Richard Attias
Richard Attias
Richard Attiasis a Moroccan events producer, founder and former chairman of PublicisLive and currently the executive chairman of Richard Attias and Associates. He is also the founder of The New York Forum and the co-founder of the Global Clinton Initiative and the Nobel Laureates Conference. From 1995 to 2008, he was the Executive Producer of the Davos Forum...
NationalityMoroccan
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth19 November 1959
CountryMorocco
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Sporting achievements bestow a sense of unification on the cultures and societies in which they take place and create an outpouring of nationalism and pride.
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Not only do African students deserve excellent universities, they deserve good elementary and secondary schools, too - and then, to have access to ongoing vocational and job training to ensure their skills remain as relevant as possible to African organizations.
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The symbolic significance of individual athletes' achievements has sometimes proved more productive than the negotiations of diplomats or politicians.
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Even an unsuccessful Olympic bid can be the source of change within a city if organizers adhere to their vision.
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In the organization of any major sporting event or the planning of a building, long-term thinking is key.
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The cost of infrastructure development to host a mega-event can be offset against economic growth over future decades.
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Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the success of any international event.
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Obesity is a problem that nearly every nation in the world is facing, but there is much that we can do to fix it.
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What the Olympics and other mega-events have shown is that the significant investment required to host an international games successfully has the power to transform a region, and even a nation.
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Bringing more large sporting events to Africa would help the continent develop sports policies and at the same time optimize its peoples' chances of achieving competitive success.
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Africa's agricultural sector has enormous scope for development, which would benefit both the continent's economy and its people.
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Culturally, it is commonplace for African women to work.
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Africa's informal economy is one of the most innovative and inventive environments in the world. Yet it is an environment with little regulation in which workers are often exposed to hard conditions and live without a safety net.
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As African economies boom and businesses are created, one of the big questions this growth raises is that of third-level education: how can Africa develop a knowledge infrastructure to rival that of the west, a sort of Harvard University in Africa?