Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) has signed an agreement with Dubai-based International Humanitarian City (IHC) for research collaboration and engaging students in producing research outputs, and organising events.

 

A global hub for humanitarian emergency preparedness and response, IHC said the MoU sets a framework for the two parties to exchange faculty members and students for lectures, seminars, discussions, and cultural activities, where they can coordinate and organise additional field trips for students and faculty in the future. 

 

It also lays the groundwork for research collaboration between the two parties, which involves sharing research, grants, and resources, as well as endorsing staff, researchers, and faculty members to produce research outputs in various fields, including public policy, global development, governance, innovation management, and sustainable development, among many others.

 

"This is our core mission, and we have set out to accomplish it through a series of courses and programmes to train, educate, and empower the leaders of tomorrow," remarked Dr Ali bin Sebaa Al Marri, the Executive President of MBRSG after signing the agreement with IHC’s Chief Executive Officer Giuseppe Saba. 

 

"But it is also an ambition we seek to fulfill by weaving an extended network of partnerships with renowned organisations that have amassed extensive expertise and insight in their respective fields of operation," he added.

 

Al Marri said: "Our advanced capacities and well-established programmes will be more accessible to IHC members, and we look forward to training the humanitarian leaders of tomorrow and to the many collaborations we will have with the IHC, which has quickly grown into a significant community of institutions dedicated Emergency preparedness and response and providing assistance to those who need it."

 

Saba said the MBRSG deal was a major milestone for the International Humanitarian City. 

 

The MoU sets a framework for the two parties to exchange faculty members and students for lectures, seminars, discussions, and cultural activities, where they can coordinate and organise additional field trips for students and faculty in the future.

 

"We are looking into forming fruitful partnerships especially with the academic institutions, because we are certain of the value, they can provide to the humanitarian community," he added.