The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE's pioneering global award in sustainability, has announced the postponement of the 2021 Awards Ceremony, which was scheduled to take place in January, as part of the annual Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW). Entities that have submitted their applications this year will be automatically moved to the 2022 cycle.

The decision was made due to travel restrictions for different countries and to ensure international"...

Starting from Friday, 150 more mosques will reopen to receive worshippers, the Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs has announced.
These 150 mosques have been added to the list of mosques that reopened earlier as part of the implementation of the phases of gradual lifting of the restrictions imposed due to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The ministry stressed the need to adhere to the precautionary measures and health preventive measures when going to mosques..

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The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs (MADLSA), represented by the Institute of Public Administration, has announced its readiness to start its training programme at its headquarters, targeting government agency employees, in the event of implementation of the fourth phase of Qatar’s precautionary plan.

In this context, the Institute of Public Administration prepared a training plan consistent with the precautionary"...

The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME), represented by the Department of Public Hygiene, in cooperation with Al-Shamal Municipality, carried out daily cleaning of the northern beaches, removing approximately 124 tonnes of waste during the Eid Al-Adha holidays.
The department has increased the number of waste containers on the beaches due to the increase number of visitors to the northern beaches, which include Al-Jassassia Beach, located north of Al-Huwaila area and is 1.5 kilometres long and has 40 containers"...

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education has reminded the schools to ensure that only 30 percent students attend the schools from September 1 to 3, 2020 under ‘3-Phases Back-to-School Plan’ for 2020-21 academic year.

Schools have the flexibility to organise the attendance of the students according to number of divisions at each class level to ensure that only one-third of students attend a day during first three days (September"...

Doha: The Government Communications Office (GCO) yesterday announced that new quarantine policies for those entering Qatar have come into effect.

For arrival to Qatar from low-risk countries, the GCO said on its Twitter account that these people will need to take a COVID-19 test upon arrival to the airport, unless they have obtained a COVID-19-free certificate from an accredited COVID-19 testing centre abroad less than 48 hours before travel.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and We Mean Business, a global nonprofit coalition working with businesses to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy, today announced they have partnered to establish the world’s most comprehensive effort to drive companies to adopt more ambitious carbon emissions reduction goals. The We Mean Business coalition works with over 1,200 companies, with a total market capitalization of more than $24.8 trillion, to drive business action and policy ambition on climate change and increase chances"...

The first WHO enlisted global clinical Phase III trial of Sinopharm CNBG’s inactivated vaccine to combat COVID-19 has started in Abu Dhabi, inspired by the UAE Leadership’s commitment to overcome the pandemic through a global collaborative effort.

H.E. Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Hamed, Chairman of the Department of Health, Abu Dhabi, was the first in the world to commence the trial of a Phase III inactivated vaccine for COVID-19"...

Today the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) announced the launch of ‘World Defense Show’. The show will take center stage in the global defense show circuit, offering exhibitors and visitors the opportunity to participate in Saudi Arabia’s first truly integrated defense show.

Founded by GAMI, World Defense Show is focused on interoperability across air, land, sea, security innovative"...

Qatar will soon launch a jobs portal for Qataris in line with a Cabinet-approved draft decision on determining the ratio of Qatari to non-Qatari employees in the private sector.
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft decision to increase the percentage of Qataris working in state-owned companies, in firms where the state has invested more than 60 percent of the capital and in entities that are subject to the retirement and pension laws.
Abdullah Muslim Al Dosari, the Assistant Undersecretary for Development"...