The Community Development Authority (CDA) in Dubai and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) organized the first Arab Forum on Social Policy in Beirut, Lebanon, recently.
The forum aimed at securing the commitment of member nations for an integrated social policy, promoting dialogue, and identifying and sharing lessons learned in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of social policy in the Arab region.
CDA’s senior managers participated in the forum headed by His Excellency Mr Khalid Al Kamda, Director General, CDA. The delegation from CDA headed two sessions and contributed a paper entitled “Analyzing Child Protection Policy Gapsâ€. Representatives from the General Secretariat of the Dubai Executive Council also attended the forum.
“Our partnership with ESCWA comes in line with CDA’s commitment to enhance joint co-operation in the field of social development and to promote active dialogue and programmes to overcome the challenges faced by the society at large. The forum marks the start of a continuous process of active dialogue pertaining to political issues and social security,†said Mr Al Kamda.
UNESCWA member countries and other non-members representing 14 countries participated in the forum. Civil society organizations, research centers working in the field of social policies and experts from the US, Switzerland, Malaysia, Ireland and Norway also attended the forum.
Community Development Authority (CDA):
The CDA is a government entity mandated with enhancing the social development in Dubai to achieve the Dubai strategic plan 2015 which was announced by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum on February 2007.
The CDA will work towards promoting and raising the social standards in Dubai, and increasing the role of citizens in the community by cooperating with concerned entities in order to achieve the goals of the development sector and to develop the basic structure necessary for this.
The CDA will work on setting up the necessary policies and standards pertaining to social services providers based on its five strategic goals including promotion of national identity, social protection, social inclusion, social empowerment, and social cohesion in Dubai.
