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Recently the Prime Minister of India participated in the World Governments Summit 2024 in Dubai as Guest of Honour.

World Governments Summit 2024: Key Highlights

• World Governments Summit 2024 Theme: Shaping the Future Governments
• World Governments Summit 2024 Agenda: The World Governments Summit 2024 will focus on 6 main themes of discussion, 
  • Government Acceleration and Transformation: To ensure inclusivity and economic growth, policies must bridge the digital divide, ensuring benefits reach all society members amid rapid technological change.
  • Artificial Intelligence and The Next Frontiers: To Address the regulation, ethical design, and broader emerging trends in the AI ecosystem.
  • Reimagining Development and Future Economies by embracing new technologies, business models, and societal trends for building resilient, prosperous future economies.
  • Future Societies and Education: To  explore the connections between societies, education, and technology’s transformative potential. 
  • Sustainability and The New Global Shifts: The adoption of  sustainable practices for equitable, just, and resilient access to resources ie. food, energy, and water  while ensuring long-term prosperity.
  • Urbanization and Global Health Priorities: To  view cities as hubs of innovation and growth and to integrate modern mobility solutions and transform cities into futuristic, livable centers of progress.
• World Governments Summit 2024 Participation: The Summit saw participation of 20 world leaders, including 10 Presidents and 10 Prime Ministers. Delegates from over 120 countries were represented at the global gathering.

Prime Minister of India’s  Special  Keynote Address at World Governments Summit 2024

• Minimum Government, Maximum Governance: India leveraged digital technology to provide for a human- centric approach to governance with  focus on people’s participation, last-mile-delivery and women-led development to achieve an inclusive society.
• Approach to public service: To ensure  Ease of Living, Ease of Justice, Ease of Mobility, Ease of Innovation and Ease of Doing Business should be the approach of governance.
• Nature of governance: Focus of governance should be to prioritize Inclusivity, Tech- smart, Clean and Transparent, and Green Governments.

World Governments Summit

• About: It  is a neutral, non- profit  global knowledge exchange platform for governments
• Formation: It was established in 2013 under leadership of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai
• Vision: To become a  global platform for shaping future governments and inspire and enable the next generation of governments.
• Function: The summit hosts events, forums, and roundtables throughout the year with an aim to  explore the agenda of the next generation of governments, focusing on harnessing innovation and technology to solve universal challenges facing humanity.

News Source: PIB