UAE Cabinet Approves National Strategy for Year of Giving

06.03.2017

A national strategy for the “Year of Giving” featuring over 1000 initiatives was approved on Sunday by the Cabinet to strengthen the UAE’s position as a global hub of philanthropy.

The strategy was announced during Sunday's extraordinary Cabinet meeting, which was held at the Wahat Al Karama memorial monument in Abu Dhabi and chaired by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and the Ruler of Dubai, who described Sunday's meeting as “an important day in the history” of the country.

The meeting was attended by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.