9 UAE

we need friends in UAE - probably we brits need to work harder in understanding this cultural gateway  - lets starting with consolidating on trust built in dubai- the million dollar teacher prize summit is a nice space (created by a dubai education entrepreneur many of whose schools are in britain; the legatum invetsment bank connects many of the digital development labs we admire most; that dubai has an under 25  minister of youth whi is female is hopeful; its 2020 expo sdesrves to be a great sucess as do parale education networks acdriss te region such as WISE oput of qatar' the region's commissioner at www.educationcommision (a network that erpresnets gordon browns life work) hales from abu dhabi in the person of one of the regions greatest female technolgists whose work on superpoirts is seminal