Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF) concluded its very first successful involvement in GITEX Technology Week 2016, which happened at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 16 to 20 October.

During the event, the Foundation signed a number of agreements and memorandums of comprehending with numerous leading firms and economic sector entities.

MBRF has actually signed a MoU with AMIDEAST Company to reinforce cooperation between the two celebrations and to collaborate joint efforts to serve the community. MBRF and AMIDEAST will explore initiatives and sustainable programs to boost R & D to establish a new generation of researchers, thinkers and scientists in line with the UAE National Agenda 2021.

His Excellency Theodore H. Kattouf, AMIDEAST's President, and previous United States ambassador to the UAE, said: "AMIDEAST is proud of its collaboration with the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation. We have actually been offering educational and training services in the Middle East considering that 65 years, and we prepare to develop education and training programs that add to the growth of opportunities for youths, workers and business owners and trainers."

MBRF also signed a partnership arrangement with Aramex, the Dubai-based global company of transport services and logistic services. The arrangement intends to trigger cooperation in between the two entities to offer the needed assistance to all MBRF efforts and events all over the world, and to promote the sustainable advancement of societies.

Aramex will offer extensive transportation services and logistics options for all participants of all occasions and activities arranged by MBRF all over the world. The initial step in the cooperation was the sponsorship by Aramex of the "Nobel Museum in 2015", arranged by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation in Dubai every year.

Hussein Wehbe, General Manager, Aramex in the UAE, said: "We are delighted to be working closely with the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation, and we are proud to use our support once again for all the efforts and events organized by the Foundation around the world. Leveraging our leading position, we are keen to support all efforts focusing on empowering the future generations, and we eagerly anticipate more cooperation with the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation in the near future."

His Excellency Jamal bin Huwaireb, Managing Director of MBRF, stated that the participation of MBRF in GITEX Technology Week has been extremely rewarding. At the occasion, MBRF highlighted smart applications that add to a qualitative leap in enriching Arab e-content.

His Excellency revealed his happiness in signing the series of agreements and partnerships during the event, which will raise awareness of the reliable social function played by economic sector business in driving sustainable development.

HE added: "AMIDEAST and Aramex have substantial experience in various fields that will add to the arrangement of logistical assistance for events arranged by the Foundation around the globe. They will also play a key function in the launch of several initiatives and in owning the quality of projects in the areas of knowledge and education in line with our efforts to establish Dubai and the UAE as a center of knowledge and research study in the region.