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His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has issued royal decree no. 15 of 2017, forming the board of directors for Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park (SRTIP) free zone authority. The park is currently being developed, adjacent to American University of Sharjah campus, by the university’s commercial and investment arm ...

Sharjah Municipality has announced the largest digitalisation project in the GCC, which will deploy enterprise software provider SAP’s advanced business solutions across all of the organisations internal and external services. The project will be developed and implemented in partnership with SAP, Evoteq (a technology company set-up by Bee’ah earlier this year) and Evoteq’s implementation arm, EvoGulf. One of the most ...

Sharjah Department of Statistics and Community Development (DSCD) has launched a new data gathering project that will update demographic information on the emirate’s 25,000 Emirati households. The project, called ‘Tahdeeth’, is the largest population survey since the Sharjah Census 2015 and is expected to continue until 4 December. Sharjah last full population census found that more than 1.4 million people ...

Canada is to help build a AED 1 billion (US$ 274m) hospital in Sharjah, specialising in paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology as part of a far-reaching Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) and the Government of Sharjah this week. A key part of the MoU, is an agreement to set out a range of action plans ...

His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah yesterday issued Emiri Decree no. 58 of 2017, establishing Shurooq Holding Company SOAG, a public joint stock company formed in the Emirate of Sharjah and wholly owned by Sharjah Investment & Development Authority (Shurooq). The new holding company is expected to play ...

Sharjah has become the first Arab city to join the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities. Holding the inaugural meeting of the city’s age-friendly network committee in May, the initiative falls under the emirate’s 2017-2020 strategic plan. In recent years, Sharjah has put increasing focus on environmental, ecological and societal issues and launched a wide ...

Sharjah Urban Planning Council (SUPC) has launched the Sharjah Waterfront Bicycling and Jogging Path project, a 27 kilometre track that will ultimately link Ajman and Dubai via Sharjah city. The new project is one of a wide range of urban development initiatives in the emirate that focus on the wellbeing and quality of life of its residents. The Sharjah Waterfront ...

Designs for a new AED 1-billion (US$ 274m) residential complex to be built in Al Sayouh (Al Suyoh) suburb in Sharjah have been unveiled by the Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme. Located near the Emirates Road and Sharjah-Kalba Road, 25 minutes from Sharjah city centre, the development is one of a number of government housing projects in Al Sayouh. The complex ...

The Government of Sharjah plans to invest half a billion dollars (AED 1.8 billion) in the American University of Sharjah (AUS) over the next five years to fund the university’s goal of becoming the top research university in the Arab world. According to an interview by the Gulf Today with Hussein Al Mahmoudi, Chief Executive Officer of AUS Enterprises, investments ...

UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, has announced Sharjah city as the Middle East’s first candidate for the organisation’s ‘Child Friendly City’ Initiative. The Child Friendly City Initiative aims to guide cities in the inclusion of children’s rights as a key component of their goals, policies, programmes and structures. In recent years, Sharjah has put environmental, ecological and societal factors ...