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EAD Wins Arab Towns Organization Award For Its Environmental Awareness Programmes |
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On behalf of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) has been awarded for its efforts in raising public environmental awareness at the 10th Arab Towns Organization Award. The results of the awards, which were announced at a press conference, held at the Headquarters of the Arab Towns Award Foundation. The awards, which were held in Doha, Qatar, witnessed strong competition and heavy participation from several Arab capitals cities. The Agency ranked first among 10 nominees in the Environment Awareness category, while second place was bagged by Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The results of the awards were announced at a press conference held at the end of the arbitral tribunal for the 10th session, which over three days looked at 115 nominations from different cities and Arab institutions and individuals. “The UAE’s leadership fully supports our efforts to raise environmental awareness. It is their vision that our future generations become part of an environmentally aware society,” said H.E Majid Al Mansouri, EAD’s Secretary General “All our policies and strategies point towards sustainable development and achieving an environmentally aware society. Education is the way to achieve this because it helps to shape behavior,” he added. He noted that in partnership with other relevant organizations, EAD carries out and supports tailor-made environmental education and awareness programmes that involve schools, institutions of higher education, educators of all levels, NGOs youth clubs, fishermen, women associations, media, farmers, farm supervisors, real estate developers, tour operators, social centers, corporate sector, government department employees , oil & gas sector employees, industrial employees, religious preachers, decision makers and members of the general public. Al Mansouri added that since 1996, EAD’s environmental awareness programmes are conscious to the challenges of reality, potential and conditions of the world and changes in important areas such as biodiversity, water, waste, energy, and other pressing global issues such as climate change. Al Mansouri said,”We believe that raising public environmental awareness is not only the responsibility of the government but should extend to every organization in the government and private sector as well as individuals.” The Arab Towns Organization, founded in 1967, is a non-governmental organization specialized in the affairs of municipalities and cities in the Arab world. Its permanent headquarters is in Kuwait City. The organization is working to achieve sustainable development in Arab cities. For further information, please contact: |
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