Abu Dhabi: The Department of Community Development in Abu Dhabi have launched Ma’an, an authority for social contribution and participation, it was announced on Friday. Ma’an is a comprehensive social platform that aims to activate the social development agenda for individuals and institutions, promoting partnership between the government, private sector and a third sector of social businesses, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and community foundations. The objective is to deliver innovative solutions for social challenges. Ma’an will activate and encourage community engagement with a focus on four themes: Social Investment Fund, Incubation and Scaling-up, Focus on Outcome, and Social Volunteering Programmes. This scheme is part of the Abu Dhabi Government’s Accelerators Programme ‘Ghadan 21’ and was first announced last June.
Social development platform launched
Ma’an will deliver innovative solutions for social challenges