Dr Salem Alshafiei, Managing Director, Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI), recently met with David Tuffin, President of the UK-based Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), to discuss strategic alliances for developing the real estate sector in the UAE.
Key representatives of RICS-UAE, including its Chairman Martin Seward Case, and Alan England, Regional Director of AIME, were present at the meeting that also focused on raising the standard of the region’s real estate professionals by offering joint educational programmes, conferences and collaborations in research and development.
RICS is a global standards and membership organisation for professionals involved in land, valuation, real estate, construction, and environmental issues. It aims to deliver education and training; protect consumers through ethics and standards; advise global organizations, and publish market information.
About Dubai Real Estate Institute
As the first real estate academic institution in the region, the Dubai Real Estate Institute aims to enrich and broaden the knowledge and competencies of real estate professionals and managers at all levels. The institute, which will commence in the academic year 2007-2008, operates in partnership with several international real estate universities to offer graduate programmes and industry specific, open enrolment courses. Areas of cooperation will also include research projects and the development of case studies specific to the region.
Addressing the strategic growth opportunities, competitive challenges and operational imperatives of the real estate markets in the MENA region, Asia, and Turkey, the institute will offer courses on the real estate development process, asset and portfolio management, real estate evaluation and appraisal, real estate finance and investment, international real estate, risk management, real estate law, urban economics and project management.
In addition, the institute will provide domain specific courses as diverse as real estate strategic and innovation management, strategic alliances, finance and capital markets, market analysis, and the management of specific properties such as residential, industrial, retail and office spaces.
All of the institute’s offerings will be delivered in partnership with high ranking and academically accredited international universities using world-class faculty, cutting edge knowledge and practice, and state of the art facilities.
