The Abu Dhabi Education Council Endorses Building Future Education MENA 2010

ABU DHABI, UAE, July 12, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Abu Dhabi Education Council is fully endorsing Building Future Education MENA (formerly BSEC MENA) for the second time. The event, which is organised by United Business Media's Built Environment division, is being held in the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre on the 21st and 22nd of November 2010.

Building Future Education MENA is a free-to-attendee exhibition and conference bringing together regional and international expertise in facilities, management, reform, investment and operation of all educational institutions and programmes in the MENA region; and covers creches, nurseries and kindergartens, schools, colleges, universities, research, training centres and special needs.

As the importance of improving the standard of education in the Middle East and North Africa region is fully realised His Excellency Dr. Mugheer Khamis Al Khaili, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Education Council explained "Building Future Education MENA is in line with our primary goal to develop world-class learners and a world-class education system across all types of educational institutions in the region."

The free to attendee conference and workshop programme, which is for all professionals involved in the education sector, will include a selection of world renowned speakers from the field of education and workshop topics such as facilities - new build and remodelling, special needs, curriculum, programme delivery and training, quality assurance and school improvement, public private partnerships (PPP) and investment, public awareness (including health, safety & environmental programmes) and sustainability; with ICT and e-learning featuring throughout.

Andrew Pert, Regional Director of United Business Media's Built Environment division, said "We are thoroughly delighted that the Abu Dhabi Education Council is fully endorsing the event and will be working side-by-side with us and the other MENA Ministries of Education to improve education across the region."

"Co-operation between the public and private sectors at this stage in the region's development is considered to be essential to deliver continued educational progress; the Abu Dhabi Education Council's support will help us to achieve this," he said.

Building Future Education MENA is co-located with BETT Middle East, the education technology event, and will also have strong representation from the MENA region's education ministries and councils including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Libya, Syria and Egypt.

Notes to the editor

For more information see: http://www.buildingfutureeducationmena.com

Companies, academia, government bodies and individuals interested in taking part or attending the event should contact the organiser United Business Media for more information on: +971-2-406-4471 or email [email protected]

Building Future Education MENA (brought to you by the organisers of BSEC MENA), a free-to-attend exhibition and conference covering facilities, management, reform, investment and operation of all educational institutions and programmes in the MENA region, is organised by UBM Middle East. UBM Middle East is one of the four founding partners of the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company.

Building Future Education MENA is co-located with BETT Middle East, an education technology event.

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Bryan Espie, Marketing Director, [email protected] or +971-2-406-4314

Further information on UBM Middle East can be found at http://www.ubmmiddleeast.com

SOURCE United Business Media (UBM Middle East)