Dubai Cares, Ban Ki-moon Centre ink partnership deal

Dubai Cares, Ban Ki-moon Centre ink partnership deal

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Dubai Cares signed a new partnership with the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens (BKMC) to launch the ‘Green Jobs for Youth – Online Training and Mentoring’ programme. With the addition of this new programme, Dubai Cares expanded its programmatic portfolio as a key step to place education at the heart of the global climate and development agenda.

The MoU was signed at the Dubai Cares offices by Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations and Co-Chair of BKMC, and Dr Tariq Al Gurg, Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chairman of Dubai Cares, in the presence of Monika Froehler, Chief Executive Officer of the Ban

Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens.

The partnership reflects Dubai Cares and the BKMC’s commitment to strengthening the integration of climate into education through a collaborative and action-oriented programmatic approach.

The new programme will work towards developing the potential of youth as leaders who are proactively contributing to climate action through a full understanding of the crisis, and their personal role in driving positive climate action.

The programme will mentor and support young talent towards aligning their individual skills and aptitudes with