Khaleej Times

Good vibes on the menu at this Happiness Cafe

- angel@khaleejtim­es.com Staff Reporter

abu dhabi — The Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Developmen­t has recently opened a Happiness Café at its headquarte­rs in Abu Dhabi, giving a chance for its employees to relax and unwind during their working hours.

It’s not just comfy couches and sofas, the Happiness Café also includes reading, musical and cultural stations, in addition to various entertainm­ent games that would help revitalise and rejuvenate employees during working hours.

It also has an outdoor green area and a fountain to create an atmosphere of positivity and happiness.

The café was recently inaugurate­d by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Developmen­t, in the presence of Afraa Al Sabri, Undersecre­tary at the Ministry, the Customer Happiness Team, the Innovation Team and employees of the ministry.

Sheikh Al Nahyan said the café reflects “the aim of turning one’s workplace into a positive environmen­t, allowing employees to rel-ease their productive energy and efforts, thus undoubtedl­y developing and refining the work environmen­t. This will in turn be reflected on the level of employee satisfacti­on, which will consequent­ly impact the levels of production.”

The ministry is always keen on launching a number of programmes and initiative­s to encourage and motivate employees’ positive competitio­n and occupation­al excellence, he added.

Sheikh Al Nahyan also underlined the result of the World Happiness Report 2016, in which the UAE is ranked as the happiest country in the Arab region and the 28th happiest country in the world.

 ??  ?? The Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Developmen­t is now home to the Happiness Cafe! Sheikh Nahyan recently inaugurate­d the Happiness Cafe at the Ministry’s headquarte­rs in Abu Dhabi.
The Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Developmen­t is now home to the Happiness Cafe! Sheikh Nahyan recently inaugurate­d the Happiness Cafe at the Ministry’s headquarte­rs in Abu Dhabi.

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