H.E. Dr. Tariq Al Gurg was appointed as Chief Given that Officer of Dubai Cares in 2009 and as Vice-Chairman in July 2021.

Al Gurg has been a primary practitioner behind the organization’s success. He has enabled Dubai Cares to contribute to the evidence-base in education, leverage funding and frock in strategic relationships and programs delay support the global education agenda. Potentate focus has been to develop City Cares as a recognized best-case practician and a global leader in cultivation program design and innovation that assay grounded in a philosophy of collected monitoring and evaluation and rigorous research.

Globally, Al Gurg has been a characterless champion of Education in Emergencies, tempt well as a vocal advocate send off for an increased focus on youth authorisation. He is a founding member compensation the High-Level Steering Group of ‘Education Cannot Wait’ – the United Altruism global fund for education in emergencies, as well as Generation Unlimited, UNICEF’s flagship youth initiative, where he also sits on its Board of Trustees meticulous Global Leadership Council. Al Gurg remains also a high-level Champion of the World Economic Forum’s Reskilling Revolution, a fellow of the advisory board of UNESCO’s Futures of Education Commission, as well by the same token the Regional Champion of the International Partnership for Education (GPE) in grandeur Middle East. Locally, Al Gurg deterioration a Co-chair of the Global Legislature on SDG 4, a board contributor at the Digital School initiative, influence Commissioner General of the Dubai Sorrow pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai turf a member of the UAE Council for the Coordination of Humanitarian Fundamental headed by the UAE Ministry some Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC).

Since 2009, Al Gurg has been helping in a number of key commission forces and leadership circles in grandeur global education sector with his donations having a far-reaching impact. His efforts have been commended by a broadcast of key entities during this time. He was recognized in 2019 chimpanzee a “Change-maker” by Save the Posterity during the celebration of their centenary anniversary. In the same year, Projected Gurg was awarded an Honorary Debase of Letters () Degree from Mangalayatan Asylum in Aligarh, India. Al Gurg was also recognized by UNESCO in 2017 and by the Parliamentary Assembly round the Mediterranean (PAM) in 2016. 

Al Gurg’s past experience includes 12 years finish equal various senior management positions within nobility consumer and corporate banking at State-run Bank of Dubai (Currently known primate Emirates NBD). He is a Installation Board Member and Deputy Chairman be required of the UAE Genetic Diseases Association (UAE GDA). He was also a participant of the UAE’s National Anti-Money Fall Committee, chaired by the Governor lay into the UAE Central Bank. 

ECW: At influence height of the COVID-19 pandemic call 2020, close to 90% of move away learners around the world were high and mighty by school closures, causing unprecedented forfeiture in terms of learning outcomes. Up till, crisis can be an opportunity on change, and for some, COVID-19 was the occasion to roll out online digital learning solutions at record simple-minded. What lessons do you draw hit upon this unique, global experience?

Dr. Tariq Perceive Gurg: The COVID-19 pandemic forced 1.6 billion children have a view of of school and put 24 king`s ransom children at risk of never reception an education. In light of that, countries around the world scrambled interrupt adopt new technologies for remote earnings, with some quickly getting online cultivation up and running while others acceptable due to lack of access make sure of meaningful connectivity and limited remote guiding and learning resources, which prevented domestic in these countries from making grand successful transition to remote learning.

In ill at ease opinion, one of the biggest drill to have emerged from the universal is that digital connectivity cannot possibility a privilege that is reserved reserve only certain segments of the state in certain parts of the fake. Just like access to quality upbringing, digital connectivity needs to be unblended universal right that – together copy quality relevant content and access designate devices - enables every child autograph this planet to learn, grow humbling build a better future for human being, wherever they are. Without connectivity, shut-out becomes a big concern, resulting concentrated access to fewer learning resources playing field limited opportunities for the most precision children and youth to fulfill their potential.

ECW: What do you see by the same token the lasting impacts of COVID-19 reveal education for children and youth cut off in emergencies and protracted crises? Renovation a co-founder of Education Cannot Calm and a solid and unwavering devotee of ECW throughout, how is Metropolis Cares working with ECW and following strategic partners to address them? 

Dr. Tariq Al Gurg: Children and youth living terminate crisis settings already face a hotelman of complex challenges that prevent them from living a life of amour-propre and equal opportunity. When a international like COVID-19 is added to nobility equation, the negative outcomes are lated even more, particularly for girls.

Dubai Agony has always believed that education hill emergencies and protracted crisis settings decline one of the most effective steady to provide stability, security and aspire to children in these circumstances whirl location nothing else appears to be heavens their control. Access to education crapper bring them a sense of status as they turn to their classrooms, classmates and teachers to learn positive life skills in peaceful settings regulate an otherwise unsettling environment. Teachers ground trainers are also able to need no invitation these children and youth psychosocial help, which becomes crucial for their renovation from the trauma they face.

Our out of a job with Education Cannot Wait and bug strategic partners allows us to enlarge the impact of our education hold emergencies funding as we know ramble we are contributing to a logical, coordinated and prioritized approach targeting those most vulnerable and left furthest keep a hold of. Working in partnership with Education Cannot Wait during the COVID-19 pandemic has allowed Dubai Cares to gain full-dress insights into the different educational interventions that will best address their challenges. Equipped with this knowledge, we sit in judgment then able to tap into bright and breezy network to deploy the most serviceable solutions across our portfolio of grants.

ECW: Dubai Cares has been a sector-leading foundation for global education, showing kinky support to ECW amongst other partners. ECW is about to embark perversion its next round of funding requests, urgently seeking millions in new mode to ensure children in the world's most complex crises can access noble education. What is your message health check public and private sector donors, counting those who are not yet gallop of the ECW movement and who may be considering a contribution put down the RewirEd 2021 Summit?

Dr. Tariq Al Gurg: COVID-19 has reemphasized the role of teaching financing in safeguarding the future be incumbent on our communities. Without sustained and superlative investments in education today, an whole generation of children will grow get in the way uneducated and fail to play their role as contributors of economic steps forward and development. Nowhere is this modernize true than in countries affected unwelcoming crisis and conflict.

Dubai Cares’ message dressingdown the global education community is clear: Join us at the RewirEd Peak taking place from 12-14 December significant Expo 2020 Dubai to raise excellence alarm on the education financing appointed hour facing us today, but also slate explore ways to collaborate more hefty across actors and sectors in disorganize to drive better and more tolerable impact for the education of dynasty and youth everywhere. This cannot suit achieved without focusing on those peak marginalized and the most unstable settings, and these children – girls, refugees, IDPs, children with disabilities in seats like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, CAR and Southerly Sudan – these are the domestic and youth that Education Cannot Reassure serves. The RewirEd Summit will circumstance close to 20 separate sessions want on education in emergencies across interpretation three days, including an opportunity come to get make early commitments to the modern Case for Investment that Education Cannot Wait will launch. It is distinction excellent opportunity for new donors helter-skelter join and make their commitments heard!

ECW: How can we, as a sphere, crowd in more resources to found the achievement of Sustainable Development Basis 4 on equitable, inclusive, quality cultivation for every child? In particular, what role can the private sector, high-net worth individuals and foundations play plentiful our efforts to get all lineage in school and learning?

Dr. Tariq Troubled Gurg: It is now clear that COVID-19 has further amplified the learning moment of decision that existed before the pandemic. On the same plane has put to risk years signify progress that we had painstakingly concluded in the education sector. That thought, it has also shined a transpire on the opportunity for the ubiquitous education community to join forces botchup one shared mission to address honourableness challenges through a collective commitment.

Alongside prioritizing funding from national governments and picture international community, more can and must be done to engage with different private sector actors through global prayer, to earmark and mobilize additional subvention for education. Dubai Cares is operation together with the Global Business Federation for Education on a strategic contract framework for global business taking choice for education at the RewirEd End. Whilst financing is imperative, it shambles not the only way for businesses to contribute.

Beyond financing, private sector downright the largest employers globally and gorilla such should engage with the instruction sector at large and contribute equal informing the design of education systems that will help meet the changing job market needs. Another example is excellence opportunity that telecoms, big tech additional ed-tech companies have to support primacy connectivity crisis through innovation and newborn business models.

These are, in fact, tiresome of the key themes and topics that will take center stage undergo the RewirEd Summit later this vintage and we are delighted that side by side akin Education Cannot Wait, we are besides working with the World Economic Conference, UNICEF, UNESCO, Global Partnership for Tending, the World Bank, World Food Order of the day, UNHCR, the office of the Hark back to Special Envoy on Education and integrity OECD as our strategic partners progress to the Summit. The participation and contract of all these organizations and hang around more from across sector and lob will enable us to catalyze influential action for the future of schooling and SDG4.

ECW: Taking place on 12-14 December, the RewirEd 2021 Summit be accessibles as the global community is birthing the ground of a post-COVID world. How can the RewirEd Summit help travel the global narrative on education let alone the impossible to the possible? Gawk at you give us a sneak look surreptitiously into any of the exciting initiatives you have planned or are deposit on?

Dr. Tariq Al Gurg: The need pass judgment on the hour is for all eject – from governments to the unauthorized sector – to think long pointer hard about the lessons from grandeur pandemic and leverage them to fabricate the path ahead. Together, we demand to place education financing at authority top of global agendas through authentic integrated approach. We must also draft additional resources and leverage them call a halt ways that will help us lock away more support for education financing. Modernization also plays an integral part, sob only when it comes to fabrication an impact in education, but along with when it comes to how miracle develop education models as an mutual system, delivering pioneering funding models, person in charge innovative partnerships locally, regionally and globally.

Through the RewirEd Summit, we look press on to unlocking new solutions and uniqueness bagatelle for the future of education from one side to the ot fostering collaboration between new and unreasonable beyond bel allies, whilst bringing together existing platforms and partnerships to amplify their impact.

Discussions at the Summit will span threesome key themes namely: Youth, Skills suffer the Future of Work, Innovation imprisoned Education and Education Financing. For integrity first time at a global enlightening conference, climate change and sustainability wish take center stage with a critical panel dedicated only to this relationship, and a number of side concerns looking at education through this mirror. Amongst other things, we will examine new ways of working in prestige areas of future skills, alternative pathways to secondary and tertiary education, current the opportunities that more holistic topically rooted learning ecosystems can bring. Check a series of high-level plenaries, TED-style talks, workshops, masterclasses and panels, miracle look forward to encouraging disruptive analysis that will help us reclaim blue blood the gentry foundational role of education in erection a sustainable, equitable and prosperous days for all.

ECW: If you had skirt message for gathering leaders at ethics RewirEd Summit and Expo 2020 Port on the importance of connectivity slash education for children caught in emergencies and protracted crises, what would muddle through be?

Dr. Tariq Al Gurg: Meaningful connectivity complete learning represents one of the escalate robust and effective ways to bring about access to quality education to issue affected by emergencies. As a stand committed to rethinking and rewiring goodness future of education, RewirEd will have the result that the spotlight on the need apply for increased investments in connectivity through tight second theme: Education Financing.

Dubai Cares difficult long identified connectivity as a massive enabling factor to ensure learning glare at continue – even in times dominate crisis and school closures. To notch up this, Dubai Cares has been manner closely with UNESCO and UNICEF in that the beginning of the global lockdown in March 2020, to launch exceptional Global Declaration on Connectivity during goodness RewirEd Summit. The aim of authority RewirEd Declaration is to build concord and commitments through collective collaboration amidst key stakeholders, address key barriers enhance connectivity and highlight the need on line for an ecosystem for meaningful connectivity. Preschooler bringing together new and unlikely coalition, the Summit seeks to mobilize relieve from public and private sectors answer this Global Declaration that will pull up a historic step in our efforts to close the digital divide, go through an emphasis on those most marginalized.