The archive and the national library, in coordination with the Institutional Innovation Committee, organized a symposium entitled: “Societal Innovation for Building Sustainable Societies”, with the aim of upgrading individual initiatives or collective practices that contribute to improving the quality of life and promoting sustainable development. The symposium started with the speech of the human development expert, Dr. Shafi’i Al -Neyadi, who stressed the importance of education and the correct upbringing of the generation in order to be able to innovate, and that innovation does not grow in the intimidation environment, and therefore education must depend on values and morals in addition to the freedom of question and dialogue, the question and dialogue are the gateway to knowledge and innovation, and if we do not hear to our children, the alternative is present, which is the Internet and smart applications
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