Dubai, 24 September 2006:
Dubai International Financial Centre, in continuance of its support to the Dubai Autism Centre, facilitated a series of workshops for the administrative and teaching staff of the centre. The workshops aimed to enhance the skills of the trainers, instructors and staff members, instilling "team spirit" as one of the most important elements in dealing with children with special needs.
Dubai Autism Centre hosted a number of development specialists from DIFC, at an "open day" conducted at Grosvenor House Hotel which included a number of workshops and team building activities.
Nabil Ramadhan, Chief of Human Capital Officer at DIFC said; "Our relationship with Dubai Autism Centre has been nurtured over time. It is our on-going effort to improve and develop the level of service offered to people with special needs, and in particular children with autism. "
Mohammed Al Emadi, General Manager and Board Member of The Dubai Autism Centre, thanked the DIFC for supporting the centre and said that all the achievements of the Autism Centre come as result of mutual cooperation.
He commented: "For us, it is very important that our employees - administrative staff, special education teachers and other specialists - work as one team. They all need to be skilled in dealing with people on a personal level and be professional. Our ultimate goal is to help develop the abilities of the children whose parents have put in a lot of faith in us. Ensuring the right training methods and experience of our staff will help us achieve our goal. In this aspect, we shall spare no effort."
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Notes to Editors:
About Dubai Autism Centre:
It is mention worthy that Dubai Autism Center is a charitable center that relies on grants and donations to carry out its activities of rehabilitating and helping out autistic children and their families, and training them on how to integrate those children into the social fabric. Autism is a severe disorder in the child's mental, social and reaction development. It starts at birth or at an immediate later stage. It is a disorder that accompanies the autistic through out his/her development stages, thus impacts his/her relation with other people surrounding him/her.
Dubai Autism Center provides parents of autistic children and their care-takers with all necessary services, including researches and autism-related information. The Center encourages all autism-oriented national initiatives, and it encourages autistic children to be more independent in life while being more open within their social environment.
About the DIFC:
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is an onshore hub for global finance. It bridges the time gap between the financial centres of Hong Kong and London and services a region with the largest untapped emerging market for financial services.
In just over one year, more than a hundred top international institutions have joined the DIFC as members. They operate in an open environment complemented with world-class regulations and standards. The DIFC offers its member institutions incentives such as 100 per cent foreign ownership, zero tax on income and profits and no restrictions on foreign exchange. In addition their business benefits from modern infrastructure, operational support and business continuity facilities of uncompromisingly high standards.
The DIFC is made up of the following core bodies:
1. The DIFC Authority (DIFCA) - Responsible for the Companies and Security Registries and attracting financial as well as non-financial institutions to set up in the DIFC. The DIFC Authority is also responsible for developing the financial services industry. (www.difc.ae)
2. The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) - An independent, unitary regulatory authority, responsible for the regulation of all DIFC operations. Its principle-based primary legislation is modelled on that used in London and New York and its regulatory regime operates to standards that meet or exceed those in major financial centres. (www.dfsa.ae)
3. The DIFC Courts - An independent court system set up to uphold the provisions of DIFC laws and regulations, the courts provide comprehensive legal redress in civil and commercial matters within the DIFC. The DIFC Courts system is especially designed to deal with all of sophisticated transactions that will be conducted within DIFC. The DIFC Court laws, based on the common law, not only sets out the jurisdiction of the court but also provides for a dispute resolution services, including arbitration and mediation, thus allowing for the independent administration of justice in the DIFC. ( www.difccourts.ae )
DIFC Investments- The creation of DIFC Investments will result in the allocation to it of all non public administration activities previously carried out by DIFC Authority. This will include amongst other things all commercial and other activities such as the operation and management of any current and future subsidiaries, the development of the centre's investment strategy and relevant policies and any other strategic investments or alliances which will further the goals and objectives of the Dubai International Financial Centre and contribute to the fulfillment of the Centre's vision. Some of the companies and organizations that DIFC Investments owns include:
1. The Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX) The DIFX is the region's first international financial exchange for equities, bonds, Islamic products, funds, index products and (subject to regulatory approval) derivatives. The target areas of the DIFX for seeking issuers include the Middle East and North Africa, as well as South Africa, Turkey and the Indian sub-continent. The regulator of the DIFX is the Dubai Financial Services Authority. The DIFX is located in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and its owner is the DIFC Authority. (www.difx.ae)
2. Hawkamah- the first Institute for Corporate Governance in the region is being set up by a group of international institutions, including the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), UAE Ministry of Finance and Industry, Centre for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Union of Arab Banks (UAB), Dubai School of Government (DSG), Young Arab Leaders (YAL), and the Institute of Management Development (IMD). (www.hawkamah.org)
Media enquiries:
Amira Abdulla
Dubai International Financial Centre
Tel: +971.4.362.2433
E-mail: amira.abdulla@difc.ae
Shaima Al Zarouni
Dubai International Financial Centre
Tel: +971.4.362.2432
E-mail: shaima.alzarouni@difc.ae
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