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Other achievements included the 8th Knowledge Summit, organized by Mohammed bin
Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation and the UN Development Programme

under the theme ‘Knowledge Cities and the 5th Industrial Revolution’, and the Digital
School’s expansion in 2023 to benefit over 108,000 students in 8 countries.

Spending under the Innovation & Entrepreneurship pillar in 2023 amounted to AED 138

million, up AED 10 million from 2022, and benefited 1.2 million people.

Projects under this pillar aim to cement the status and the UAE as destinations that

keep up with accelerated digital transformation and help communities make the
necessary change needed for a better, sustainable future.

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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