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Zayed Foundation unveils 'Zayed Smart Platform'

Zayed International Foundation for the Environment launches ‘Zayed Smart Platform’ on the occasion of National Environment Day and to mark the Year of Zayed celebrations in the UAE.

As part of its initiatives to mark the Year of Zayed 2018, announced by UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as a national event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the founding father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Zayed International Foundation for the Environment has launched the ‘Zayed Smart Platform’ in cooperation with the Dubai Police Academy.

Announcing the launch, Major General Mohammed Ahmed bin Fahd, Chairman of the Zayed International Foundation for the Environment, and Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Academic Affairs and Training at the Dubai Police Academy said it is significant that the unveiling of the new initiative (the Zayed Smart Platform) to celebrate the Year of Zayed is held on the occasion of National Environment Day and as per the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, to send a message to the world in 2018 that “Zayed is alive and will always remain in the heart of every UAE citizen and admirer.” “
The late Sheikh Zayed was not only a great and compassionate leader, but also a champion of the environment who laid the foundations of this nation by integrating the principles of sustainable development into its policies and programmes,” said Mohammed bin Fahd. The ‘Zayed Smart Platform’ was unveiled by Mohammed bin Fahd in the presence of Brig Mohammed Al Shamsi, deputy director of the Dubai Police Academy, Dr. Meshgan Mohammed Al-Awar, Secretary General of the Zayed International Prize for the Environment, Dr. Eisa M. Abdellatif, Chief Technical Advisor, Zayed International Foundation for the Environment, and faculty, academic staff and students of the Dubai Police Academy.