The UAE’s Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) will launch the 2nd TRA Innovation Camp next month aimed at spreading innovation and creativity culture among young students, through a set of activities and targeted events throughout the UAE.

The event will take place from July 17 until August 18.

The camp, which will receive children from age six years to 17, aims to spread the culture of innovation and creativity especially in communications and information technology (ICT) as well as promoting a reading culture among them through a set of group activities, said a statement from TRA.

These activities are aimed at training and disciplining them on how to handle their emotions and different feelings, help them earn self-confidence, gain emotional intelligence and become more flexible, it said.

The events are also focused on training the participants to acquire a positive behaviour towards their families, friends and colleagues – learn how to communicate and organise themselves as well as develop the desire to innovate, learn and engage in creative work.

These skills will help the students build a bright future for them, in line with the country’s sustainable development plans, it added.

The camp activities will include information technology (IT), creative and life skills, sports, personality evaluation and planning the future in addition to field trips.

The students will also be assisted in implementing what they have learned to gain a practical experience through collaborative and creative projects, as well as organising a cultural meeting to discuss a set of chosen books in support of the ‘Year of Reading’.

Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, director general, TRA, said: “The success of the first summer camp has prompted us to list the event as an annual activity especially that it was highly appreciated by Emirati families and residents.”

“In addition, the initiative falls into one of TRA’s key strategies which support and promote the innovation culture in information technology (IT) and telecoms among the Emirati youth,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service