UAEU, Dubai Cares join Expo 2020
Dubai: leading global philanthropic organisation Dubai Cares and United Arab Emirates University will bring their educational focus and expertise to Expo 2020 Dubai, after signing oficial participation contracts.
Dubai Cares becomes the irst global organisation, and UAE University (UAEU) the irst educational institution, to sign up for Expo 2020 Dubai. Both will be among the more than 200 expected participants, including 190 nations, corporations, organisations and educational institutions, that will contribute to the Expo’s exceptional visitor experience.
Both will explore Expo 2020’s key subthemes of Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability through their own dedicated pavilions. The Dubai Cares Pavilion will be located in the Opportunity Thematic District, while the UAEU Pavilion will be in the Mobility Thematic District.
Najeeb Mohammed Al-ali, Executive Director, Dubai Expo 2020 Bureau, signed the Dubai Cares participation contract with Tariq Al Gurg, Chief Executive Oficer at Dubai Cares, and the UAEU participation contract with Professor Mohamed Albaili, UAEU Vice Chancellor at the recent Expo 2020 Dubai International Participants Meeting.
The commitment from two of the UAE’S leading entities to participate in Expo 2020 relects the level of local support for the largest event to ever be held in the country. The educational and philanthropic expertise they will share with millions of visitors and international participants at the Expo shows their commitment to Expo’s theme, ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’.
UNIQUE EXAMPLE
UAEU will showcase the strengths of the UAE and region’s educational institutions at Expo 2020. Prof. Mohamed Albaili said: “UAEU, through its participation in Expo 2020 Dubai, will provide a unique example of how the UAE’S model of innovation and entrepreneurship can be used to introduce world-class academic initiatives and develop effective strategic partnerships with the youth at their heart, contributing to solving world issues and echoing Expo’s theme of ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’.
“UAEU, as the lagship higher education institution of the UAE, is contributing to the government’s efforts of building a competitive knowledge economy, one of the key priorities of the UAE Vision 2021.”