ARC Initiative

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Latest activities

[2015/01/21] • ARC implementation workshop at WFES, by ZFEP
Audience: 2015 winners of ZFEP Global High Schools

[2015/01/20] • ARC outreach workshop at WFES, by ZFEP
Audience: High school children from Abu Dhabi

more from 2014 ↓

[2014/06/17] • ARC Initiative members visit Fatima Bint Asad School in Liwa
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[2014/06/01] • ARC Initiative starts on project in Tanzania
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[2014/03/28] • ARC launches new project with MI-EWB group at Abaarso School of Science and Technology, Zayed Future Energy Prize Runners Up to assist with wind turbine
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[2014/03/08] • ARC Initiative members present at Hult Prize 2014 Dubai Regional Finals in 2 Masdar Institute teams!
Official announcement
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[2014/06/10] • 2 ARC Initiative members conduct workshop at SECMOL, Ladakh, India
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[2014/04/10] • 3 ARC Initiative members participate at
BREG-MES 2014 Symposium at UC Berkeley!
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[2014/03/28] • ARC launches new project with MI-EWB group at Abaarso School of Science and Technology, Zayed Future Energy Prize Runners Up to assist with wind turbine
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[2014/03/08] • 7 ARC Initiative members present at Hult Prize 2014 Dubai Regional Finals in 2 Masdar Institute teams!
Official announcement
Video presentation
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[2014/1/21] • ARC partner Abaarso School of Science and Technology is Zayed Future Energy Prize Runner-Up!
Receives $50 000 grant
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more from 2013 ↓

[2013/11/05] • ARC partner Abaarso School of Science and Technology qualifies for the Zayed Future Energy Prize Finals!
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[2013/09/25] • ARC returns from Malaysia field-trip
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[2013/08/20] • 2 ARC Initiative members conduct workshop in Ladakh
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ARC Initiative mission

We approach development initiatives from a perspective that puts people and their capabilities first.

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With our efforts we aim to:

Expand and enhance people's choices
Create or ensure the opportunity to define and practice those choices within the three pillars of sustainability

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We build our organization around our core values:

Participation ↓

Community participation

To promote capacity building and empowerment
To leverage and build on existing knowledge
To preserve and strengthen community values and institutions

Collaboration ↓

Collaborations and partnerships with multiple actors and stakeholders

To forge and foster links, network and learn from past initiatives
To use existing and emerging knowledge, research and tools from partnerships between academia and development organizations
To support long-term sustainability through effective cooperation

Sustainability ↓

Integrated and holistic approaches

That identify all connected systems for improved understanding of system dynamics
To ensure that all related systems are taken into considerations when implementing strategies

Project repository

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