Dubai approves 100-day plan to develop Al Quoz Creative Zone

Published:Dec 7, 202304:07
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Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed chairs the assembly. Image Credit: Supplied

Dubai: A 100-day plan to develop Al Quoz Creative Zone has been accepted to make Dubai a world inventive hub and appeal to inventive skilled from everywhere in the world.

Shaikha Latifa Bint Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), expressed her confidence within the skill of the committee and government staff members of the Al Quoz Creative Zone to work collectively successfully to develop the mission in accordance with the requirements outlined within the mission plan.

She emphasised Dubai’s dedication to implement this nationwide mission consistent with the imaginative and prescient of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to make Dubai a world capital of the inventive financial system, the popular vacation spot for creatives and the world’s finest metropolis to stay and work.

First assembly

Her remarks got here through the mission committee’s first assembly chaired by her to focus on the implementation of the Al Quoz Creative Zone. The assembly mentioned a complete proposal to handle the mission. The Zone will improve the worth of Al Quoz as a regional and world centre for designers and creatives who want to stay and work inside it, and discover it engaging from a way of life perspective as nicely.

The assembly deliberated on the approval for the mission’s governance system and its aims and progress indicators of the 100-day plan to implement the primary section.

‘Best model for creative ecosystem’

Shaikha Latifa mentioned: “This is a pioneering project with ambitious goals, and we want it to be the best model for a creative ecosystem locally and globally. We have a clear vision to accomplish this unique national project in line with the vision of [Shaikh Mohammad], who continues to inspire us with his leadership and unique forward-thinking philosophy in shaping the future.”

Multi-team coordination

Shaikha Latifa accepted the governance system for the mission, which defines the roles and capabilities of all mission groups.

Setting priorities

Priorities for the infrastructure improvement mission staff embody conducting a comparative examine on comparable tasks that mix dwelling, working and public inventive areas; creating a multi-use area mannequin; submitting suggestions to the mission committee; and figuring out actions associated to the inventive industries sector and vital permits within the Al Quoz Creative Zone.

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Sheikha Latifa bin Mohammed, Mattar Al Tayer and different officers on the assembly. Image Credit: Supplied

Priorities for the infrastructure staff embody offering versatile mobility, launching the customer transportation service from Al Safa Metro Station to the Al Quoz Creative Zone, creating the preliminary design for pedestrian routes and particular person transportation means and offering advisory companies (examine and design) for transportation integration and versatile mobility within the Zone, as well as to renaming the streets within the space and inspiring landowners there to present items for creatives.

Priorities for supporting the creatives embody activating cultural visas for creatives in Al Quoz, launching a devoted platform for them inside ‘Invest in Dubai’, providing a membership programme known as ‘Al Quoz Creative Membership’, and creating an built-in advertising and marketing technique to appeal to expertise and unfold consciousness regionally and globally in regards to the Zone.

Dubai’s prime brass

Mattar Mohammad Al Tayer, Director General, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the RTA, and Vice-Chairman of the Al Quoz Creative Zone Committee, mentioned: “RTA supports the Al Quoz Creative Zone with a series of projects focused on facilitating the movement of residents and visitors to the area.”

Dawoud Al Hajri, Director-General of Dubai Municipality, mentioned: “We will employ all the resources that we have to achieve a quantum leap in the creative sector in cooperation with our partners so that the Al Quoz Creative Zone becomes a beacon for creative excellence in the world.”

Accelerator workshops

Shaikha Latifa appointed the members of the committee created to implement the Al Quoz Creative Zone mission on April 14. 2021. Following this, Dubai Culture held two Al Quoz accelerator workshops, the primary of which was held on April 19 that includes representatives of inventive industries, members of the inventive group and committee members.



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