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Achievements included the 1st Great Arab Minds edition announced its first-ever winner
in a bid to support scientific and knowledge innovations in the Arab World. Additionally,
MBRGI partnered with the World Economic Forum to launch the Food Innovation Hub
UAE; an initiative aims to accelerate and expand the scope of innovations and
technologies that support sustainable food systems transformation.

Other achievements in 2023 included the launch of the revamped Mohammed bin
Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award, and the 4th Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Global Water Award.

The backbone of several MBRGI projects and initiatives, the Empowering Communities
pillar benefited 3.4 million people during 2023, compared to 2.3 million beneficiaries in
2022, with total spending amounting to AED 87.2 million.

Projects under this pillar included further efforts by the Mohammed bin Rashid School
of Government, which graduated 5,967 people from its different programmes in 2023,
launch of the Dubai Family Business Management Programme by the Mohammed bin
Rashid Center for Leadership Development, the 4th edition of the Arab Hope Makers
initiative with received more than 14,000 applications within 3 weeks of its launch, and
the 21st Arab Media Forum, which attracted 3,000 participants including ministers,
influential media personalities, heads of leading media organisations, as well as thought
leaders, intellectuals and writers.

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