The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (commonly referred to as MBRGI) is a foundation based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), launched in 2015 by the UAE ministry of finance, consolidating some 33 philanthropic initiatives overseen in the past two decades by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai.
MBRGI defines its work under five pillars: humanitarian aid and relief; healthcare and disease control; spreading education and knowledge; innovation and entrepreneurship and empowering communities.
[11] In 2017, the total expenditure on initiatives, programmes and projects dedicated to spreading education and knowledge amounted to AED 634 million.
[2] These initiatives included: In 2017, MBRGI invested some AED 396 million in promoting new enterprises and sustainable innovation.
[2] Initiatives included The Dubai Future Foundation,[17] The Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for SME Development (Dubai SME),[18] The Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Young Business Leaders,[19] and The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award[20] In 2017, MBRGI invested AED 129 million into "empowering communities"[21][22] Initiatives included: Three new initiatives were launched under MBRGI during 2017: the International Institute for Tolerance,[33][34][24][35] the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Arabic E-learning Project[9][36][16] and One Million Arab Coders.