In light of the current global economic turmoil and volatility, there is an urgent need to address the vital issue of economic development and deal with major changes. These can be in the form of economic and social transformations, including those related to energy, renewable, clean and green energy, as well as related challenges and opportunities. The goal is to create job opportunities and sustainable development in several productive and economic sectors as well as their optimal use in the midst of the rapid global transformations in these areas.
The agenda of the forum highlights the issue of sustainability and its strengthening, the environment, climate change and its challenges with all its different global aspects. Qatar attaches great importance to all these, particularly as it have become seriously disturbing and harming to the world in the recent years after being a global worry and a topic of discussion in every conference and forum, in light of the expansion of deforestation, droughts and global warming in several parts and countries in the world.
Some of the current additional topics that will be discussed by the participants in the forum, Artificial Intelligence and its governance, and related matters such as digital technology and aspects of cybersecurity. All these matters contributed greatly in shaping the face of the world.
As for the issue of food security, it is certainly a compelling and vital global issue that has imposed itself internationally. Worthy of note that the State of Qatar, under the leadership of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, attaches crucial interest in this matter either internally or abroad.
Undoubtedly, overcoming the challenges of such vital issue requires necessarily the existence of international will to face and combat the problem of the rise of poverty and achieving food security as it is an issue of global security. It is also required to work in a similar context to attain self-suffiency in a time a group of factors, such as population growth and urban expansion as well as the change both in consumption patterns and climate, challenges the ability of world agricultural systems to provide food, and consequently a more sustainable life for all.
The forum will delve into the topic of geopolitical dynamics and their security and political implications on a global scale, and other key issues and topics included in the forum's agenda. Therefore, Fatma Al Baker insists in her statement to the Qatar News Agency that this year's edition will be distinguished with its guests and topics that include the international relations, security, politics, economy, development, cybersecurity, data privacy and Artificial Intelligence and sustainability. She expected that during the Doha Forum more than 7 agreements will be signed.
Through the two days of the forum, 18 main sessions and 35 side sessions will be held, in which the discussions will cover the current situations in the region, especially in the Gaza strip, and other current regional and international issues such as: Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Sudan and Ukraine, in addition to the different economic and political implications and symptoms.
The Doha Forum, which had its first edition in 2001, has become a crucial platform for dialogue concerned with generating international policies for meeting, ideas exchanging, and working towards finding solutions to the major current crises in the world. With the diversity of viewpoints, Doha managed to be a destination for open dialogue through the diverse initiatives and forums that it hosts. The forum, as is the case in its previous editions, can promote constructive and effective dialogue based on the vision of Qatar in solving problems and overcoming challenges through dialogue. The successes of the forum since its establishment are numerous and its works are characterized by an international momentum and a shared desire to deal with the challenges that face the world as well as building relations and partnerships resulting in the development of common concepts.
This has made of Doha a capital for the renewed dialogue of civilizations. Thus, the forum became along over two years an international platform for diplomacy, dialogue and development. It became also a platform for discussing the major global challenges and changes, one for developing creative solutions that are applicable on numerous problems, that hopefully lead to safe, fairer and more sustainable world, which can secure a better future for all generations.
Source: Qatar News Agency