Major General Dr. Abdul Quddus Al Obaidli, President of the Emirates Society for Strategic Planning and Future Foresight, explained that the strategic planning workshop for public benefit associations in Sharjah, on Sunday, came in cooperation with the Sharjah Department of Social Services. Major General Dr. Abdul Quddus Al Obaidli, President of the Emirates Society for Strategic Planning and Future Foresight, stressed the importance of strategic planning for public benefit associations for their great role in UAE society in accordance with the law by which they were established, explaining that the support provided by the state to these associations comes out of belief in their great role. Major General Al Obaidli pointed out, in statements to Sharjah 24, that the workshop addressed how to strategically plan and implement, setting the Emirates Intellectual Property Association as an example, and what it achieved at the state level by developing plans that simulate the internal and practical reality of the UAE. He added that the workshop discussed the performance indicators of the plans drawn up, thanking the Emirate of Sharjah and its directions regarding spreading the culture of public benefit associations at its various levels, which are more than 43 associations in the emirate.