DOHA: WISE, the World Innovation Summit for Education, opened the submission period for the 2013 awards. By recognising projects that are having a positive and tangible impact on education, the WISE Awards seek to highlight today’s most innovative initiatives in education from around the world. Finalists and winning projects of the WISE Awards demonstrate real-world solutions and current challenges to education and serve as examples that can potentially be replicated in other parts of the world.
Applicants are requested to submit details of their projects on the WISE Awards website by March 31. A shortlist of 12 finalists will be announced in June, after which a jury of international experts will choose six winning projects. Selected in September, they will be showcased at the 2013 WISE Summit in Doha from October 29 to October 31. Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al Thani, Chairman of WISE, said: “Through the WISE Awards, we are not only seeking out but also honouring projects that solve real-world challenges to education.
“This year we are working to encourage more applications. We know that there are many exciting projects taking place and we want to recognise and share them. There is a lot that Qatar can teach the world,” he added.
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Kuwari to represent Qatar in La Francophonie
Paris: Qatari Ambassador to France Mohammad Jaham Abdul Aziz Al Kuwari presented his credentials to Secretary-General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie Abdou Diouf to become Qatar’s representative to the organisation.
The ambassador conveyed greetings of the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and the Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to La Francophonie Secretary General.
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