Govt summit to improve 7 billion lives

The UAE government will organise the World Government Summit in Dubai from February 8 to 10, bringing together more than 150 governments and international organisations to share knowledge and experiences in efforts to improve government work and offer better services to humanity. In a major transformation, as part of the summit, a number of global initiatives and research studies will be released throughout the year, highlighting the summit's status as an organisation that works constantly to find innovative solutions in government services.

Announcing the summit, Mohammed Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs, and Chairman of the Organising Committee of the World Government Summit, said: the World Government Summit aims to prepare for the future and improve the lives of nearly seven billion people by gathering the world under one umbrella.
Al Gergawi said: "The World Government Summit research and studies will cover several sectors, including future of education, future of economy, future of technology, future of health care, future of development, future of government work, sustainability and future of the environment, cities of the future, and future of human capital management in the labour market."
10 major changes
The first is the new name and the logo, while the second change is the transformation of the summit from a forum to an organisation that offers integrated knowledge services for more than 150 governments and global organisations with the goal of foreseeing future governments, creating knowledge and organising events throughout the year.
Thirdly, the summit will answer tomorrow's questions by preparing for the future and proposing solutions to challenges. Fourthly, the summit will issue government research and reports and launch global development indicators constantly throughout the year.
The fifth change will be visible in the nature of the sessions, with their duration and mechanisms enhanced to ensure better dialogue between speakers and the audience. The next change includes the development of a smart application and the website of the World Government Summit as knowledge platforms. Introduction of a smart application to provide effective communication between the participants will be the seventh change to feature at the summit.
The eighth change is the 'Edge of Governments' exhibition, aimed at enabling 15 governments to share their experiences and knowledge on applied disruptive innovations.
An annual guest of the summit will showcase various experiences as the ninth change, while the tenth change is the launch of a new annual award - World Government Summit Award - to honour the best minister in the world who has led a new and successful qualitative government project.
As in previous editions, the summit this year will honour the winners of the third edition of the m-Government Award. Besides, a number of meetings will be organised on the sidelines of the summit to discuss the implementation of sustainable development goals.
The World Government Summit will host 50 speakers from leading government and private entities and international organisations, including Jim Yong Kim, President of World Bank; Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum: Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development; Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations; Nabil Elaraby, Secretary-General of the Arab League; Abdul Latif Al-Zayani, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council. - Wam

Some big names at the summit:
> Jim Yong Kim - President of World Bank
> Klaus Schwab - Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum
> Angel Gurria - Secretary-General of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development
> Jan Eliasson - Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
> Nabil Elaraby - Secretary-General of the Arab League
> Abdul Latif Al-Zayani - Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council.