19 May 2007: His Highness, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, launches the "Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation", a major initiative to promote human development and provide hope and opportunity by investing in education and knowledge-development in the region. More

27 May 2007: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, appoints H.E. Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, as chairman of the board of Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation. More

22 October 2007: The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation hosts the Knowledge Conference in Dubai, bringing together prominent Arab thinkers and experts in human capital development to help promote knowledge-based societies in the region. More

7 November 2007: The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launch a new partnership to promote creative knowledge generation and investment in education. More

14 November 2007: The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation signs Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with three leading regional centres of translation, as part of its strategy to encourage the creation and dissemination of knowledge in the Arab world. More

5 December 2007: The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation launches the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Fellows Programme, the first of a series of initiatives to be implemented under its scholarship agenda. More

8 December 2007: Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation Names Yasser Hareb Vice President for Culture, one of three main segments under the foundation. More

23 December 2007: The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation launches ‘Oktub’, an author grants programme, seeking to reverse the decline of intellectual output by encouraging and nurturing gifted writers across the Arab world. More