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(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Abu Dhabi) - Her Majesty Queen Rania, in a keynote speech today at the opening ceremony of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), highlighted the importance of long-term, sustainable solutions to addressing energy needs and powering sustainable development globally.

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah launched Phase V of the Madrasati initiative today, which will cover a hundred of the most disadvantaged schools in the governorate of Irbid. During the launch ceremony, which took place at the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Her Majesty focused on the importance of education, its outcomes, and the caliber of skills it instills in its graduates.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department- Amman) – Under the Patronage of Her Majesty, the Queen Rania Al Abdullah Award for Excellence in Education held its 6th Teacher’s Award and 2nd Principal’s Award Ceremony today. Held at the Applied Science Private University’s Conference Center, the awards were given to 25 outstanding teachers and 7 excelling principles, in a competition that spans across the Kingdom.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- Amman) – Under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, the Columbia University Middle East Research Center (CUMERC) in conjunction with the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the Jordanian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MoPIC), held a signing ceremony for the Institute for Sustainable Development Practice on Monday December 6, 2010.