Majid Al Futtaim to offer up facilities to train disabled athletes for Special Olympics + DoH hires 1.2k+ Emiratis in national hire push. PLUS: Awards for Paymentology + ADJD

Special Olympics UAE, Majid Al Futtaim to gear disabled athletes for the 2025 Winter Olympics: Majid Al Futtaim Entertainment will provide its Ski Dubai and Snow Abu Dhabi indoor facilities to snow sports athletes with intellectual and developmental disabilities for year-round training purposes, under an agreement with Special Olympics UAE, reports Wam. Ski Dubai instructors will also offer the athletes training, with assistance from Special Olympics UAE on how to interact effectively with disabled individuals.

Over 1.2k Emirati medical professionals have started working at Abu Dhabi’s Department of Health (DoH) since the DoH launched its Tawteen initiative for the healthcare sector six months ago, according to a statement. The Tawteen initiative saw the DoH’s national workforce increase 12% y-o-y, achieving a considerable target of the department’s Emiratization goal of hiring 10k Emiratis in the health sector within five years.

The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department has secured the 2023 Cloud Infrastructure Innovation Award from US-based cloud computing company VMware, in recognition of its use of cloud technology in the Emirate’s justice system, Wam reports. More than 80% of their servers are cloud-based, according to the news agency.

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