DEWA wins Quality Management award from UN SDGs Challenge 2021

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has won the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Challenge 2021.

The award recognises DEWA’s efforts in sustainable development and its support of the UAE’s efforts to achieve the UN SDGs.

DEWA achieved a significant score of 89.17 percent in the sustainability culture indicator index in 2019, exceeding the global average.

The indicator is based on several aspects, including leadership in achieving sustainability, strategic commitment to sustainability, innovation in sustainability, training effectiveness, and awareness about the UN’s SDGs.

source: wam.ae

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)

Huda Alkhamis-Kanoo, Founder – Abu Dhabi Festival

Huda I Alhamis-Kanoo, Patron of the Arts

  • Founder – Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation (ADMAF) – 1996
  • Founder & Artistic Director : Abu Dhabi Festival (2004)

www.admaf.org / www.abudhabifestival.ae

Awards:

  • The Abu Dhabi Award and Abu Dhabi Medal (conferred by H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi)
  • The UN-affiliated Women Together Award
  • The Aspen Institute Emerging Voice Award for Cultural Stewardship
  • The Puccini Festival Foundation Award,
  • The Middle East Institute’s Visionary Award,
  • etc…

Orders Conferred:

  • The Commander of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (Orden de Isabel la Católica), conferred upon her by HM Juan Carlos, former King of Spain, by order of HM Philip IV, King of Spain
  • The Medal of Civil Merit of Spain
  • The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz)
  • Commendatore dell’Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà of Italy
  • Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur of France
  • Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France
  • The Belgian Officer of the Order of the Crown, bestowed upon her by HM Albert II, King of Belgium
  • The Gloria Artis Medal of Poland
  • Order of the British Empire (OBE), bestowed upon her by HM Queen Elizabeth the Second
  • etc…

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Huda Alkhamis-Kanoo is the founder of Admaf and artistic director of the Abu Dhabi Festival. Courtesy Abu Dhabi Festival / pix: thenationalnews.com

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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)

Emirati Inventor Amer Al Jabri Wins International Honour. Silver Medal at Seoul : December 2020

Amer Al Jabri invented the award winning ‘E7 Reader’, a high-tech method to detect passport fraud. The E7 Reader scans a passport’s details and identifies fake/altered documents in less than 5 seconds.

He won a Silver Medal at the Seoul International Invention Fair 2020 held in December and had 700 participants from 45 countries.

Awards:

  • Ranked First in the Federal Authority for Identity & Citizenship (FAIC) Security Contest
  • Prince Naif Award for Arab Security
  • Ministry of Interion Excellence Award
  • Security Thought Award , USA (2018)

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E.)

New Hospital Inaugrated ‘Sheikha Fatima Motherhood and Childhood Hospital’ in Mauritania : October 2020

Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) inaugrated a new hospital in Nouakchott on October 12th, 2020 named ‘Service Fatma Mint Mbark Mere Et Enfant’ (Sheikha Fatima Motherhood and Childhood Hospital).

The new hospital is a 2-floor premises fully equipped to provide healthcare services for mothers and new born babies.

The hospital was donated by H.H. Sheikha Fatima bin Mubarak – Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWW). She is also the President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Children. Honorary President of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC).

 H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent, ERC.

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)