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H.E Saeed Abdul Ghaffar said: “Launching the new two programs demonstrates the
commitment of the Authority and its partners to make available the best means for the
sports sector's development, in accordance with governmental directives and the Sports
Sector Strategy 2032, which aims to promote the sector's governance and create a new
generation of athletic leaders. We also look forward to keeping pace with the
technological and scientific development of the UAE in various fields, and preparing
new cadres capable of making a qualitative leap in the sports sector.”

Mohammed bin Darwish, Executive Director of the National Olympic Committee, said:
“The Academy is eager to strengthen ties with other institutions in the sports industry in
order to give sports cadres the greatest technical and managerial training possible.
These initiatives are the first of their kind in the UAE, and we are eager to see how they
prepare individuals for the future by incorporating the best international practices and
studies.”

Asserting that these new diplomas are in line with the governmental trends, Abdulla
Meyiwa, Head of the interim management committee of the UAE Sports Sciences and
Sports Medicine Center, said that the Authority intends to train and empower sports
carders academically and administratively to utilize their capacities in shaping a new
future of the sports sector.

Emphasizing on the significance of the new programs, Omar Abdulrahman Al Ali,
Director of Leaders Qualification Centre, said: “The Leaders Qualification Centre has
been created based on the new structure of the General Authority of Sports, to create a
new generation of athletic leaders. The collaboration with our partners is an opportunity
to achieve our objectives, which are in line with governmental initiatives and the
Authority's system. This engagement promotes governance by empowering
administrative cadres and growing investment in the human sector.”

The Comprehensive Sports Training Program offers a comprehensive academic
program for sports training at various levels, with a focus on empowering students and
alumni of sports institutions, technical cadres of federations and sports clubs, physical
education teachers in schools, college sports supervisors, as well as those interested in
sports fields. These levels are associated with producing talents and champions, with
the ability to organize sports training, and with the investigation of physical activity for
hardworking individuals. It further addresses other aspects related to physical fitness
and the study of the impact of climate change on training methods, injuries, and
recovery processes.
This program, according to Dr. Reesan Khalifa, member of the scientific committee in
the UAE Sports Sciences and Sports Medicine Center, is just the beginning of a series
of more advanced sports initiatives that will be introduced in the future years.

He added: “Using the most recent comprehensive and contemporary academic
programs that keep up with the international development of the sports sector, the
Comprehensive Sports Training Program addresses general training theories and gives
participants the necessary sports culture to work within the sports sector.”
As for the Future Sports Management Program, it targets building new administrative
leaderships by attracting university graduates in the UAE and those interested in sports

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