World Government Summit
NAME AND LOGO CHANGE, BEST MINISTER IN THE WORLD AWARD AMONG KEY CHANGES LAUNCHED THIS YEAR
The rebranded meeting of 150 nations and organisations in February will launch the Best Minister in the World Award
The Government Summit will be rebranded as the World Government Summit as part of 10 key changes made to the event this year, Mohammad Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs, announced yesterday.
Al Gergawi, who is also chairman of the Organising Committee, also announced that the summit will see the launch of the Best Minister in the World Award.
The World Government Summit will be held in Dubai on February 8-10, bringing together more than 150 governments and international organisations to share knowledge and experiences in the efforts to improve government work and offer better services to people.
During a session held in Dubai yesterday that aimed to provide details about the 2016 summit, Al Gergawi said the changes will focus on the future of humanity in all sectors.
Al Gergawi said the first of the 10 changes will be the summit’s new name and logo.
The second change is the transformation of the summit from a Forum to an organisation that offers integrated knowledge services for more than 150 governments and global organisations.
In addition to producing knowledge for future governments and launching a report and global development indicators, the new organisation will aim to build global relationships with organisations such as the United Nations, World Economic Forum, the Arab League and the World Bank.
“His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, is going to take the summit to a new global level, that will foresee the future of all sectors answering future questions today and producing necessary knowledge that will prepare the governments of the world for the challenges of the future,” he said.
Third, the summit will answer tomorrow’s questions by preparing for the future and proposing solutions to challenges.
The fourth change will see transforming the summit into a research centre that launches studies and reports throughout the year including global developmental indicators that help foresee the future in collaboration with global institutions.
The fifth change that will be noticed by the attendees and participants this year is that the sessions will be shorter and will be delivered in a more focused way, with an increase in conversation between the speakers and audience.
The sixth change will see the development of the summit’s smart application and electronic website in a way that will transform them into two knowledge platforms used by government officials, locally, regionally and globally to discuss some of the most important future trends in key sectors covered by the summit.
The seventh change will be the introduction of a smart application to provide effective communication between the participants.
The eighth change is the ‘Edge of Governments’ exhibition, aimed at enabling 15 governments to share their experiences and knowledge on applied disruptive innovations.
As the ninth change, an annual guest of the summit will showcase various experiences, while the tenth change is the launch of a new annual award — World Government Summit Award — to honour the best minister in the world who has led a new and successful qualitative government project.
The summit will honour the winners of the third edition of the m-Government Award. Meetings will be organised on the sidelines of the summit to discuss the implementation of sustainable development goals.