Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation Launches Arab Knowledge Report 2009

HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation has launched The Arab Knowledge Report 2009 Report 2009: Towards Productive Intercommunication for Knowledge during the Arab Strategy Forum. The report is the fruit of a collaborative effort between the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation and the United Nations Development Programme/ Regional Bureau for Arab States. It is the first of a projected series of reports that address the state of knowledge in the Arab Region.  The ultimate aim is to analyse and identify opportunities and risks inherent in the acquisition, production, creation, and deployment of “knowledge”; a primary avenue for renaissance and human development.  

Emphasising the triadic relationship among development, freedom, and knowledge, the Report views the upgrading of Arab knowledge performance as a gateway to reform the Arab development situation. In addition to calling for optimal deployment of the Arab knowledge repertoire, the report also stresses the importance of productive intercommunication with the accumulated global knowledge. Out of a belief in the right to knowledge and a conviction that its dissemination is a societal responsibility, the Report puts forward a general vision of future strategies and initiatives, including suggested mechanisms and foundations for action aimed at bridging the knowledge gap in the Arab region.  

Click here to download the Arab Knowledge Report 2009

The Arab Strategy Forum

The Arab Strategy Forum was conceived as a way of highlighting opportunities and offering strategic insight on the region’s evolving agendas through networks, innovation and information.

As the leading Arab platform for political, business and intellectual leaders, the Arab Strategy Forum is set to become the centre of Arab strategic thinking and the main launching pad for regional programs and initiatives.

Objectives:

The aims of the Arab Strategy Forum and its complementary initiatives are as follows:

• To provide a regional platform for leaders to constructively interact and shape the Arab strategic agenda
• To generate and disseminate unique region specific research and energize the creative forces that can contribute to the development agenda of the Arab world
• To host open discussions on the Arab world’s key challenges and to build unique strategic partnerships among government, society and business to contribute solution-oriented initiatives
• To facilitate high-powered, informed interaction among like-minded individuals from the Arab world with unique knowledge partners

The Sessions were held on 28^th and 29^th October, 2009 at Mina A’Salam Hotel in Dubai. 

For more information, please visit the Arab Strategy Forum website