Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Tradition and Arts Authority (Dubai Tradition), stated that Dubai continues to strengthen its cultural enchantment and world competitiveness within the cultural and artistic sectors via its distinctive strategy, pioneering initiatives, and the distinctive attributes which have made it among the finest cities on the planet to stay, work, and go to, in addition to a number one vacation spot for internet hosting main worldwide occasions.
This got here through the signing of a strategic partnership between Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed and Her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for Worldwide Cooperation and CEO of Expo Metropolis Dubai Authority. The partnership between Dubai Tradition and Expo Metropolis Dubai displays the emirate’s ambition to consolidate its place as a worldwide centre for creativity and a vibrant assembly level for expertise, whereas increasing avenues of collaboration to ship revolutionary initiatives and experiences that reinforce Dubai’s management and elevate its worldwide presence.
The strategic partnership, signed on behalf of Expo Metropolis Dubai by Her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy, will assist the internet hosting of the twenty seventh Worldwide Council of Museums (ICOM) Basic Convention – Dubai 2025, held beneath the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The convention might be hosted by Dubai for the primary time within the Center East, Africa, and South Asia area from 11 to 17 November 2025, with the opening occasion set to happen beneath the enduring Al Wasl Plaza dome on 12 November within the presence of greater than 4,000 worldwide delegates.
Her Highness praised the partnership, noting that it displays an exemplary mannequin of collaboration between cultural establishments, consistent with Dubai Authorities’s strategy to fostering cooperation, communication and the trade of finest practices. She stated: “This partnership displays our shared dedication to celebrating cultural variety and empowering Dubai’s artistic sector. It embodies our perception within the energy of tradition to drive progress, innovation, and sustainable improvement, whereas reaffirming our dedication to cultural trade and to fostering an atmosphere the place expertise can develop, flourish, and encourage.”
Her Highness added: “Dubai’s internet hosting of ICOM Dubai 2025 marks a defining milestone in our metropolis’s cultural journey. We sit up for activating this partnership throughout a historic second when Dubai and the UAE will welcome the worldwide museum neighborhood and ship a gap celebration that highlights Dubai’s artistic spirit, showcases its cultural story, and reaffirms its position as a beacon that evokes the world — additional advancing the emirate’s imaginative and prescient of being a worldwide centre for tradition, an incubator for creativity, and a thriving vacation spot for expertise.”
Enriching Dubai’s artistic motion
Her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy underscored that the partnership with Dubai Tradition displays Expo Metropolis Dubai’s dedication to strengthening cultural engagement and enriching the emirate’s artistic momentum. “This partnership represents an vital milestone in Expo Metropolis Dubai’s journey, supporting our ongoing efforts to advance the tradition and humanities ecosystem, empower expertise, and increase the scope for innovation throughout the sector. It additionally displays our perception within the transformative energy of tradition and its position in strengthening human connections.”
HE Al Hashimy added: “Internet hosting the ICOM Dubai 2025 convention is a defining second within the emirate’s historical past and a testomony to its steady ambition and willpower to steer. Al Wasl Plaza is the proper setting for an unbelievable opening occasion and, along with Dubai Tradition, Expo Metropolis Dubai is happy to inform the subsequent chapter of Dubai’s evolving cultural story, reinforcing its position as a worldwide hub for expertise and creativity, and enriching its dynamic inventive panorama.”
Progressive initiatives and initiatives
Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed and Her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy have been briefed on key initiatives and initiatives to be applied beneath the partnership, together with the artistic design components of the ICOM Dubai 2025 opening occasion and the ‘Pocket Forest’ venture positioned at Terra in Expo Metropolis Dubai. The initiative will kind a part of ICOM Dubai 2025’s lasting legacy and replicate its sustainability values.
Impressed by the Miyawaki methodology developed by Japanese botanist Dr Akira Miyawaki, the ‘Pocket Forest’ design focuses on city reforestation by planting various native tree species that improve biodiversity, restore pure ecosystems, and speed up city greening.
Throughout the go to, Her Highness and Her Excellency joined a gaggle of youngsters in planting the primary saplings of the ‘Pocket Forest’ — a dense woodland of indigenous vegetation together with sidr, samr, ghaf, and arak ‘miswak’ bushes, identified for his or her resilience in sizzling climates and their contribution to preserving pure landscapes. The initiative symbolises a reconnection with the UAE’s environmental and cultural roots.
The strategic partnership is a part of an ongoing collaboration between Dubai Tradition and Expo Metropolis Dubai to strengthen Dubai’s place as a worldwide hub for creativity and innovation. Coinciding with ICOM Dubai 2025, the general public will even benefit from the second version of the Dhai Dubai Artwork Competition, from 12 to 18 November at Expo Metropolis Dubai. The competition options main Emirati artists from three generations and can witness the opening of the ‘Home of Artwork,’ a dynamic artistic area for artists, curators, and collectors from the UAE and the area. The venue will function an open platform for exhibitions, dialogue, and inventive celebration.