The Municipality & Planning Department-Ajman (MPDA) organized two-day series of partners’ meetings dubbed “Future Foresight”, bringing together its partners in vital sectors including education establishments, leading providers of health and environment-related services, and housing and infrastructure development institutions.
In this vein, MPDA’s Director-General H.E. Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Nuaimi confirmed that the MPDA, directly guided by MPDA’s Chairman H.E. Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, seeks extensive mutual coordination with all agencies, departments, institutions and success partners, noting that holding continuous meetings proves the leadership’s keenness on ensuring cooperation and integration to boost the readiness of all institutions for the future, and mutual coordination to overcome future challenges and raise performance and readiness, a matter which serves the achievement of the strategic goal of sustainable operations and institutional performance.
His Excellency added future foresight is an important issue that casts a shadow over all walks of life, which requires proactive readiness based on an organized systematic process that includes qualitative methodologies and theories. Accordingly, we decided to meet with our partners in various sectors to identify policies and develop scenarios leading to innovative solutions and opportunities in light of the successive changes in a fast-moving world.
On day one, meetings were held on the future of waste, the future of food safety in Ajman and the future of sustainable marine environment and fisheries. The meetings confirmed that the health of citizens, residents and visitors is one of the most important priorities, and preserving the environment and its wealth is a common goal that necessitates cooperation and plans in the short, medium and long term.
On day two, meetings were held on the future of jobs, which reviewed the initiatives launched by the MPDA and its education partners, and the future of housing, which shed light on projects that keep pace with the diverse and increased housing needs.
