Mohammed bin Rashid set up committee to consider Dubai's bid for hosting 2020 World Expo, Olympic and Paralympic Games

H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, has issued a decree setting up a committee to be tasked with exploring the potential of Dubai hosting the World Expo and the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020.

As per the decree issued by H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai and UAE Prime Minister and Vice President, the Working Group will be chaired by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai while H.H. Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum will be the Vice Chairman. The members of the Working Group are H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Mohammed Ibrahim Al Shaibani, H.E. Abdulrahman Mohammed Al Owais, Lt. General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Hussain Nasser Lootah, Matar Mohammed Al Tayer, Qadhi Saeed Al Murooshid, Ahmad Abdullah Al Shaikh, Yousuf Yacob Al Serkal, John Ferguson and Giselle Davies.

As feasibility study will be undertaken before further decisions are taken regarding making any formal bids to the International Olympic Committee and the Bureau of International Expositions. H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum has mandated Falcon and Associates to lead the Dubai 2020 project and Working Group.

Members of the public will be invited to participate in the initiative. Further details will be announced in due course.

The Games of the Olympiad take place every four years. The World Expo takes place every 5 years. The two events coincide in the same year every 20 years. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid has also today launched ‘Dubai 2020', a new initiative that will focus a number of sectors within Dubai and the wider UAE around the common goal of furthering social and economic progress for the region.