JEDDAH: Strengthening and encouraging regional cinema production is vital for boosting mutual understanding among member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Yousef Al-Othaimeen, OIC secretary-general, made the statement during a meeting convened by a panel of experts to establish an OIC award for production companies that excel ahead of the Pan-African Film & Television Festival, which will be held in Burkina Faso.
“The OIC seeks to play a more effective role in promoting cultural exchange in an attempt to fight negative stereotypes associated with Islam,” he said.
“The recent summit held in Jeddah and the meeting convened by the OIC in Dhaka, Bangladesh in May both served as a catalyst to the recent measures. We also want to introduce an OIC film festival of our own.”
Al-Othaimeen delivered the speech on behalf Hesham Youssef, OIC assistant secretary-general for humanitarian, social and cultural affairs.
The current panel will discuss mechanisms to establish the award and devise the criteria for determining top production companies among member states during the upcoming festival, which is slated for February next year.
Films to project positive image of Islam urged
Films to project positive image of Islam urged
- Yousef Al-Othaimeen: The OIC seeks to play a more effective role in promoting cultural exchange in an attempt to fight negative stereotypes associated with Islam
Princess Reema’s Wave unveils ocean regeneration platform
- Upgraded platform provides deeper, more comprehensive data on the state of the world’s oceans and the impact of human activity
- Features an enhanced user experience, including an integrated tool powered by artificial intelligence
JEDDAH: Wave, powered by the Future Investment Initiative Institute and founded by Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud, has unveiled version 2.0 of its Ocean Central data platform, oceancentral.org.
The upgraded platform provides deeper, more comprehensive data on the state of the world’s oceans and the impact of human activity.
It features an enhanced user experience, including an integrated tool powered by artificial intelligence, to guide users through queries and analysis. A new ocean news section also offers English-language summaries of the latest ocean-related developments and reports from around the world.
“The evolution of Ocean Central moves us a step closer to our collective goal of ‘Ocean Regeneration within a Human Generation’,” said Princess Reema.
“The future of our oceans depends on advances in accurate data, allocating resources more strategically and making informed decisions that protect marine environments, and Ocean Central plays an important role in enabling us to focus efforts.”
The enhanced platform will be on show at the 13th annual World Ocean Summit, organized by Economist Impact, which takes place in Montreal from March 4-5. The event brings together international government ministers, policymakers, investors and business leaders from sectors including shipping, energy and tourism.
The platform integrates global targets from the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement. It monitors progress towards these goals, highlights successful initiatives and identifies critical knowledge gaps.
Wave is a collective action platform dedicated to restoring a thriving ocean by 2050. Powered by the Future Investment Initiative Institute, it delivers targeted interventions across four pillars — engagement, insights, sectoral activation and innovation — to advance ocean regeneration.
