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Dubai Future Foundation Partners with UNESCO to Promote Futures Literacy

Entities to set up DFF-UNESCO Futures Hub

Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) and UNESCO today signed a partnership agreement to establish DFF-UNESCO Futures Hub, a global platform aimed at promoting . The partnership will contribute to UNESCO’s role as a laboratory of ideas by promoting futures literacy at global scale, and position Dubai as a hotspot for futures literacy practitioners, researchers and key stakeholders.

The two organizations will make the announcement at that runs from 8 to 12 December online from Paris. DFF is prominently represented at the virtual event, where it plans to introduce the offerings of Dubai Future Research, the Dubai Future Academy and Dubai Future Labs.

The partnership leverages DFF’s support for visionary practices and UNESCO’s leadership in advancing futures literacy as a discipline. The two parties seek to develop a joint robust and scientifically grounded strategy to achieve human well-being through foresight and futures practices.

The agreement mandates members of the Global Futures Literacy Network, in particular UNESCO Chairs in Futures Studies and Futures Literacy, to work closely with participants from around the world to implement action-learning activities and deploy on-the-ground methods to cultivate futures literacy.

We are thrilled to join forces with Dubai Future Foundation to scale up our efforts to make Futures Literacy available for all of us. This important 21st Century competency is of the outmost importance. The many challenges faced by humanity, further aggravated by the pandemic, require new approaches, new tools and new ways of anticipating and address existing and emerging challenges, including inequality and climate change.
Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences at UNESCO
We are delighted to partner with UNESCO, one of the world’s foremost leaders in foresight, science and education. Our two institutions complement one another perfectly. Our partnership supports UNESCO’s ongoing efforts to champion futures literacy, contributes to consolidating Dubai’s position at the cutting edge of knowledge creation and capability development, and promotes innovative policies and practices in the UAE and beyond.
Khalfan Belhoul, CEO of DFF