Certificates are awarded to the participants
Dubai for the Future launches 3 digital programs to develop future skills
Saeed Al Gergawi: "The initiative is an open invitation to everyone who has the ambition to leave his distinctive mark in Dubai's march to design and create the future."
The Dubai Future Academy launched three new digital knowledge programmes, with the aim of enhancing the employment of future foresight tools, developing future design skills, and promoting the adoption of a culture of forward thinking in developing future visions, plans and strategies, in order to achieve the vision and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President The UAE Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai stressed the importance of employing foresight tools to enhance readiness for the future, in a way that contributes to consolidating the position of Dubai and the UAE as the world leader in the field of designing and creating the future.
The free digital courses provide an opportunity for participants to develop their skills in many economic, digital and future sectors, and introduce them to the most important opportunities and trends in future methodologies, technologies and skills, and the most prominent ways to employ future foresight tools in enhancing the efficiency of the work of the government and private sectors alike.
The Director of the Dubai Academy for the Future, Saeed Al Gergawi, stressed that preparing community members with tools to foresee the future and the skills to develop action plans appropriate to variables in various sectors is one of the main pillars of the initiatives of the Dubai Future Foundation, saying: “This initiative represents an open invitation to everyone who has an ambition to leave his distinctive mark.” In Dubai's march to design and manufacture the future.
He said: «Dubai Academy for the Future focuses on preparing future minds, building capabilities, motivating young people and providing them with the required skills, to activate future opportunities.
And as we continue to promote this approach in all our programs and initiatives, we will also work to listen to the ideas, aspirations and visions of the participants in our programs, to continue improving and developing them in line with the needs of the participants, and serving the primary goal of the Dubai Future Foundation, which is to empower future makers with the most important skills required ».
He added, "Through this initiative, we aim to export Dubai's forward-looking thinking to the world, by opening the door to participation in knowledge programs for all, in a way that contributes to the dissemination of future knowledge based on a comprehensive and integrated vision, keeping pace with changes and new trends, and employing the latest innovative practices."
Program participants will receive an accredited certificate from the Dubai Future Academy, upon completion of the program, in the event that they obtain an average of 90% or more in the final exams, and present an idea for a future initiative to design the future of Dubai and the UAE.
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