAE signed an important declaration on November 22, committing to the establishment of renewable electric energy and water desalination in the region to meet the challenges posed by climate change and water scarcity.
US Special Presidential Climate Envoy John Kerry, who witnessed the signing, praised the agreement, describing it as "a model that shows how cooperation can contribute to accelerating energy transfer and creating more resilience to address the effects of climate change."
As part of the Space Week activities, held from October 17 to 23, the Emirates Space Agency announced that it will work with strategic partners to develop programs that provide an opportunity for the private sector to invest in space.
Last October 20, the Emirates Space Agency signed a memorandum of understanding with the Israel Space Agency, which may see the flags of the two countries be placed on the moon by 2024, and provides a framework for a mutually beneficial strategic partnership to enhance efforts to collect and analyze scientific space data.
On October 19, Curtin University and the United Arab Emirates University revealed joint plans to develop the first arrayed wireless observatory in Al Ain, through the existing strategic cooperation between Australia and the UAE in the fields of research and development.
road map
As part of the Urban and Rural Development Week, which was held from October 31 to November 6, the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) revealed the "last phase road map";
It is a blueprint that aims to achieve a comprehensive and centralized approach to making informal settlements safe and sustainable.
Last November, during the Week of Tolerance and Coexistence, the Festival of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Ideas "Te Arateni" was hosted, the first of its kind in the history of World Expos.
The three-day event witnessed cooperation between Aoteara New Zealand and the UAE, Australia, Canada, the United States of America, Malaysia, Paraguay and Panama to build new relationships and forge partnerships to address issues facing our world today.
Expo 2020 Dubai hosted the opening of the Interfaith World Summit in the Italian Pavilion, which brought together scholars, clerics and thinkers to promote dialogue between different religions.
While the latest week of the subject weeks at Expo 2020 Dubai, which focused on knowledge and learning, from December 12 to 18, witnessed a number of educational agreements.
At the Reward Summit hosted by Dubai Cares on the 14th of January, it was agreed to finance education in 37 member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, with a value of half a billion dollars.
The programme, called the Smart Education Financing Initiative, aims to help the 28 million children who do not go to school learn.
On December 12, Accenture, the partner of Expo 2020 for digital services, Dubai Cares, Microsoft and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) launched a global digital learning platform for young people aged 15 to 24 years around the world. It provides free accredited education and skills training.
Under the roof of "Expo 2020", which brings together more than 192 countries, a range of artistic and cultural cooperation was born, including an art exhibition across continents between Malta and the UAE, and Fashion Week, organized by the Mexico Pavilion, and the presentation of designs from all over the world on the exhibition corridors in the pavilions Israel, Switzerland, Thailand, and the United States of America, and the Portuguese Language Festival, which brought together performers and artists from Portugal, Angola, Brazil, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, and Timor-Leste.
musical
The collaboration between world-renowned director Shekhar Kapoor and Oscar- and Grammy-award winning musician and composer A.
R.
Rahman to create the musical “Why?”, which will be shown for the first time at Al Wasl Square in “Expo 200 Dubai” during January 2022, one of the most important aspects of cooperation announced at the global event.
It is expected that more fruitful cooperation will be established before the end of the international event on March 31, 2022.
Nadia Fergie:
“The global event brought together change makers from all over the world, individuals and organizations, working hand in hand to make a positive impact.”
• «Expo» builds new relationships and forges partnerships to address the issues facing our world today.
• The UAE, San Marino and Brazil signed a memorandum of understanding in the field of tourism cooperation.
$163 billion is being pumped into clean and renewable energy, to achieve the UAE's target by the middle of the century.
650 million dollars, the value of trade deals concluded by Uganda in early October.
1.7 billion dollars, the volume of agreements concluded by Malaysia in the first two weeks of the exhibition.
2 billion dollars, the volume of investments attracted by the Indian state of Maharashtra.