Dubai to help shape governments of the future

Dubai to help shape governments of the future

Summit aims to debate how governments can utilise innovation and technology to solve the challenges of our time and the future

Sheikh Mohammed attends World Government Summit 2022. – DMO

Published: Wed 30 Mar 2022, 12:28 AM

The two-day World Government Summit (WGS) — an annual event that has been held in Dubai since 2013 — started on Tuesday. The summit is a robust platform to discuss new ideas and insights, which can help shape a better future for our world. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, is the guiding force behind the futuristic event.

In a fast-changing world, the visionary leader has consistently stressed on the need for the governments to put their best foot forward to innovate, to seamlessly embrace change and to cater to the growing needs of the masses. He has categorically stated that “the hopes of billions of people depend on the strategies, initiatives and proactive solutions provided by governments to face current and future challenges”.

And that’s the crux of the WGS, which seeks to help shape future governments in the 21st century. The summit is an agenda-setting exercise for world leaders and policymakers and aims