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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 ...

The results of Sharjah Census 2015 have been published by the Department of Statistics and Community Development in Sharjah (DSCD), revealing that more than 1.4 million people now live in the emirate of Sharjah. According to the census data, 88 percent of residents are foreign expatriates, 79 percent of residents under the age of 30, while 91 percent of the ...

Sharjah Department of Public Works has announced the commencement of two waste management infrastructure projects at a cost of AED 641 million (US$175m). Sharjah’s government recently confirmed a 7 percent increase in spending on public infrastructure, accounting for some 30 percent of 2017’s record AED 22 billion (US$ 5.9b) budget. The Public Works department has given the go ahead for ...

The Government of Sharjah has announced a AED 22 billion (US$ 5.9 billion) budget for the year 2017, increasing government spending by some 3 percent, according to the emirate’s Central Department of Finance. Meanwhile, according to the statement, government revenue is expected to rise 7 percent compared with 2016. In common with past years, the 2017 budget places high priority ...

‘Invest in Sharjah’, the FDI office of the emirate of Sharjah, has debuted at business and investment forums in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, since the brand’s official launch in September. ‘Invest in Sharjah’ was first unveiled by Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) at the Sharjah FDI Forum 2016, as a new brand to help position Sharjah in ...

Sharjah is to embark on an development project to create parks and recreation areas for several of its key industrial zones. The initiative follows recommendations from Sharjah Labour Standards Development Authority (SLSDA), which coordinates with government agencies and private enterprises in the emirate towards continually raising local labour standards. The SLSDA objectives include developing employment best practices and procedures, facilities ...