CDA highlights Dubai's social development initiatives.Byline: Dubai Dubai (d  bī`), sheikhdom (1995 pop. 674,101), c.1,500 sq mi (3,890 sq km), part of the federation of seven United Arab Emirates, SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf.
The Community Development Authority (CDA (1) (Compact Disc Audio) The compact disc file extension that is seen on the computer in Explorer or some other file manager. CDA files are actually pointers to the locations of the individual tracks on the CD medium. See CD-DA. ) took part in the International Social Sector Forum 2009 held recently in Berlin under the theme 'Social Security and Social Services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales 2020: Managing through turbulence turbulence, state of violent or agitated behavior in a fluid. Turbulent behavior is characteristic of systems of large numbers of particles, and its unpredictability and randomness has long thwarted attempts to fully understand it, even with such powerful tools as , delivering for the future'. Leaders from governments and leading social sector organizations and academia, participated in the forum, and examined key issues related to the social sector such as social security and social politics. They highlighted examples of best practice and suggested how the social services system will continue to evolve. The CDA team led by director general Dr Maryam Matar included Dr Tarek Hashim Ibrahim, head of Research Administration and Acting Head of Strategic Planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. ; Ghassan Khalil Al-Ashraf Khalil (Arabic: الأشرف خليل )(epithet: al-Malik al-Ashraf Salah al-Din Khalil Ben Qalawun , advisor for Social Policy and Strategic Planning; and Miss Badriya Al Shamsi, head of Programmes. Dr Matar explained CDA's activities and initiatives in the field of social development and the objective of making Dubai an inspiring model in community well-being and national identity. She also presented a paper on 'Integration of Social Protection Policies into the National Development Agenda'. Dr Matar explained that CDA seeks to promote national identity and social protection so all can enjoy security and social welfare through an integrated system of social protection.- TradeArabia News Service Copyright 2008 www.tradearabia.com Copyright 2009 Al Hilal Publishing & Marketing Group Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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