Mansoor bin Mohammed: Dubai continues to enhance its attractiveness to host and organize major world championships

His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Sports Council, said that the sports sector in Dubai is witnessing continuous multifaceted growth, especially in the field of hosting and organizing international sports events and tournaments and training camps for international teams in various games, thanks to the emirate's strong infrastructure, sports, tourism and service facilities and world-class stadiums, in addition to the attractive environment that contributed to its formation by a flexible and developed legislative and regulatory system, and many other advantages that Dubai is unique, enhancing opportunities for investors and organisers of major sporting events.

His Highness made the announcement during his chairmanship of the meeting of the Board of Directors of Dubai Sports Council at the Council's headquarters, where he stressed that the Dubai Sports Council continues to work with various partners in the country, as well as with international sports federations and international organizers, to promote and support the growth of the sports events sector and increase the number of organizers and workers in this important sector, which contributes to spreading the practice of sports and providing various sports events that meet the needs of community members who aspire to practice sports and follow their international stars in various and strongest international tournaments.

His Highness also congratulated His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the Executive Council and Chairman of Shabab Al Ahli Club, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Second Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Chairman of the Dubai Media Council and Chairman of Shabab Al Ahli Club, members of the club's board of directors and the football company, and the club's employees and fans on the occasion of winning the ADNOC Professional Football League title and winning the eighth title in the history of the tournament.

His Highness stressed that the growth witnessed by the sports sector in Dubai and the increase in the contribution of sports to its GDP is in line with the strategic plan of the sports sector in Dubai and the efforts made by the Council in terms of developing national cadres, raising the level of performance and achieving the best results at the level of all national, continental and international competitions in accordance with the vision of the wise leadership and its keenness to enhance the status of sports and develop our athletes and national cadres in all fields and to enhance Dubai's position as an ideal destination to host the most prominent international sports tournaments and events in Various games with harnessing them to all means and ingredients to make them successful.
School Health Award

The meeting witnessed the adoption of the allocation of an award for school health within the categories of the "Hamdan Bin Mohammed Medal for Educational Sports Schools", and the allocation of the award came after a series of meetings with the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai, the Dubai Health Authority and the Dubai Academic Health Corporation, during which standards were set to develop the health aspect in educational schools and the allocation of an award for school health, with the aim of providing the school community with healthy behaviors that reduce modern diseases, and providing a healthy, sports and nutritional environment that reduces the manifestations of obesity in Schools, and building a generation of school students who are aware of health and physically active, provided that the competition for the award is open to all public and private schools in the Emirate of Dubai, which number up to 300 schools.

Four axes were adopted to evaluate the award with its performance indicators, namely: the number of programs, initiatives, workshops and campaigns held for sports and health, the prevention of modern diseases (pressure, obesity, diabetes, mental illness), the method of proper nutrition through school canteens and their effectiveness in reducing obesity, the multiplicity of health programs and the involvement of the family and society in supporting programs that contribute to the success of programs and initiatives, and the number of health partnerships related to reducing obesity in schools implemented by the school with governmental and non-governmental institutions. The indicators and results include: reducing the value of the medical bill, as well as reducing the percentage of obesity rates in schools, working to make the percentage of sports practitioners among school students 75%, and implementing programs and initiatives in partnership with governmental and non-governmental institutions.

Investment
His Highness the Chairman of Dubai Sports Council and the members were briefed on the details of investment projects for a number of clubs to benefit from the areas owned by the clubs in a way that contributes to the development of club facilities in the best possible way, and to achieve resources that support the work of clubs and their development prospects.

The meeting was attended by Mattar Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of Dubai Sports Council, and members of the Council: Lieutenant General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, Maryam Al Hammadi, Hala Badri, Sami Al Qamzi, Moza Al Marri, Jamal Hamed Al Marri, Saeed Hareb, Secretary General of the Council, and Nasser Aman Al Rahma, Assistant Secretary General of the Council.
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